Utah Supreme Court to hear arguments on Colby Jenkins ballot challenge

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- The Utah Supreme Court will meet for an emergency hearing on Friday, Aug. 9, to hear oral arguments regarding mail-in ballots in Utah's 2nd congressional district primary race.

Congressional candidate Colby Jenkins challenged the results after losing the primary election to incumbent Congresswoman Celeste Maloy in June by just 214 votes. Jenkins requested a recount but still lost the race despite narrowing the margin to 176 votes.

Jenkins alleges that over 1,100 mail-in ballots went incorrectly uncounted due to being processed and postmarked in Las Vegas despite being mailed out of Utah by the mail-in deadline.

ABC4 has reached out to both Jenkins and Maloy for comment and is currently awaiting a response.

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