Ben Winslow is a reporter with FOX 13 covering a variety of topics including government, the Great Salt Lake, vice and polygamy.
SALT LAKE CITY — Congressional candidate Colby Jenkins is seeking a recount in his close race for the Republican nomination against Congresswoman Celeste Maloy.
The Jenkins campaign on Monday filed formal notice with the state elections office that it would request a recount. Jenkins lost the primary election by 214 votes to Maloy. Because it is within the margin, Jenkins is legally entitled to a recount. But Jenkins told FOX 13 News on Monday that his campaign will also petition the Utah Supreme Court to address the ballot postmark issue. Jenkins argues that a large number of ballots ended up being discarded because they were postmarked past the deadline, even though voters insisted they dropped them in the mailbox before the deadline. Jenkins has argued it is because they were shipped to U.S. Postal Service processing centers outside the state.
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