3 Things You Must Do Before Submitting Your Ballot

​It is time to hold Utah accountable for accurate elections.  Every voter must do these 3 things before mailing your ballot.  

It is time to hold Utah accountable for accurate elections.  Every voter must do these 3 things before mailing your ballot. ​

Why are these 3 things important?  Think about the difference of knowing a cookie was stolen and catching them with their hand in the cookie jar.  The Your Vote: Utah Canvass Report found several issues with Utah elections.  The most concerning were:

• Lost Vote: where a ballot to vote is submitted, either by mail or in person, and was not processed or counted.  For example, a ballot was put in a drop box to cast a vote, but a vote is or ballot is not recorded on the Utah Voter PSR.  The vote was lost.
• Method Mismatch: where the reported method of voting does not match the Utah Voter PSR.  For example, a voter reports that they voted in person on 3 Nov 2020 and the Utah Voter PSR has a by mail ballot as voting method.  In a few instances, this election day in person voter had a by mail ballot cast on or around 20 Oct 2020.  In one instance, the voter still had the ballot that was mailed to them in their possession.  Who cast that by mail vote in their name?

In response to these above issues, many county leaders have disregarded them as: You, the voter, just do not know when or how you voted.  They further claim whether intentional or unintentional the reported issues from voters during the canvass are lies.  It was suggested that you, the voter, are just incorrect because the voter registration database is either more reliable than you or ALWAYS right.  Of course, these arguments are illogical, extremely weak and easily disproved.   

This is why you must do 3 things to document your voting experience:

1. MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Make a note on the date of when and where you submitted your ballot.

2. DOCUMENT IT
Take a few minutes to document your voting experience.  Put is somewhere you will be able to find it and keep it safe for future use.  

• TAKE A PHOTO OR VIDEO of your ballot.  This is especially important if you vote in person or received duplicate ballots in your name.  This will be a record your ballot ID number.
• TAKE A SELFIE photo or video of submitting your ballot.  While this is not legal in all states, it is in Utah.  The photo will have a date, time, and a location geocode of where you voted.   
• NOTARIZE AFFIDAVIT that you submitted a ballot.  Print 2: Voter Affidavit.  Fill out to document your voting experience.  Notarized both copies.  Do this right after you submit a ballot to vote.  Already voted?  Fill it out and notarize the form today.  File the form for future use.

3. SEND A MESSAGE BY VOTING IN PERSON
Utah elected leaders have a talking point that only a small percentage in Utah want in person voting.   This is FALSE.  When canvassing, it was about a 50/50 split of those who wanted in person and those who like by mail voting.  Another big issue found was that many people did not know you could still vote in person!  If you can, send a message by voting in person.  Make sure you read the following carefully as it is not as simple as you think.

Need to find a polling location in your county?  Read FrankSpeech news article:   2022 Utah Primary: In-Person...or lack thereof Voting Locations.

A side note, Utah renamed polling locations this year to Voting Assistance Centers.  Is this part of the new Lt Governor’s public relations campaign to control our elections?  Is this part of the goal to remove all in person voting? 

To vote in person you will be required to show ID then provided a new ballot!   DO NOT use your ballot you received in the mail.  The majority of counties do not require you to surrender you ballot.  Do not surrender your ballot unless required.  If you surrender your ballot, take a photo of the ballot with ID numbers and ask to watch them “spoil it”.  Get names of those who are witnessing you voting in person.  This can be poll workers or other voters. Observe and take careful notes to include in affidavit.

BEWARE Utah goes out of its way to purposefully make in person voting look like voting by mail.  This is intentional.  Do not be fooled!  Be watchful!

The following are posts from the telegram channel for Utah Freedom Coalition with more about this process.

 ​Follow these 3 things to hold Utah accountable for your vote!   Any issues that expose Utah elections to not be accurate MUST be exposed.  Do your part then share this post and encourage everyone to document their voting experience!