Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson: Election Transparency, Fast Cast, Drop Boxes, Voter Roll Integrity

Vice Chair Charles Max Wood interviews Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson, who is running for re-election, about what the clerk’s office does and his focus on election transparency and integrity.

Davidson describes managing elections, passports, marriage licenses, and commissioner meeting minutes, and explains efforts to publish cast vote records, invite the public into post-election audits, and expand data transparency.

He discusses Utah County’s Fast Cast option, challenges of mail-in voting timelines and ballot curing, and why he encourages county drop boxes over USPS, citing increased drop-box use and postage savings.

Davidson outlines issues with voter roll data quality, new requirements for last-four-digit verification alongside signature matching, verifying voter citizenship, and how his office identified and referred fraudulent petition packets to the county attorney.

00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro
01:03 What the County Clerk Does
02:22 Cast Vote Records Explained
05:02 Public Audits and Ballot Scanning
08:50 Voter Roll Data Cleanup Challenges
12:04 FastCast Voting Pilot
15:44 Mail Ballots and Counting Delays
23:17 Drop Boxes and Chain of Custody
26:47 Postage Policy and Cost Savings
27:47 ID Digits and Signature Rules
31:56 Cities and Municipal Election Costs
32:48 Commit to Convention Debate
36:17 Passports and Marriage Licenses
36:46 Access Versus Security
37:39 ID Voting Debate
39:40 Curing Process Loopholes
40:44 Fast Cast ID Outposts
42:23 Petition Fraud Referrals
46:59 Nomination Packet Rejections
47:58 Second Term Priorities
50:00 Citizenship Verification HB 209
54:10 Clerk Office Operations
57:07 Transparency And Data Systems
01:01:21 Voter Privacy HB 153
01:06:01 Data Access And Definitions
01:09:23 Clerk Advocacy At Capitol
01:12:31 Media Narratives And Lessons
01:15:42 Contact And Wrap Up