Utah’s GOP dra­ma con­tin­ues as can­di­date Trump declined to endorse sues for uncount­ed votes

A Repub­li­can con­gres­sion­al can­di­date from Utah is suing a Wash­ing­ton Coun­ty clerk after los­ing his race by a nar­row mar­gin.
Col­by Jenk­ins lost his pri­ma­ry race in Utah’s 2nd Con­gres­sion­al Dis­trict by approx­i­mate­ly 300 votes last week after chal­leng­ing incum­bent Rep. Celeste Mal­oy (R‑UT).
In the wake of the nar­row loss, Jenk­ins has tak­en his case to court over 531 bal­lots that were sub­mit­ted by vot­ers but dis­qual­i­fied from being count­ed by the Salt Lake County’s clerk’s office. Wash­ing­ton Coun­ty Clerk Ryan Sul­li­van says the bal­lots had sig­na­tures that did not match, oth­er­wise known as the “uncured” bal­lot list. 
Sul­li­van has rebuffed the Jenk­ins campaign’s request to obtain the list of reject­ed bal­lots so they can con­tact vot­ers and deter­mine whether their vote can count. Near­ly all of the reject­ed bal­lots come from Wash­ing­ton Coun­ty, where Jenk­ins held a firm lead over Mal­oy. 

Mal­oy and Jenk­ins debate dur­ing Utah’s 2nd Con­gres­sion­al dis­trict debate in June. ( …