SALT LAKE CITY — Phil Lyman is asking the Utah Supreme Courtroom to drive the state to pause the printing of ballots for November’s election. He desires the poll printing course of to attend till Utah’s highest court docket guidelines on his case contesting the gubernatorial main election outcomes.
Take heed to KSL Authorized Analyst Greg Skordas talk about the case on KSL at Evening. 👇
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 12, 2024
Lyman submits movement for expedited preliminary injunction to stop printing of ballots till Utah Supreme Courtroom guidelines on contested election
SALT LAKE CITY — GOP conference nominee for governor Phil Lyman has submitted a…
— Phil Lyman for Governor (@phil_lyman) August 12, 2024
In July, Lyman’s marketing campaign filed a lawsuit in Utah’s third District Courtroom. He requested a choose to drive election officers to show over a listing individuals who signed poll petitions for his opponent Gov. Spencer Cox.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 8, 2024
Lyman for Utah Marketing campaign Information Criticism in third District Courtroom to Compel Entry to Unredacted Signature Packets
SALT LAKE CITY — On July 3, 2024, Phil Lyman and Natalie Clawson filed a grievance with the third District Courtroom…
— Phil Lyman for Governor (@phil_lyman) July 8, 2024
On August 2, Lyman filed a petition to the Utah Supreme Courtroom. In it, he claimed that Gov. Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson must be faraway from workplace for “malfeasance.” He additionally mentioned the November basic election poll ought to listing him because the Republican gubernatorial nominee.
Monday’s request to the Utah Supreme Courtroom is what KSL Authorized Analyst Greg Skordas calls a petition for interlocutory enchantment.
“Interlocutory simply means we’re interesting one thing on the fly whereas we haven’t truly completed the lawsuit,” he mentioned. “Normally you need to wait till you’ve adjudicated all the pieces earlier than you’ll be able to file an enchantment. [They’re] saying we don’t have time to attend for the lawsuit’s outcomes, we wish to enchantment the choose’s order instantly and put a keep on all the pieces in order that when ballots are printed quickly we all know who’s going to be the Republican candidate.”
Write-in marketing campaign
Lyman additionally mentioned on X Sunday, August 11 that he’ll run as a write-in candidate for the November election.
Thanks for the assist. I shall be working as a write – in candidate within the Common election in November.
— Phil Lyman for Governor (@phil_lyman) August 11, 2024
“We’re not backing away from the struggle it doesn’t matter what type that takes,” Lyman instructed KSL NewsRadio.
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