The Republican primary for Utah County Clerk is over, and Utah County won. Corey Astill beat incumbent Aaron Davidson.
Good riddance to the drama. Davidson spent three years treating the clerk’s office like a stage — parroting the Trump line that mail-in voting is fraud-ridden and can’t be trusted, even declaring our ballots aren’t “safe and secure” despite zero evidence of widespread fraud.
And it wasn’t just talk. He systematically made it harder to vote: killed paid return postage and ran a “fast cast” system that drove confusion and sky-high signature rejections in 2024.
He also kept setting policy that was never his to set. The clerk administers elections — he doesn’t get to crusade against the system from the clerk’s chair. That’s the Legislature’s job, not his.
Astill is just there to do the work: run honest, accessible elections and rebuild trust. No crusades. No drama. That’s all this office ever needed.
As I’m always a fan of keeping it local, I had the AI generate a breakdown of how Spanish Fork voted in this race. As of the time of this post, here’s where it stands: Spanish Fork precinct breakdown.