Utah GOP: We'll Fix Verification Glitches at Caucus Sites

State party opted to caucus for presidential preference vote to enhance ‘community engagement.’ A host of technical issues ensured it got plenty.

Voters wait during a website glitch to have their Republican Party registrations verified as GOP presidential preference caucuses nevertheless kick off at Hunter High School in West Valley City, south of Salt Lake City, on Super Tuesday. John Haughey/The Epoch Times

SALT LAKE CITY–When the Utah Republican Party in August 2023 opted to conduct a party-orchestrated caucus rather than a state-run primary for its March 5 presidential preference poll, it did so because the more intimate neighborhood election process would save taxpayer money and promote “community engagement.”

By any post-caucus March 6 assessment, they certainly exceeded expectations in inducing that “community engagement.”