When Hubert Huh received a call Aug. 6 from his state representative, Jeffrey Stenquist, reminding him of the 5 p.m. deadline for filing a campaign finance disclosure form, Huh, a Draper City Council candidate, sped as fast as he could to City Hall with his form.
Arriving at 5:01 p.m., the city recorder told him he was too late and would be disqualified from the race. The deadline was 5 p.m.
“I was totally shocked," Huh said Monday in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune. “I was speechless, I was motionless, I almost collapsed."
About a month before the forms were due, Hubert and the other candidates received a letter from the city recorder’s office telling them the deadline to submit their disclosure forms was Aug.