Provo • When Jocelyn Dorton heads to the polls on Tuesday, it will be to cast a ballot in the 3rd Congressional District Republican primary race for the second time.
An excited first-time voter, the 18-year-old said she filled out the mail-in ballot she received from Utah County weeks ago, only to learn later her vote would not count, because she had not registered as a Republican.
“I was really confused,” Dorton told The Salt Lake Tribune in a phone interview. “It didn’t make sense.”
Dorton is far from alone in her frustration, says Sharlee Mullins Glenn, of the group Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG).