Some Utah voters weigh unregistering because of new law lifting certain privacy protections

When David Yoder — a registered Utah voter living in South Jordan — got a letter from the lieutenant governor’s office earlier this month notifying of changes to Utah’s voter privacy law, he said he was left “fed up and frustrated.”

As an IT worker, Yoder told Utah News Dispatch he’s “very protective of my privacy,” and he knows how information like names and addresses can be used for scams or other malicious reasons. He’s also concerned about that information becoming more easily accessible during a time of heightened political tension and online vitriol on social media.

“I don’t want my name and address publicly available to anyone,” he said, while expressing concerns that he has a “real problem” with allowing that information to be “available for purchase.”

Even though the new law, SB153, criminalizes misusing the information — like posting the information online for free or otherwise — by making it a class A misdemeanor, Yoder worries that’s not going to stop it.




https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/04/14/some-utah-voters-weigh-unregistering-because-of-new-law-lifting-certain-privacy-protections/