Maxfield v. Herbert

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

T1 Stephen Maxfield challenged the results of the 2010 gubernatorial election under Utah's election-contest statute, UTax® Cop® § 20A-4-402, asking the district court to declare him and his running mate the lieutenant governor and governor of Utah, respectively. The court dismissed the petition, concluding that the statutory grounds for an election contest did not encompass Max-field's claims. We affirm.

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12 Stephen Maxfield ran for Heutenant governor in Utah's November 2010 gubernatorial election. Maxfield and his running mate, Farley Anderson, finished third.…