Thousands of Utah voters opened letters from Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson last week with an alarming message: thanks to SB153, their voter registration data is about to go back on public rolls. Names, home addresses, party affiliation and voting history (whether they voted, not how) will be posted as of May 25.
If you marked your record “private” or “withheld,” that protection is about to disappear—and the statewide file is for sale.
3 days - Deadline for Republican and Democratic candidates for Congress to submit signatures to qualify for the primary ballot (4/10/2026)
4 days - Utah Forward Party nominating convention (4/11/2026)
18 days - Utah State Republican and Democratic State Party nominating conventions (4/25/2026)
77 days - Utah's 2026 primary election (6/23/2026)
210 days - 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)
945 days - 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028)
The change caps years of pressure from election-fraud activists and a lawsuit that lawmakers now cite as the reason they were forced to gut Utah’s voter privacy law.
Here’s how Utah’s voter records were set up until now: Most registrations were public. Voters could opt to keep their information “private” for any reason. A separate “withheld” category shielded people at risk if disclosure could endanger them—think domestic violence survivors or police—and those records could not be released under any circumstances.
SB153 flips that. Private and withheld records become public. There’s a carveout that can keep records sealed for domestic or dating violence victims, law enforcement, public figures and others who obtain a court protective order. Everyone else goes on the public list starting May 25.
The state’s entire voter database is available for purchase from the lieutenant governor’s office for $1,050.
Utah’s voter registration info hasn’t always been private.