Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Mike Lee and county officials press election security and conservative priorities

Former U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz told the Lincoln Day audience that Republicans must marshal neighborhood-level organizing and defend institutions, characterizing the moment as a vigorous ideological struggle. "We're in a fight and it's good versus evil," Chaffetz said, urging support for law enforcement and criticizing what he called destabilizing influences.

Mike Lee addressed the crowd earlier, recounting Utah County history and praising federal tax and energy policies he linked to Republican governance. Lee described recent federal moves on tax policy and voter ID as part of a broader conservative agenda his speech framed as continuing with local party support.

At the county level, Aaron Davidson — identified in his remarks as the county clerk — reviewed election reforms implemented under his office: posting cast-vote records online, terminating a rank-choice voting pilot early, broadening citizen participation in post-election audits, and registering Utah County for a federal systematic verification program to check voter eligibility. Davidson also said he had "submitted 31 petition packets to the county attorney's office for potential signature-fraud violations," a claim he made publicly at the event.

Speakers tied national themes to local politics: Grant Pace and other candidates were recognized, and guests were invited to a candidate forum and county commission debate the following day. The program included multiple calls to translate policy arguments into local organizing and to press for same-time, same-place voting with voter ID as a preferred standard.