Monnahan also said deGaston's poll watcher was not present during the vote. Monnahan took the tardy poll watcher to the room where ballots were being cast after she was informed the poll watcher had arrived but wasn't overseeing the count.

"I've never seen anybody cheat or try to be unfair," Monnahan said.

DeGaston also resurrected her complaint about the delegate status of Hannah Lockhart, the 17-year-old daughter of Utah Republican Party Chairman Stan Lockhart and Rep. Becky Lockhart, R-Provo.

State law allows 17-year-olds to register to vote, but they cannot vote in a primary or general election until they turn 18. Young Lockhart will be 18 in the week before the general election on Nov. 4.

County Republican bylaws allow those who will be 18 by the general election to vote in caucuses and run for office as delegates. Delegates are allowed to vote at the county party convention.

Part of the issue is whether Lockhart properly registered to vote in the right precinct because she moved.

DeGaston wants an investigation launched to see if Lockhart's registration broke a state law. Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert's office, which runs the state Office of Elections, would not oversee a legal complaint about registration fraud, said Joe Demma, Herbert's chief of staff.

That would fall to the staff of Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff or Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman. Buhman said he hadn't been asked to look into it. Attoney general spokesman Paul Murphy sent an inquiry to staffers to see if they had been contacted.

Monnahan said another complaint, filed by Linda Housekeeper, who lost by a supermajority like deGaston, probably will be heard in a hearing next week. Key party officials are out of town this week.

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