Right now we are at the Utah Republican Party's election
night headquarters here in West Valley City.
This is going to be where all the numbers are
coming in,
but as you can see,
it's still very quiet right now.
But let me show you a different scene from a
caucus precinct earlier tonight.
We're going to show you the crowd at Brighton High
School at 7:00 PM.
Seven was supposed to be when meetings started,
but the phone registration process to get the ballot became
a fiasco.
Who were so frustrated they were going up to me
personally and asking me for answers on how to log
in or where to go.
There was nothing distinguishing volunteers from normal people,
not even a lanyard or a neon vest,
and the crowd was even yelling back at the chairman
of the Utah Republican Party.
Why do we need a phone to vote?
There's no voting on this.
When you're 59 and you didn't grow up with this
stuff,
this technology, and you're not ready for it,
and I would say most of these people are over
the age of 60.
And some of them don't have phones.
Nobody's here to tell them how to do it.
There's there's a young lady that was sitting here who
out of the goodness of her heart,
came over and said try this different website.
So I did.
But I'm still getting kicked out,
so I'm gonna probably have to just go home.
I believe that the American public and the Utah citizenry
here in our state are smart enough to to get
involved,
and we appreciate the patience.
And I can appreciate too being confused on a moment
and we'll try to get those questions answered.
But ultimately, the engagement that you can get in the
precinct level is incredibly valuable.
It's worthwhile.
That's the chairman, Robert Axon,
who told me they spent $100,000 on advertising alone and
clearly the advertising worked for tonight's big turn out.
They also spent $60,000 on the same pre registration system
that could have caused the headache tonight.
He said their biggest critique last caucus back in 2016
were the long lines and that's where that money came
in to try and prevent that tonight.
But again, it's past 9:00 PM now.
Those meetings should be wrapping up and those results should
be coming in here.
Reporting Live Emily Tensor, Fox 13 News,
Utah.