Salt Lake County clerk to help register new citizens to vote after change in federal policy

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The Salt Lake County Clerk's Office will step up its assistance at naturalization ceremonies after a federal policy change.

The change bars the League of Women Voters and other nongovernmental groups from registering voters at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services facilities.

A league representative criticized the federal policy shift, saying it makes it tougher for new citizens to vote.

SALT LAKE CITY — With the recent federal order that prohibits League of Women Voters volunteers from registering newly naturalized citizens at immigration facilities, Salt Lake County Clerk Lannie Chapman wants to help take up where the organization leaves off.

On learning of the Aug. 29 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy change , "I saw that there would be a gap, bec