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, because I know all the tremendous work that the league has done, and I wanted to make sure that legacy continued on,” she said. League of Women Voters leaders charge that the change effectively makes it harder for new U.S. citizens to vote.

Accordingly, Chapman’s office will help with voter registration efforts after naturalization ceremonies held at the Salt Lake City U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of

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