Voting

All of Utah’s 29 counties are required to conduct a post-election audit before certifying the primary election results on July 9.

Ballots were mailed to registered voters on June 4. If you have questions about the June 25 primary election, voters are encouraged to reach out to their county clerk’s office.

After questions about election integrity were raised following the 2020 election, Utah’s county clerks are eager to be ahead of the game this election season.

An act of Congress a century ago guaranteed citizenship to wary Native Americans in an age of forced assimilation and marked the outset of a long journey to secure voting rights.

The change, County Clerk Aaron Davidson said, will encourage people to use ballot drop boxes instead.

This week, thousands of Utah voters cast ballots in races where candidates had no political party affiliation.

The charges, announced Friday, accuse former Juab County Clerk Alaina Lofgran of allowing 2022 ballots to be shredded despite a law to preserve them for nearly two years, and of mishandling 2020 ballots despite a court order to preserve those records.

Voters in 12 Utah cities will use ranked choice for some races when they cast their ballots this year.

The general municipal elections, typically held in early November, were moved to accommodate the election of a new representative in Utah's 2nd Congressional District. Election Day this year is Nov. 21.

Election results were certified across Utah this week and the 2022 midterms are officially over.

The nonprofit Protect Our Winters wants outdoor-loving young people to vote in Nov. 8 midterm elections.

The monthly meetings are intended to answer any questions residents of the northern Utah county may have about election security.