About 8.3% of Utah voters had ballots processed as of Friday, Henderson says
Rich County has collected ballots from nearly a quarter of its registered voters, while Salt Lake County turnout is 9.9%.
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About 8.3% of Utah's active voters had ballots cast and processed as of Friday morning, according to a social media post by Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, which The Salt Lake Tribune cited. That works out to roughly 149,000 of the 1,787,566 active voters counted as of Oct. 19. [1]
The figure counts only ballots that clerks have processed, not every returned ballot. Salt Lake County Clerk Lannie Chapman called turnout so far "really good." Her office had received about 77,000 ballots through Thursday, and Henderson's post put the county's turnout at 9.9%, 1.6 points above the rest of the state. [1]
Some counties have not reported processing any ballots, while rural Rich County has collected ballots from nearly a quarter of its registered voters. Nationwide, 21.4% of voters who received a mail ballot had returned it as of Friday afternoon, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab. [1]
Utah voters have until 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 to return a ballot to a drop box or vote at a polling place, and mailed ballots must reach the county clerk by then. Voters can track their ballot at vote.utah.gov. [1]
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