How one county in Utah is preparing for high voter turnout
Oct 19, 2024, 7:00 AM
The Weber County Clerk/Auditor office in Ogden. (Jay Hancock, KSL TV)
(Jay Hancock, KSL TV)
OGDEN — Ballots are already starting to trickle into county clerks’ offices with less than three weeks until Election Day.
In Weber County, clerk/auditor Ricky Hatch said several hundred ballots have already been returned, and his team is preparing for high voter turnout.
“It should be robust,” Hatch told KSL TV Friday. “We’re thinking it’s 88, 90, 91%.”
Hatch said voters usually show up for a presidential election. That was certainly the case four years ago.
“In 2020, we had about 90% turnout across the state,” said Shelly Jackson, Utah deputy director of elections. “That’s very high. Probably won’t see that this year, but you never know.”
Ballots were mailed out this week. Jackson urged voters to turn in their ballots early. Plus, she added, anyone can observe ballot processing in any of Utah’s 29 counties.
