With just days until next Tuesday’s general election, early voting and vote-by-mail turnout in Salt Lake County is lower than expected — raising concerns the county may see a repeat of the long lines voters experienced in last year’s presidential election. Utah County turnout has also been “lagging.”
So far, Salt Lake County has received about 82,000 of over 446,000 ballots sent out, according to County Clerk Sherrie Swensen. That’s an 18 percent turnout rate.
Turnout at the county’s 10 early voting locations has also been “dismally slow,” she said. As of Monday evening, only 277 people had voted.