In the county’s first venture with vote by mail last year, it mistakenly sent ballots for the Republican congressional primary (meant only for those registered with the GOP) to 68,000 unaffiliated voters.
Election-night ballot counting was marked by long delays — which the county clerk said was due to a special request from U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan to make the tally as complete as possible in the special congressional contest.
After the election, state officials reported that errors had invalidated 2,419 votes in the 3rd District Congressional race — 70 percent of them in Utah County.