The Utah primary election is expected to be ‘pretty normal’

A voter drops a poll right into a field on the Salt Lake County Authorities Heart in Salt Lake Metropolis on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Photograph credit score: Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah major election is about for Tuesday.

In response to Weber County Clerk Ricky Hatch, an honest turnout is predicted, which is about common for a midterm election. Nonetheless, it gained’t evaluate to the 2020 major election.

“We’re fairly regular,” Hatch stated to KSL NewRadio’s Dave and Dujanovic. “Now granted two years in the past in 2020, we had the gubernatorial major, that was a biggie. And we had an open congressional seat in Congressional District 1. So, it’s not particularly reasonable to check to 2020, that was a very huge 12 months.”

Whereas Hatch tells KSL NewsRadio he isn’t conscious of any issues with ballots or safety. Nonetheless, he says voters could have considerations. And in the event that they do, they’ve choices.

“They’re cautious,” he stated. “However they’re saying properly possibly moderately than mail it with the postal service, I’ll drop it off in a drop field. Or possibly moderately than put it there, I’ll convey it to the vote middle on election day. All of these are good choices.”

Hatch says when you missed the deadline to postmark your poll, you possibly can drop it off at a drop field, or you possibly can vote in individual.

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Mark Jones contributed to this text.

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