Nearly 400,000 Utahns have already cast ballots ahead of Election Day

ALT LAKE CITY — Nearly 400,000 Utahns had already cast ballots as of Monday morning, according to Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson.

The vast majority of the 381,440 ballots that have been processed so far were returned by mail, while just over 2,500 ballots were cast at in-person early polling places. Nearly 1.5 million Utahns voted in the 2020 election and there were nearly 1.8 million active registered voters in the state as of Oct. 21.

Henderson spoke at Utah Valley University Monday and urged Utahns to unite following Election Day, which is just eight days away — on Nov. 5.

"We will have an election next week that about half the country won't like the outcome of," she said of the presidential contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. "But we have to understand, as Americans, as Utahns, we've got to come together. We have to be able to live with each other no matter what those results are."

Statewide voter turnout sits at 21.3%, as of 7:32 a.m. Monday, according to Henderson, but several counties have much lower or higher turnout compared to the statewide average. This is due, in part, to differences in ballot processing schedules, several county clerks told KSL.com.




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