Royce City Council approves 2025 primary election canvass

Royce City Council approved the city’s 2025 primary election canvass at a special meeting on Aug. 22, 2025, after elections staff presented vote totals and a by-mail ballot summary provided by Weber County.

The canvass formalizes the city’s tally of ballots cast in the primary and is the document the council voted to accept and later certify, elections staff said. Council members approved the canvass by voice vote with no opposition recorded.

Elections staff member Britney presented the report and read the city’s figures as provided by Weber County: 17,502 active registered voters in Royce City; 17,730 ballots mailed to voters; 3,745 by-mail ballots cast; 13,985 ballots not returned; 493 ballots listed as undeliverable; 23 ballots returned past the deadline; 3 ballots returned unsigned; 26 ballots rejected; and one provisional ballot cast because of an insufficient ID. Britney said she would send the summary to council members after the canvass is certified.

The staff also read vote totals the council accepted as part of the canvass. For Royce City Council at-large, four-year term, the totals read into the record were: Diane Wilson 1,918; Janelle Holbert 1,274; Jason Spar 1,060; Anthony (last name not specified) 932; Anna Graff 634; Bridal Brooks 463; and Blythe Wild 252. For the at-large two-year seat, the totals read were: Alexis Jackson 926; Randy Skadden 843; Ty Chaston 780; Darren Albright 599; and Sharon Withers 354.

The presiding officer called for a motion to approve the 2025 primary election canvass. A motion and a second were made; the presiding officer asked “All those who can approve then the 2025 primary election canvass as presented, say aye.” The council responded “Aye,” and the presiding officer said, “Hearing none, that canvass is approved.” The meeting record does not list individual roll-call votes or a numerical tally.

During the meeting the presiding officer also said Royce City’s turnout was low compared with other parts of the county, noting a roughly 21% turnout figure cited earlier in staff remarks. The council agreed to cancel its Sept. 2 meeting, saying there was nothing pressing on the agenda; no separate formal vote to rescind future meeting dates is recorded in the meeting excerpt.

The canvass accepted by the council documents the ballots and totals the city will certify; elections staff said they would distribute the certified summary to council members once certification is complete.

Meeting length: the special meeting ran approximately seven minutes, according to the presiding officer.