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Daggett County certifies 2024 general election after clerk reports minor anomalies
Summary
The Daggett County Commission voted to certify the Nov. 5, 2024 general election canvas after the county clerk reported a small number of provisional and cured signatures, a write-in that was later uncounted, and a vendor discrepancy on a faint Amendment B mark; members present voted to approve the canvas.
The Daggett County Commission on Nov. 19 certified the county—canvas of the Nov. 5, 2024 general election after the county clerk presented audit findings and updated vote totals.
The clerk (Unidentified Speaker 3) told commissioners the office had cured 27 ballots with non-matching signatures and recorded 12 provisional ballots. "We did manage to get all 27 of our ballots with non matching signatures cured," the clerk said. The clerk also reported five write-in votes in one race; one of those had been written as "Lyman/Henderson" rather than the intended "Lyman Clawson" and was removed from the counted total after recheck.
Why it matters: the canvas is the formal county certification of votes that the county sends to state officials. The clerk said the county conducted hand audits and logic-and-accuracy testing and that two anomalies were found in the audit process: the write-in entry described above and a faint mark on the Amendment B ballot that the county's EMS computer recorded but that did not appear in the EMS vendor's final records. "We followed the specifications for committing our results and we're gonna have to deal with the state on that one," the clerk said, describing follow-up to determine whether results were committed or uploaded improperly.
The clerk reported turnout and operational details: turnout was about 85.5% (the clerk noted 89% turnout in 2020 for comparison), and the county experienced later-than-usual ballot shipments this year. Four ballots arrived after election day; the clerk said one had been deposited in a drop box in Myrtle and was stamped as received on election day and therefore was allowed to be counted after consultation with the state. The clerk described use of ERIC and other checks to identify voters registered elsewhere and noted that ERIC does not include all states.
During the review the clerk also recounted vendor troubleshooting: ES&S staff visited to assist with the EMS computer, required restarting and reuploading files, and the county spent a significant portion of a workday addressing those issues.
Commission action: Unidentified Speaker 2 asked for a motion to certify the election canvas, a motion and a second were recorded, and commissioners present voted "aye." The clerk was instructed to obtain signatures on the canvas form and forward the signed documents to the appropriate state and city offices.
What—comes next: the clerk said the county will include a note about the late delivery of blank ballots in the formal reports it submits to the state and will follow up with the state about the EMS discrepancy on Amendment B.
