Rush Valley reviews and acknowledges 2025 municipal election canvas; two winners named

At a special meeting Nov. 12, 2025, the Rush Valley Town Council reviewed the county-certified canvas of the 2025 municipal election and acknowledged two prevailing candidates, according to materials presented to the council.

The council heard that the countywide turnout was reported at 32.5% and that the county certification was completed by Tracy Shaw of Tooele County. Town-specific materials read at the meeting showed 282 registered voters in Rush Valley and 158 ballots cast, a 56.03% turnout. The presenter read candidate vote totals as Lacey Russell Burrows with 113 votes (40.65%), Jeremiah Harding with 101 votes (36.33%), and John Slade with 64 votes (23.02%), and stated that Burrows and Harding were the two prevailing candidates.

Why it matters: certification of the canvas is the administrative step that makes local results part of the official record and allows successful candidates to be confirmed in office. Rush Valley’s reported local turnout—above 50% in the town materials—was higher than the county average cited at the meeting.

Details presented at the meeting included a list of required documents for the canvas: the lieutenant governor’s canvas template, a statement of votes cast by precinct, ballot reconciliation and affidavit, an election results summary, precinct summaries, and a cast vote record. The presenter said these materials were posted and available on the Tooele County Elections website and noted the county had prepared the certification.

The transcript contains an internal inconsistency in the numbers presented. Town materials read aloud by the presenter listed 158 ballots cast and a 56.03% turnout for Rush Valley; later in the same reading, a separate line referenced 278 votes cast as 100% of votes. The council did not resolve that discrepancy during the meeting. The clerk and county materials should be consulted for the authoritative vote totals if greater precision is required.

Attendees mentioned in the meeting included Pete Albrecht, Dana Gardner, Mayor Johnson and Patty Rowe, the clerk. The certification itself was described in the meeting as having been completed or certified by Tracy Shaw of Tooele County.

After the presentation, members debated whether signatures on the canvass form were required at that meeting and noted the statutory certification window; one participant observed the council ‘‘missed it by one day’’ and that the meeting could have been held the prior day. The session concluded when a member moved to adjourn; the motion was seconded, a voice vote was taken with those present answering “Aye,” and the chair declared the motion carried.

The meeting record indicates the council acknowledged the certified results and adjourned; no recorded roll-call vote on the canvas itself was taken at the meeting.