Board certifies June 23 primary; clerk reports turnout, audits and counts

The Salt Lake County Board of Canvassers voted July 7 to certify results of the June 23, 2026 primary election for Salt Lake County. Councilman Johnson moved to certify the primary; Councilwoman Pinkney seconded the motion and the board recorded the vote as passing unanimously.

County Clerk Lanny Chapman reviewed the election statistics, audit procedures and processing timeline. Chapman said "We are here to certify the 20 26 June primary election results for Salt Lake County" and gave the countywide turnout as "103,419 or 39% of eligible voters." He also reported that 265,746 eligible voters were mailed ballots countywide and described the breakdown of voting methods: he told the board 9,939 voters cast ballots in person, 292 electronic UOCAVA ballots were cast, 436 provisional ballots were counted, and 26,333 ballots were received on election day from drop boxes, vote centers and the post office. Chapman summarized post-election audits conducted at the request of the Lieutenant Governor's Office, saying the audit compared VVPAT paper trails and machine reports and that the by-mail batch checks compared ballot images and scanner interpretations.

Chapman described one voting-machine incident where a voter pulled the card out too quickly, damaging a machine; "The machine was sequestered and placed out of service," he said, and staff issued a new card so the voter could cast a ballot. He also said signature audits (now performed on 1% of envelopes and 1% of challenged ballots) examined 974 signatures for this election and "found no signatures that did not meet the criteria for approval."