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Wasatch County early voter turnout lags behind state, national trends

By Park Record · November 2, 2026 · 1 min read
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About 50 million ballots have been cast nationwide, an early turnout higher than the last midterm election, and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson reported that approximately 8.3% of Utah’s 1.8 million active voters had cast their ballots as of Friday morning. But Wasatch County is not showing that same surge.

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