UTAH ELECTIONS

Almost 400K Ballots Remain To Be Counted In Utah

Nov 4, 2020, 5:40 PM | Updated: 8:00 pm

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – County clerks across Utah have reported their outstanding ballots for the 2020 General Election, and 397,933 ballots remain to be counted as of 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Of those ballots, 363,390 were mail-in ballots and 34,543 were provisional ballots.

Salt Lake County had the highest remaining total at 200,109 ballots — 188,839 of those were mail-in ballots.

Garfield and Piute county clerks reported their counties have zero outstanding ballots.

Outstanding ballots could lead to tightening races, including the race between Ben McAdams and Burgess Owens for Utah’s 4th Congressional District.

Utah County officials said they have just over 80,000 ballots left to count — 73,000 mail-in ballots and 7,157 provisional ballots.

As of 5:38 p.m., McAdams led Owens by 2,652 votes. The 4th Congressional District includes parts of Juab, Salt Lake, Sanpete and Utah counties.

Outstanding Ballots By County (Mail-in, Provisional & Total):

Beaver County 9 58 67
Box Elder County 10,500 550 11,050
Cache County 2,000 4,750 6,750
Carbon County 166 451 617
Daggett County 15 11 26
Davis County 29,000 2,014 31,014
Duchesne County 162 62 224
Emery County 0 52 52
Garfield County 0 0 0
Grand County 9 161 170
Iron County 4,372 1,086 5,458
Juab County 2 10 12
Kane County 105 120 225
Millard County 1,132 168 1,300
Morgan County 987 49 1,036
Piute County 0 0 0
Rich County 0 38 38
Salt Lake County 188,839 11,270 200,109
San Juan County 1,150 370 1,520
Sanpete County 130 300 430
Sevier County 430 263 693
Summit County 8,000 460 8,460
Tooele County 2,500 124 2,624
Uintah County 0 476 476
Utah County 73,000 7,157 80,157
Wasatch County 1,059 474 1,533
Washington County 1,313 2,044 3,357
Wayne County 3 16 19
Weber County 38,507 2,009 40,516
Total 363,390 34,543 397,933

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Almost 400K Ballots Remain To Be Counted In Utah