County clerks across the Wasatch Front are encouraging residents to mail in their ballots as they see slow voter turnout in the days leading up to Tuesday’s municipal elections.
In Salt Lake County, a handful of mayor’s races are expected to drive turnout — including a high-profile and expensive race for Salt Lake City mayor — even as County Clerk Sherrie Swensen worries that a number of unchallenged council seats in cities across the valley will keep people from voting.
“We’re kind of hoping for 40% overall,” she said. “I don’t know if we’ll get there just because of some of those unchallenged seats.