The Nov. 6 Election Day is still four weeks away — but nearly 500,000 ballots were mailed Monday to Salt Lake County voters, County Clerk Sherrie Swensen said.
Although no U.S. Mail delivery was offered Monday because of the federal Columbus Day holiday, Swensen said arrangements were made to drop off the many ballots at the still-operating central Post Office in Salt Lake City.
State law requires that ballots be sent at least three weeks before the election, but Swensen said she started as early as legally allowed to help catch and correct address errors — and provide a head start on verifying signatures on returned ballots.