St. George • One of Utah’s most-populous counties is joining a growing trend toward voting by mail.
Washington County will conduct its first election with all mail-in ballots on Nov. 6, The Spectrum newspaper reported .
Its 75,000 registered voters in Southern Utah will see ballots appearing in their mailboxes in mid-October.
It's a good time to make the switch because the county is facing an expensive overhaul of decade-old voting machines, officials said.
"We've been dragging our feet and maybe going kicking and screaming into the vote-by-mail thing, but we're one of the few counties now who haven't, and I think that's where everyone is headed," said County Clerk Kim Hafen.