From Deseret News archives:
Absentee balloting is surging in Davis County
New law has resulted in 2,000 requests so far
Steve Rawlings, county clerk/auditor, said his office has sent out more than 2,000 absentee ballots so far with three weeks left to request them. In the past, voters had to be out of the country or very ill to get an absentee ballot. Now, he said, anyone can request one or voters can cast their ballots early at the Memorial Courthouse while conducting other business such as registering cars.
"People have come in and said they would be out of town on vacation and asked how they could vote," Rawlings said. "They can vote in our office from Oct. 11 through Nov. 1 or they can have an absentee ballot mailed out."
Absentee ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 1 and received at the clerk/auditor's office by Nov. 9, the day votes are officially canvassed, to be counted, Rawlings said. All absentee ballots that are returned will be locked up in boxes and sent to voting precincts to be counted by election judges the night of the election, he said. Judges will double-check the absentee ballots against those cast in person, and if people cast both ballots, the absentee ballots won't be counted.
In 1992's general election, 85 percent of the county's 82,000 county voters turned out, and there are 156,000 registered voters now, so nearly twice as many voters will have to show up at the polls to maintain the 85 percent level, Rawlings said.
The county has an estimated population of 265,000 people.
To encourage residents to vote, the county will use a phone system to call the homes of registered voters the day before the election, telling them where their polling place is located, Rawlings said.
The clerk/auditor's office is seeking residents to work as polling location hosts for the Nov. 2 election from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. They will greet voters, direct them to the correct voting precinct, answer questions and help election judges at each polling location that has two or more precincts, Rawlings said. The county has 212 precincts in 90 polling locations.
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