By Myrna Trauntvein
TN Correspondent
Juab County held a special meeting on July 8 to canvass the vote for the 2024 Republican Primary Election. Tanielle Callaway, county clerk/auditor, presented the canvass report for the primary election for 2024. “The spreadsheet is provided by the Lieutenant Governor’s Office,” said Callaway. “The voter turnout for this election was 50.33 percent.” Next, she said, was the document that was a statement of votes cast with the results listed by precinct. “In the precincts where there were less than 15 votes cast, those results were redacted due to the voter’s right to privacy,” she said. There are seven precincts in Nephi, two in Mona, one in Levan, six in Eureka, one in Callao, and one in Rocky Ridge. She said that there were 30 of 30 precincts reporting, 30 of 30 complete. “There were 5,007 active voters as of the voter registration deadline,” she said. “There were 2,464 ballots counted that were either mailed or placed in the drop box.” There were 49 envelopes with a signature that did not match the voter’s signature, two unsigned envelopes, 51 ballots that were challenged which included the cured and not cured combined and 58.8 percent of the votes were not cured. Marvin Kenison, commissioner, asked if they had received any ballots too late. One ballot was returned after the postmark deadline, one ballot was rejected that was not curable, and 2.0 percent of ballots were returned as undeliverable. Fourteen provisional ballots were issued, 14 were counted, so that 100 percent of provisional ballots were counted. “The next document is the Election Canvass Affidavit which states as the sworn election officer the results that are being presented are true and correct to the best of my knowledge,” said Callaway. “It was completed in compliance with the rules and regulations for ballot security as outlined by the Lieutenant governor’s Office and that we maintain the voter registration databases in accordance with federal and state laws and rules.” The last document that commissioners were to review was the results of the audit conducted by her office. Although the audit is a publicly noticed meeting, there were no members of the public in attendance. “The Lieutenant Governor’s Office sends the random batches to be audited 15 minutes before the audit,” she said. “Those batches are pulled, and they match the ballot to the cast vote record to ensure the votes were counted correctly. There were zero discrepancies between the ballots to the cast vote record.” Kenison asked if the ballots are sealed. “Ballots are stored in my office, in totes, for 22 months,” said Callaway. “Once the canvass is complete, everything will be put in the totes, the totes will be sealed and they will be stored for the required 22 months.” Juab County accepts canvass results from Republican Primary Election By Myrna Trauntvein TN Correspondent Juab County held a special meeting on July 8 to canvass the vote for the 2024 Republican Primary Election. Tanielle Callaway, county clerk/auditor, presented the canvass report for the primary election for 2024. “The spreadsheet is provided by the Lieutenant Governor’s Office,” said Callaway. “The voter turnout for this election was 50.33 percent.” Next, she said, was the document that was a statement of votes cast with the results listed by precinct. “In the precincts where there were less than 15 votes cast, those results were redacted due to the voter’s right to privacy,” she said. There are seven precincts in Nephi, two in Mona, one in Levan, six in Eureka, one in Callao, and one in Rocky Ridge. She said that there were 30 of 30 precincts reporting, 30 of 30 complete. “There were 5,007 active voters as of the voter registration deadline,” she said. “There were 2,464 ballots counted that were either mailed or placed in the drop box.” There were 49 envelopes with a signature that did not match the voter’s signature, two unsigned envelopes, 51 ballots that were challenged which included the cured and not cured combined and 58.8 percent of the votes were not cured. Marvin Kenison, commissioner, asked if they had received any ballots too late. One ballot was returned after the postmark deadline, one ballot was rejected that was not curable, and 2.0 percent of ballots were returned as undeliverable. Fourteen provisional ballots were issued, 14 were counted, so that 100 percent of provisional ballots were counted. “The next document is the Election Canvass Affidavit which states as the sworn election officer the results that are being presented are true and correct to the best of my knowledge,” said Callaway. “It was completed in compliance with the rules and regulations for ballot security as outlined by the Lieutenant governor’s Office and that we maintain the voter registration databases in accordance with federal and state laws and rules.” The last document that commissioners were to review was the results of the audit conducted by her office. Although the audit is a publicly noticed meeting, there were no members of the public in attendance. “The Lieutenant Governor’s Office sends the random batches to be audited 15 minutes before the audit,” she said. “Those batches are pulled, and they match the ballot to the cast vote record to ensure the votes were counted correctly. There were zero discrepancies between the ballots to the cast vote record.” Kenison asked if the ballots are sealed. “Ballots are stored in my office, in totes, for 22 months,” said Callaway. “Once the canvass is complete, everything will be put in the totes, the totes will be sealed and they will be stored for the required 22 months.”
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