It's the final hours before polls open Tuesday for municipal elections throughout the state, and judging by turnout numbers, not many in southern Utah and other areas have bothered to vote.

The general municipal elections are fast approaching, with mail-in ballots beginning to arrive at voters’ homes last week.

With less than a week to go before the Nov. 10 deadline to decide which map will set Utah’s congressional boundaries for the 2026 election, a Utah judge will be back in the courtroom this week to hear oral arguments in the state’s ongoing redistricting legal battle.

Instructions for voters in Utah County are causing confusion and uncertainty just two weeks before Election Day.

With Election Day approaching next week, I’ve been reflecting on women’s representation in political leadership. According to the annual Best & Worst States for Women’s Equality report, Utah made notable progress in 2025 in the category of Political Empowerment.

Eagle Mountain residents will decide whether or not the city will implement a local sales tax dedicated to funding recreation, arts and parks programs.

Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson said he expected a higher participation rate in this year’s municipal election due to school board races for three new school districts. A week before the election though,

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It’s election day in Utah. Across the state, counties will spend the next couple of nights assessing and counting the majority of ballots received, and Weber County is no exception. Weber County Clerk/Auditor Ricky Hatch told the Standard-Examiner in an email Monday that things have run well on their end.

Judge John Nielsen's nomination to the Utah Supreme Court comes at a particularly tense time in relations between the legislative and judicial branches of government.