Voting in the November 3, 2026 general election

Are you registered?

To register in Utah you have to be a United States citizen, have lived in Utah for at least 30 days, and be 18 or older on election day.

Register online through the state’s voter registration portal↗ (opens in a new tab). Your county clerk has to receive your registration by 5pm on October 23, 2026 for it to count for this election.

Check that you are registered, and that the address on your registration is right. The state’s voter search↗ (opens in a new tab) answers both. Check before 5pm on October 23, 2026. That is the last moment your county clerk can take a registration or a change online or by mail.

You can still vote if you miss that deadline. Go to an election day vote center on November 3, bring valid photo identification and proof of where you live, and a poll worker will register you and give you a ballot there.

Receiving your ballot

Ballots for this election are mailed on October 13, 2026. If you register or change your address after that, your ballot is mailed later, through October 27.

If your ballot does not arrive, or it arrives damaged, ask your county clerk↗ (opens in a new tab) for a replacement. Ask by October 27 — after that the clerk cannot send one.

The ballot you receive is decided by your voting precinct. If the races on it are not the ones you expected, the clerk’s office is who to call.

Utah is changing how ballots are mailed, and the change starts in 2029. Your October ballot arrives with a notice about it. Nothing you do now affects this election: your county clerk mails a ballot to every active voter for every election held before January 1, 2029.

If you update your registration for any reason, read the mail-ballot question on the form before you sign it. The same field that asks for a ballot also cancels one, and cancelling takes effect at once. The two choices read “Mail a ballot to me” and “Do not mail a ballot to me. I will vote in person.”

Filling out your ballot

The return envelope asks for the last four digits of one number: your Utah driver license, your Utah state identification card, or your Social Security number. Any of the three is accepted.

You can leave that space blank and your ballot still counts. For an election held before January 1, 2029, a poll worker who finds no number compares the signature on your envelope against the signature your clerk holds on file, and counts the ballot when the two match. The notice that comes with your ballot says the same.

Sign the affidavit on the envelope yourself. Signing it for another voter is a third degree felony, and the envelope prints that warning. Each ballot needs its own signed envelope.

Returning your ballot

You can return a mail ballot three ways. However you return it, your county clerk has to have it by 8pm on election day.

• Put it in a ballot drop box in your county.
• Take it to an in-person vote center in your county.
• Mail it back in the return envelope, by October 27.

Some counties pay the postage on the return envelope and some do not. Your county clerk can tell you which.

If you mail it, send it early. Your clerk has to have your ballot by 8pm on election day. A postmark is no longer enough — the Legislature struck the postmark rule in House Bill 300 of the 2025 general session.

You may return a voted ballot for somebody in your household, or for somebody who needs help because of age, illness, or disability. Returning one for anybody else is a class A misdemeanor.

Voting in person

You do not have to vote by mail. Counties open early voting locations before election day, and vote centers on election day itself.

The dates, the locations, and the identification that is accepted are all set county by county. Your county clerk↗ (opens in a new tab) publishes the current list.

Worried your vote won’t count?

Make it more likely your vote will be counted.

1. Get informed. The state explains how it protects a mail ballot on securing your mail ballot↗ (opens in a new tab). For anything that page does not cover, ask your county clerk↗ (opens in a new tab).
2. Return your ballot as early as you can. The Postal Service asks for a week in transit, which makes October 27, 2026 the last day to post one with confidence. In order for your vote to count, your clerk must have it by 8pm on November 3.
3. Use a drop box if you are worried about the mail. A ballot in a drop box never enters the mail. Every unattended box is under 24-hour recorded video surveillance and carries a sign saying so. Two poll workers empty each one together, and every collection is written into a chain of custody.
4. Sign up for ballot tracking. Track my ballot↗ (opens in a new tab) tells you when your ballot was mailed, when your clerk received it, when it was counted, and whether anything is wrong with it.
5. Talk to your neighbors about the election. You can offer anyone a ride to a drop box or a vote center. You may carry a voted ballot for somebody in your household, or for somebody who asked you because age, illness, or disability makes it hard for them to return it themselves. Carrying one for anybody else is a class A misdemeanor.

If there’s a problem with your ballot

A clerk who cannot match your signature, or who finds your envelope unsigned, has to contact you within two business days. They may telephone, write, email, or send a text if you agreed to texts.

You fix it by signing an affidavit. Call your county clerk↗ (opens in a new tab) the day you hear from them. The deadline is counted back from the day your county canvasses its results, and each county canvasses on its own day, so your clerk is the only place with the date that applies to you.

Tracking your ballot

Use track my ballot↗ (opens in a new tab) to see where your ballot is, or to sign up for a message when it is mailed and when it is counted.

About this site

The offices that run this election are vote.utah.gov↗ (opens in a new tab), the state’s election site run by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and your county clerk↗ (opens in a new tab), who sends your ballot and sets the drop box and vote center locations. Every address on this page was loaded and confirmed to resolve on September 15, 2026.

The dates on this page were read from the state’s election calendar on September 15, 2026. Dates can change. The state keeps the current version at Utah’s current election information↗ (opens in a new tab), and that page is the one to believe if it disagrees with this one.

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