This election, 44,220 ballots were filed by the county’s 116,769 registered voters for a turnout of 38% with results now canvassed.

Weber County Clerk/Auditor Ricky Hatch told the Standard-Examiner in an email Wednesday the county experienced minimal issues during the processing of ballots — thanks in part to someone’s dinner.

“A small part on one of our two ballot scanners broke while we were scanning the final batches of ballots,” he said. “Although the machine still functioned, out of an abundance of caution, we took it offline and used our other scanner to complete the scanning. These kinds of things happen, which is why redundancy and backup plans are so important. We identified the cause of the break: a single grain of rice that was stuck to a ballot.”

Despite the minor machine issue, Hatch said he was happy to see the dedication of two groups of people.

“I’m always impressed by two things: the dedication and professionalism of our elections staff and team, and voters who turn out, follow the rules, and make their voices heard,” he said. “Our dedicated team administered yet another accurate, secure, trustworthy election and is already busy planning for the 2026 elections. Weber County has a rock-solid elections team.”

He said that several ballots also experienced challenges based on signature issues.

“We challenged the signatures of 162 voters, or 0.4% of ballots cast,” he said. “Of those 162 challenges, 79 (49%) were not cured. This uncured rate is slightly higher than prior elections (usually closer to 46%), but is within a normal range.”

Hatch said there was also one attempt at voting twice.

“We had an instance of someone who voted by mail and then tried to vote in person. Our safeguards appropriately identified the attempted double vote, and the in-person vote was not counted,” he said. “We are still investigating the situation.”

He also reminded the public that changes are coming to ballots in the near future and that Weber County has already been preparing for it.

“Starting in 2026, we are required to include a place on the return envelope for the voter to write the last four digits of their driver license number or SSN,” he said. “If the voter writes down a number, we must use that number to verify their identity. If they don’t write down a number, we use their signature to verify their identity. Up until 2029, the voter has the choice to write down the number. Starting in 2029, the law requires that they either write down the number or include a photocopy of their ID with their ballot.”

For full 2025 municipal election results across Weber County, visit https://electionresults.utah.gov/results/public/weber-county-ut/elections/general11042025.