Preregistered 17-year-olds will receive primary election ballots
By Ryan Cowley
During the Utah Legislative session, HB 281 was passed and signed this month by Gov. Herbert. That means beginning this year, any Utah resident who will be 18 on or before Election Day, Nov. 6, will be eligible to vote in the June Primary Election. This means that under Utah law, students ages 16 and 17 years old, can preregister to vote and that all eligible 17-year-olds will automatically receive their Primary ballot in the mail.
You can preregister at voter.utah.gov if you have a valid Utah Driver License.
“Studies show that engaging people in the political process at an early age increases the chance that they will participate throughout their lives,” Weber County Clerk/Auditor Ricky Hatch said. “Allowing youth who can vote in November to also vote in the primary helps establish that political engagement.”
The Primary will be held June 26, and ballots will begin arriving in voters’ mailboxes around June 7. Weber High School student Zach Thomas (pictured third from the right) was instrumental in working with Rep. Joel Briscoe (D-District 25) and other students to get this bill passed and signed into law.
For more information, please call (801) 399-8036 or email rcowley@webercountyutah.gov.
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