Republican primary election numbers updated on June 24

An additional 500 votes were added to the results of the June 23 Republican primary election on June 24 as the San Juan County Clerks Office updated the initial voter numbers.
Election day turnout was higher than the clerk’s office expected and the new figures bumped voter participation in the primary election from 35 percent to nearly 50 percent of eligible voters.
None of the outcomes changed with the new release, with incumbents Celeste Malloy, Logan Monson, Jaime Harvey and Lehi Lacy all advancing to the November general election.
In the race for a spot on the November ballot for the U.S. House of Representatives, incumbent Celeste Malloy defeated challenger Phil Lyman by a 66/34 margin: 66,582-34,660. Lyman, a resident of Blanding, won the support of 70 percent of the voters in San Juan County, 1,179-509, but was defeated in all of the other counties in the district.
Incumbent Logan Monson earned a spot on the November ballot in the race for the Utah House of Representatives. Monson earned 63 percent of the voter over challenger Daniel Gardner: 4,436-2,569. Monson's win included the approval of 83 percent of San Juan County residents: 1,386-294. Monson won the approval of the primary voters in all the counties in the legislative district, except Wayne County.
In the race for a spot on the November ballot for San Juan County Commission, incumbent Jaime Harvey defeated challenger Amer Tumeh by a 56/44 percent margin: 217-169.
Sheriff Lehi Lacy earned a spot on the general election ballot with a 56/44 victory over challenger Wyatt Holyoak: 926-739.
A total of 1,702 ballots have been counted, which represents 49 percent of the 3,475 eligible voters on the rolls.
About 100 ballots remain to be processed. They fall in one of two categories: provisional and uncured ballots. Uncured ballots are mail in ballots that were rejected by the computer for one reason or another, such as a suspicious signature, missing Social Security number, etc. About 70 of them will be tracked down by election officials, voter-by-voter if possible, to verify the ballots.
Provisional ballots are from those who show up to vote but who aren’t in the voter system for one reason or another – in this election they were primarily voter who were not listed as registered Republicans. Once again, election officials are working to verify or reject each of these 30 or so ballots on a case-by-case basis.