Utah cities and counties that voted by mail this year increased voter turnout by an average of 52 percent, a new study says.
That is welcome news because turnout has plummeted in recent decades, including setting a record low in 2014, when only 28.8 percent of the state’s voting-age population participated in the general election, according to the Utah Foundation.
It released a report Wednesday looking at some of the reasons for low voter turnout and methods that could boost it.
Atop the list of actions bringing improvement so far is voting by mail.
The report said that all of the 70 Utah cities that chose to vote by mail this year increased turnout compared with the two previous municipal elections, in 2013 and 2011.
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