Envelope-stuffing equipment error sends duplicate ballots to Weber County voters

An envelope-stuffing equipment error caused some Weber County, Utah, voters to receive two ballots in one mailed packet during October 2026, according to clerk Ricky Hatch in an Oct. 27 KSL report. Hatch gave 167 as the maximum potentially affected envelopes and said the actual count could be smaller. Five returned duplicates had been detected and none counted. Thickness checks, supervised opening and reconciliation were used to prevent double counting. The precise occurrence date and equipment-repair date were not established; no cyber cause was reported.