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What's at stake?

Voters will decide the Republican nominee for governor in a contest that pits incumbent Gov. Gary Herbert against Overstock chairman Jonathan Johnson. The winner will go on to face Democrat Mike Weinholtz in November.

In the U.S. Senate Democratic primary, moderate Jonathan Swinton, a marriage counselor, faces progressive Misty K. Snow, a transgender woman. The victor takes on Republican Sen. Mike Lee in the general election.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz is challenged by Chia-Chi Teng, a Brigham Young University professor, for the GOP nomination in the 3rd Congressional District. The winning Republican faces Democrat Stephen Tryon, a former independent candidate and retired military officer.

Millcreek-area voters will winnow a field of nine candidates to be the soon-to-be city's first mayor. The hopefuls are Phillip Archer, Craig Cook, Edward Frank, Fred Healey, Scott Howell, Becky Moss, Jeff Silvestrini, Verdi White and Jo-Ann Wong. The top two vote-getters will have a showdown in November. Voters also will select two candidates in each of four council districts to face off in the general election.

There are 10 legislative primaries, all on the Republican side.

Just two are in Salt Lake County, where Rep. Rich Cunningham is challenging Sen. Lincoln Fillmore in the South Jordan area (Senate District 10) and Macade Jensen and Jack Castellanos face off in the Taylorsville area (House District 34).

Rep. Becky Edwards is challenged by Glen Jenkins in southern Davis County (House District 20). Rep. Mel Brown is challenged by Logan Wilde, a Morgan County commissioner, in the Summit and Morgan county area (House District 53). And, in Washington County, Walt Brooks and Stephen Kemp battle in southern Utah (House District 75).

The remaining five primaries are in Utah County.

Former lawmaker Morgan Philpot faces Daniel Hemmert (Senate District 14); Sen. Curt Bramble tries to fend off a challenge from former Rep. Chris Herrod in Provo (Senate District 16); Mike Brenny and Cory Maloy face off in the Lehi area (House District 6); Rep. Brian Greene, R-Pleasant Grove, is challenged by Xani Hanie (House District 57); and Rep. Marc Roberts, R-Salem, faces Richard Moore (House District 67).

There are also a number of State School Board primaries.

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How to vote? • Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. For help with voting sites, by-mail voting or other questions, see vote.utah.gov.

In the 20 counties where voting is by mail, including Salt Lake County, ballots had to be postmarked by Monday.

But they may still be dropped off Tuesday at in-person voting centers or at special drop boxes.

"Also, if you don't have a ballot because you have lost it or otherwise misplaced it, you can still go to your county clerk's office or to a polling location anywhere in your county and still be able to cast a ballot," said Mark Thomas, state elections director for Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox.

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Registration and provisional voting • Eight counties will also let people register to vote on Election Day if they have never registered before. Counties participating in that pilot project are Cache, Davis, Kane, Millard, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete and Weber.

Thomas notes that people who have moved within Utah since the past election can still vote in their new district by providing a current photo ID and proof of their new address, and then they may cast a provisional ballot.

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Results • Results from around the state will be posted on the lieutenant governor's website electionresults.utah.gov.

Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen said she expects to post initial results shortly after polls close at 8 p.m. because her county has been processing ballots returned by mail for weeks. Votes from in-person voting centers will be added later in the evening.

Final results may not be known for days in some races, because many ballots could still be in the mail.

But a change in state law allows county clerks to update their counts publicly again on Friday — and again on July 5 and 8 before final canvasses on July 12. Thomas said county clerks have been asked to post results on the electionresults.utah.gov websites between noon and 3 p.m. those days.

"So you can watch one website for updates," he said, "instead of looking at the websites of all the different county clerks."

— Tribune reporters Lee Davidson and Dan Harrie contributed to this story