A programming glitch in Utah County's punch-card counter that dropped 33,000 ballots from totals and the processing of 26,000 provisional ballots led to minor changes in some races. But the canvass - available online at http://www.voterlink.utah.gov - won't affect the outcome of any race. Nor were any major mishaps discovered.

"With the exception of a few typos, everything looked fine," said State Auditor Auston Johnson, who checked statewide totals against individual county records.

According to the report, 942,010 Utahns voted in the Nov. 2 election for a 74 percent turnout. That compares to a 70 percent turnout during the last presidential election in 2000.

Utah law requires the board - comprised of the lieutenant governor, auditor, treasurer and attorney general - to certify election results on the fourth Monday of November at noon. They certify only federal, legislative and statewide races, initiatives and constitutional amendments and judicial retentions. County and city races are certified at the county level. Complimenting elections personnel for a "job well done," Lt. Gov. Gayle McKeachnie said, "we wanted to avoid standing in front of cameras like they did in Florida a few years ago."

- Kirsten Stewart