The recounts will be a final test of the first Utah election to use touch-screen electronic voting machines.

A Piute County Commission race was further complicated because poll workers allowed three registered Democrats to vote in the GOP-only primary. Challenger Bill Sudweeks, who lost by that many votes, has demanded a recount before deciding whether to take the error to court.

"My race is three votes off, and there were three votes in the election that should not have been cast," Sudweeks said. "I understand that it's something that might have to go to court. I would have the expense of getting an attorney and getting it overturned, and the job doesn't pay that much."

If a court challenge proves too expensive or fails, Sudweeks said, "I am seriously interested in running a write-in campaign in November."

Piute County Clerk Valeen Brown is planning a recount next week.

Meanwhile, in the Uintah County surveyor race, a recount demanded by candidate Robert Kay confirmed his loss to incumbent John Slaugh by three votes: 2,143 to 2,140.

"Our touch-screen voting equipment was 100 percent accurate in both counts," said Uintah County Clerk Michael Wilkins. The only changes came from hand-counting scanner ballots, he said.

Salt Lake County's vote canvass Tuesday still left Wallace the loser by 24 votes out of the 27 precincts in state House District 42. Under the state's rule, a difference of fewer than one vote per precinct allows a candidate to request a recount. Wallace immediately filed a letter requesting a recount, said Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen.

Swensen plans to do the recount today.

"Hopefully, our procedures are very solid. It's going to be a very smooth recount," she said.

In Wayne County, commission candidate Newell Harward accepted his five-vote loss to DeRae Fillmore without demanding a recount.