The good thing about an Election Day that takes the better part of a month is that voters have plenty of time to consider issues and candidates and thoughtfully cast their ballots.

Please do.

The bad thing about an Election Day that lasts the better part of a month is that voters might let it slip their minds that, indeed, there is a deadline. And it’s coming up pretty soon.

Don’t miss it.

Most Utah voters received their ballots in the mail shortly after the first day they could be mailed by county clerks, back on June 2. To be counted, those ballots have to have landed on your county clerk’s desk by official Election Day, June 23.

That means that it is too late to just toss your ballot in a mailbox and be fully confident that it will arrive on time to be counted. But ballots can be dropped off at county clerks’ offices throughout the state, or deposited in official ballot collection boxes scattered throughout every county.

And there is still the opportunity to vote at a polling place, the old-fashioned way. You can even register to vote on Election Day, if you haven’t already.

This is your chance to be heard. Don’t let it slip away.

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