Six Utah cities signed up for a new election method aimed at giving voters more say. At least half of them have bailed out — and more may follow.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Mailed-in ballots speed through a sorting machine that can process up to 19,000 ballots an hour, taking pictures of the signature on the exposed affidavit and reading the bar code that shows a voter has returned their ballot for immediate confirmation, Salt Lake County ballot center, Oct. 31, 2018.