Cities across Utah will try a new method of voting and last updated 2021-05-10 20:18:38-04 SALT LAKE CITY â Nearly two dozen cities across Utah are trying a new method of voting. They have opted into a pilot project to try "ranked choice voting" for municipal elections. "This is a big deal. I think we have more cities doing ranked choice voting in Utah than the rest of the country combined," said Justin Lee, the state elections director for the Utah Lt. Governor's Office. Monday was the deadline for communities to opt into the ranked choice voting pilot project. The communities participating are: