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UT Code § 20A-5-410 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 4 - Election Officer's Duties|Section 410 - Election officer to provide voting history information and status.

 Effective 5/12/2020  20A-5-410. Election officer to provide voting history information and status.    (1) As used in this section, "voting history record" means the information about the existence and status of absentee ballot requests required by this section.     (2)   (a) Each election officer shall maintain, in the election officer's office, a voting history record of those voters registered to vote in the election officer's jurisdiction.     (b) Except as it relates to a voter whose voter registration record is classified as private under Subsection 63G-2-302(1)(k), the voting history record is a public record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.       (3) The election officer shall ensure that the voting history record for each voting precinct contains:   (a) for voting by mail:   (i) the date that the manual ballot was mailed to the voter; and     (ii) the date that the voted manual ballot was received by the election officer;       (b) for early voting:   (i) the name and address of each individual who participated in early voting; and     (ii) the date the individual voted; and       (c) for voting on election day, the name and address of each individual who voted on election day.       (4)   (a) Notwithstanding the time limits for response to a request for records under Section 63G-2-204 or the time limits for a request for records established in any ordinance, the election officer shall ensure that the information required by this section is recorded and made available to the public no later than one business day after its receipt in the election officer's office.     (b) Notwithstanding the fee requirements of Section 63G-2-203 or the fee requirements established in any ordinance, the election officer shall make copies of the voting history record available to the public for the actual cost of production or copying.      Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-602 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 6 - Poll Workers|Section 602 - Appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are not distinguished by registered political parties.

 Effective 5/12/2020  20A-5-602. Appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are not distinguished by registered political parties.    (1)   (a) This section governs appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are not distinguished by registered political parties.     (b) An election officer shall appoint the poll worker at least 15 days before the date of the local election.       (2)   (a) The election officer shall appoint, or provide for the appointment of, at least three poll workers as follows:   (i) three registered voters; or     (ii) two registered voters, one of whom is at least 21 years old, and one individual who is 16 or 17 years old.       (b) The election officer may appoint additional poll workers to serve in the polling place as needed.       (3) The election officer may not appoint any candidate's parent, sibling, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law to serve as a poll worker at a polling place where the candidate appears on the ballot.     (4)   (a) The clerk shall compensate poll workers for their services.     (b) The clerk of a municipality or local district may not compensate poll workers at a rate higher than that paid by the county to the county's poll workers.      Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-603 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 6 - Poll Workers|Section 603 - Vacancies -- Removal of poll workers.

 Effective 5/12/2020  20A-5-603. Vacancies -- Removal of poll workers.    (1)   (a) If a poll worker or alternate is unable to serve, that poll worker or alternate shall immediately notify the election officer, who shall fill the vacancy as provided in this section.     (b) The election officer may fill a vacancy occurring under this section by appointing the alternate to serve or, if that is impossible, by appointing some other qualified person to fill the vacancy.       (2) The election officer shall summarily remove any poll worker who:   (a) neglects the poll worker's duty;     (b) commits or encourages fraud in connection with any election;     (c) violates any election law;     (d) knowingly permits any person to violate any election law;     (e) has been convicted of a felony;     (f) commits any act that interferes or tends to interfere with a fair and honest election; or     (g) is incapable of performing the duties of a poll worker.      Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-606 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 6 - Poll Workers|Section 606 - Closing the polls -- Preparation and delivery of election returns.

20A-5-606. Closing the polls -- Preparation and delivery of election returns.  The election judges shall close the polls and prepare and deliver the election returns as provided in Chapter 4, Election Returns and Election Contests.  Amended by Chapter 2, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-701 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 7 - Offenses Involving Election Administration|Section 701 - Willful neglect of duty or corrupt conduct -- Penalty.

20A-5-701. Willful neglect of duty or corrupt conduct -- Penalty.    (1) It is unlawful for any poll worker to willfully neglect the poll worker's duty or to willfully act corruptly in discharging the poll worker's duty.     (2) Any poll worker who violates this section is guilty of a third degree felony.    Amended by Chapter 253, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-702 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 7 - Offenses Involving Election Administration|Section 702 - Destroying or concealing ballots.

20A-5-702. Destroying or concealing ballots.    (1) It is unlawful for any person, or officer having charge of official ballots, to destroy, suppress, or conceal them, except authorized by this title.     (2) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a third degree felony.    Amended by Chapter 253, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-703 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 7 - Offenses Involving Election Administration|Section 703 - Neglect or refusal to deliver ballots or returns.

20A-5-703. Neglect or refusal to deliver ballots or returns.    (1) It is unlawful for any person or officer who has undertaken to deliver official ballots or election returns to any voting precinct or to any poll worker or election officer to neglect, refuse, or fail to do so.     (2) Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned for not less than six months, and fined not less than $250.    Amended by Chapter 75, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-705 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 7 - Offenses Involving Election Administration|Section 705 - Officer or watcher revealing vote.

20A-5-705. Officer or watcher revealing vote.    (1) It is unlawful for any election official or watcher to reveal to any other person the name of any candidate for whom a voter has voted, or to communicate to another the election official's or watcher's opinion, belief, or impression as to how or for whom a voter has voted.     (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.    Amended by Chapter 253, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-706 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 7 - Offenses Involving Election Administration|Section 706 - Damage, alteration, or theft of election equipment -- Penalty.

20A-5-706. Damage, alteration, or theft of election equipment -- Penalty.    (1) It is unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly damage, modify, steal, tamper with, or destroy a voting device, voting equipment, or an automated voting system.     (2) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a third degree felony.    Enacted by Chapter 326, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-801 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 8 - Voting Equipment Selection and Certification|Section 801 - Definitions.

 Effective 5/12/2020  20A-5-801. Definitions.  As used in this part:  (1) "New voting equipment system" means voting equipment that is operated in a materially different way or that functions in a materially different way than the equipment being replaced.     (2) "Voting equipment" means the following equipment used for an election:   (a) automatic tabulating equipment;     (b) a voting device; or     (c) a voting machine.      Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-802 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 8 - Voting Equipment Selection and Certification|Section 802 - Certification of voting equipment.

 Effective 3/26/2019  20A-5-802. Certification of voting equipment.    (1) For the voting equipment used in the jurisdiction over which an election officer has authority, the election officer shall:   (a) before each election, use logic and accuracy tests to ensure that the voting equipment performs the voting equipment's functions accurately;     (b) develop and implement a procedure to protect the physical security of the voting equipment; and     (c) ensure that the voting equipment is certified by the lieutenant governor under Subsection (2) as having met the requirements of this section.       (2)   (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii):   (i) the lieutenant governor shall ensure that all voting equipment used in the state is independently tested using security testing protocols and standards that:   (A) are generally accepted in the industry at the time the lieutenant governor reviews the voting equipment for certification; and     (B) meet the requirements of Subsection (2)(a)(ii);       (ii) the testing protocols and standards described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) shall require that a voting system:   (A) is accurate and reliable;     (B) possesses established and maintained access controls;     (C) has not been fraudulently manipulated or tampered with;     (D) is able to identify fraudulent or erroneous changes to the voting equipment; and     (E) protects the secrecy of a voter's ballot; and       (iii) The lieutenant governor may comply with the requirements of Subsection (2)(a) by certifying voting equipment that has been certified by:   (A) the United States Election Assistance Commission; or     (B) a laboratory that has been accredited by the United States Election Assistance Commission to test voting equipment.         (b)   (i) Voting equipment used in the state may include technology that allows for ranked-choice voting.     (ii) The lieutenant governor may, for voting equipment used for ranked-choice voting under Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, certify voting equipment that has been successfully used within the United States or a territory of the United States for ranked-choice voting for a race for federal office.        Amended by Chapter 305, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 20A-5-803 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 5 - Election Administration|Part 8 - Voting Equipment Selection and Certification|Section 803 - Voting Equipment Selection Committee.

 Affected by 63I-2-220 on 7/1/2023  Effective 5/9/2017  20A-5-803. Voting Equipment Selection Committee.    (1) Before selecting or purchasing a new voting equipment system, the lieutenant governor shall:   (a) appoint a Voting Equipment Selection Committee; and     (b) ensure that the committee includes persons having experience in:   (i) election procedures and administration;     (ii) computer technology;     (iii) data security;     (iv) auditing; and     (v) access for persons with disabilities.         (2) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:   (a) Section 63A-3-106;     (b) Section 63A-3-107; and     (c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.       (3) The lieutenant governor shall select a chair from the committee membership.     (4) The lieutenant governor may fill any vacancies that occur on the committee.     (5) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall provide staffing for the committee.     (6) The Voting Equipment Selection Committee shall:   (a) evaluate new voting equipment systems proposed for purchase by the state; and     (b) provide information and recommendations to assist the lieutenant governor with the purchase of new voting equipment systems.       (7) The lieutenant governor may designate individuals, including committee members, to inspect and review proprietary software as part of an evaluation of new voting equipment systems under consideration for purchase.     (8)   (a) The Voting Equipment Selection Committee may establish requirements for a new voting equipment system purchased under Section 20A-5-804 through the Voting Equipment Grant Program.     (b) A requirement established under Subsection (8)(a) is not binding unless the recommendation:   (i) is consistent with the requirements described in Section 20A-5-804 for the Voting Equipment Grant Program; and     (ii) specifically states that the recommendation is for voting equipment purchased through the Voting Equipment Grant Program.         (9) Before making any selection or purchase, the lieutenant governor shall provide for a period of public review and comment on new voting equipment systems under consideration for purchase by the state.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 32, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 20A-6-101 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 6 - Ballot Form|Part 1 - General Requirements for All Ballots|Section 101 - General requirements for manual ballots.

 Effective 5/12/2020  20A-6-101. General requirements for manual ballots.    (1) An election officer shall ensure that manual ballots:   (a) are printed using precisely the same quality and tint of plain white paper through which the printing or writing cannot be seen;     (b) are printed using precisely the same quality and kind of type;     (c) are printed using precisely the same quality and tint of plain black ink;     (d) are uniform in size for all the voting precincts within the election officer's jurisdiction; and     (e) include, on a ticket for a race in which a voter is authorized to cast a write-in vote and in which a write-in candidate is qualified under Section 20A-9-601, a space for a write-in candidate immediately following the last candidate listed on that ticket.       (2) Whenever the vote for candidates is to be limited to the voters of a particular political division, the election officer shall ensure that the names of those candidates are printed only upon those ballots provided to that political division.    Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 20A-6-102 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 6 - Ballot Form|Part 1 - General Requirements for All Ballots|Section 102 - General requirements for machine counted ballots.

 Effective 5/12/2020  20A-6-102. General requirements for machine counted ballots.    (1) An election officer shall ensure that ballots are printed:   (a) to a size and arrangement that fits the construction of the ballot counting device; and     (b) in plain, clear type in black ink on clear white stock; or     (c) in plain, clear type in black ink on stock of different colors if it is necessary to:   (i) identify different ballots or parts of the ballot; or     (ii) differentiate between political parties.         (2) For a race in which a voter is authorized to cast a write-in vote and in which a write-in candidate is qualified under Section 20A-9-601, the election officer shall include a space on the ticket for a write-in candidate immediately following the last candidate listed on that ticket.     (3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the election officer may authorize any ballots that are to be counted by means of electronic or electromechanical devices to be printed to a size, layout, texture, and in any type of ink or combination of inks that will be suitable for use in the counting devices in which they are intended to be placed.    Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 20A-6-103 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 6 - Ballot Form|Part 1 - General Requirements for All Ballots|Section 103 - Internet voting pilot project.

 Effective 5/13/2014  20A-6-103. Internet voting pilot project.  Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary, a county may allow a covered voter, as defined in Section 20A-16-102, or a voter with a disability, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 12102(1), to register to vote, and vote electronically. Amended by Chapter 206, 2014 General Session
UT Code § 20A-6-105.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 6 - Ballot Form|Part 1 - General Requirements for All Ballots|Section 105.5 - Voter access to provisional ballot information.

20A-6-105.5. Voter access to provisional ballot information.  Each county clerk shall implement, through an internet website, toll-free telephone number, or other means, a system where an individual who voted a provisional ballot may, free of charge, determine if the voter's vote was counted, and, if the vote was not counted, the reason the vote was not counted.  Enacted by Chapter 34, 2003 General Session
UT Code § 20A-6-106 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 6 - Ballot Form|Part 1 - General Requirements for All Ballots|Section 106 - Deadline for submission of ballot titles.

 Effective 5/14/2019  20A-6-106. Deadline for submission of ballot titles.  Unless otherwise specifically provided for by statute, the certified ballot title of each ballot proposition, ballot question, or ballot issue shall be submitted to the election officer before 5 p.m. no later than 65 days before the date of the election at which the matter will be submitted to the voters. Amended by Chapter 255, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 20A-6-107 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 6 - Ballot Form|Part 1 - General Requirements for All Ballots|Section 107 - Numbering of ballot propositions and bond propositions -- Duties of election officer and lieutenant governor.

 Effective 1/1/2019  20A-6-107. Numbering of ballot propositions and bond propositions -- Duties of election officer and lieutenant governor.    (1)   (a) Except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (1)(c), each ballot proposition shall be listed on the ballot under the heading "Proposition #___", with the number of the ballot proposition placed in the blank.     (b) Each proposed amendment to the Utah Constitution shall be listed on the ballot under the heading "Constitutional Amendment ___", with a letter placed in the blank.     (c) Each bond proposition that has qualified for the ballot shall be listed on the ballot under the title assigned to each bond proposition under Section 11-14-206.       (2)   (a) When an election officer or other person given authority to prepare or number ballot propositions receives a ballot proposition that is eligible for inclusion on the ballot, they shall ask the lieutenant governor to assign a number to the ballot proposition.     (b)   (i) Upon request from an election officer or other person given authority to prepare or number ballot propositions, the lieutenant governor shall assign each ballot proposition a unique number, except as provided under Subsection (2)(b)(iii).     (ii) Ballot proposition numbers shall be assigned sequentially, in the order requests for ballot proposition numbers are received.     (iii) The same ballot proposition number may be assigned to multiple ballot propositions if:   (A) the sponsors of each ballot proposition agree, in writing, to share the number; and     (B) the ballot propositions sharing the same number are identical in their terms, purpose, and effect, with jurisdiction being the only significant difference between the ballot propositions.          Amended by Chapter 458, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 20A-6-203 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 6 - Ballot Form|Part 2 - Ballots for Regular Primary Elections|Section 203 - Ballots for regular primary elections.

 Effective 5/12/2020  20A-6-203. Ballots for regular primary elections.    (1) The lieutenant governor, together with county clerks, suppliers of election materials, and representatives of registered political parties, shall:   (a) develop ballots to be used in Utah's regular primary election;     (b) ensure that the ballots comply generally, where applicable, with the requirements of Title 20A, Chapter 6, Part 1, General Requirements for All Ballots, and this section; and     (c) provide voting booths, election records and supplies, ballot boxes, and as applicable, voting devices, for each voting precinct as required by Section 20A-5-403.       (2)   (a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsections (1)(b) and (c), Title 20A, Chapter 6, Part 1, General Requirements for All Ballots, and Sections 20A-5-403, 20A-6-401, and 20A-6-401.1, the lieutenant governor, together with county clerks, suppliers of election materials, and representatives of registered political parties shall ensure that the ballots, voting booths, election records and supplies, and ballot boxes:   (i) facilitate the distribution, voting, and tallying of ballots in a primary where not all voters are authorized to vote for a party's candidate;     (ii) simplify the task of poll workers, particularly in determining a voter's party affiliation;     (iii) minimize the possibility of spoiled ballots due to voter confusion; and     (iv) protect against fraud.       (b) To accomplish the requirements of this Subsection (2), the lieutenant governor, county clerks, suppliers of election materials, and representatives of registered political parties shall:   (i) mark ballots as being for a particular registered political party; and     (ii) instruct individuals counting the ballots to count only those votes for candidates from the registered political party whose ballot the voter received.        Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 20A-6-203.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 6 - Ballot Form|Part 2 - Ballots for Regular Primary Elections|Section 203.5 - Instant runoff voting ballot.

 Effective 5/8/2018  20A-6-203.5. Instant runoff voting ballot.  If, in an election, at least one of the races is conducted by instant runoff voting under Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, the portion of the ballot relating to that race shall:   (1) list each candidate who qualifies to be placed on the election ballot for that race;     (2) opposite each candidate's name, include a place where a voter can indicate the voter's vote in order of preference for each candidate, as described in Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project; and     (3) provide the ability for a voter to enter a write-in candidate's name and indicate the voter's ordered preference for the write-in candidate.    Enacted by Chapter 187, 2018 General Session