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Utah Statutes § 20A-3a-504 Violations - Penalties

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Statute Text

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (3) or Section 20A-3a-208 , an individual is guilty of a class C misdemeanor if the individual:
(a) allows the individual's ballot to be seen by another with the intent to reveal how the individual is about to vote;
(b) states falsely that the individual is unable to mark the individual's ballot;
(c) interferes or attempts to interfere with any individual who is inside the voting booth or who is marking a ballot;
(d) induces or attempts to induce any voter who is inside a voting booth or who is marking a ballot to vote to show how the voter marked the voter's ballot; or
(e) takes a photograph of a ballot, other than the individual's own ballot, at a polling place.
(2) The election judges and clerks shall report any individual who violates this section to the county attorney or district attorney having state criminal jurisdiction for prosecution.
(3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit an individual from transferring a photograph of the individual's own ballot in a manner that allows the photograph to be viewed by the individual or another.

History

Amended by Chapter 31 , 2020 General Session , § 50 , eff. 5/12/2020 .

Renumbered from § 20A-3-504 by Chapter 31 , 2020 General Session , § 50 , eff. 5/12/2020 .

Amended by Chapter 55 , 2015 General Session , § 1 , eff. 5/12/2015 .

Amended by Chapter 38, 1993 General Session

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