Utah Statutes § 20A-4-604 Batch elimination
Statute Text
In any ballot count conducted under Section
20A-4-603
, the election officer may exclude candidates through batch elimination by, instead of excluding only one candidate in a ballot-counting phase, excluding each candidate:
(1)
for which the number of remaining candidates with more valid rankings than that candidate is greater than or equal to the number of offices to be filled; and
(2)
(a)
for which the number of valid rankings counted for the candidate in the ballot-counting phase plus the number of rankings counted for all candidates with fewer valid rankings in the ballot-counting phase is less than the number of valid rankings for the candidate with the next highest amount of valid rankings in the ballot-counting phase; or
(b)
who has fewer valid rankings in the ballot-counting phase than a candidate who is excluded under Subsection (2)(a).
History
Amended by Chapter 342 , 2022 General Session , § 6 , eff. 5/4/2022 .
Added by Chapter 187 , 2018 General Session , § 14 , eff. 5/8/2018 .
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