Utah Statutes § 20A-5-102 Voting instructions

Statute Text

(1) Each election officer shall:

(a) print instructions for voters;

(b) ensure that the instructions are printed in English, and any other language required under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, in large clear type; and

(i) about how to obtain ballots for voting;

(ii) about special political party affiliation requirements for voting in a regular primary election or presidential primary election;

(iii) about how to prepare ballots for deposit in the ballot box;

(iv) about how to record write-in votes;

(v) about how to obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake;

(vi) about how to obtain assistance in marking ballots;

(vii) about obtaining a new ballot if the voter's ballot is defaced;

(viii) that identification marks or the spoiling or defacing of a ballot will make it invalid;

(ix) about how to obtain and vote a provisional ballot;

(x) about whom to contact to report election fraud;

(xi) about applicable federal and state laws regarding:

(A) voting rights and the appropriate official to contact if the voter alleges that the voter's rights have been violated; and

(B) prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation;

(xii) about procedures governing mail-in registrants and first-time voters; and

(xiii) about the date of the election and the hours that the polls are open on election day.

(2) Each election officer shall:

(a) provide the election judges of each voting precinct with sufficient instruction cards to instruct voters in the preparation of the voters' ballots; and

(b) direct the election judges to post:

(i) general voting instructions in each voting booth;

(ii) at least three instruction cards at other locations in the polling place; and

(iii) at least one sample ballot at the polling place.

History

Amended by Chapter 170 , 2022 General Session , § 8 , eff. 5/4/2022 .

Amended by Chapter 18 , 2022 General Session , § 14 , eff. 3/3/2022 .

Amended by Chapter 31 , 2020 General Session , § 78 , eff. 5/12/2020 .

Amended by Chapter 433 , 2019 General Session , § 15 , eff. 5/14/2019 .

Amended by Chapter 116 , 2003 General Session .