(1)
Each election officer shall ensure that:
(a)
all manual ballots furnished for use at the regular general election contain:
(i)
no captions or other endorsements except as provided in this section;
(ii)
no symbols, markings, or other descriptions of a political party or group, except for a registered political party that has chosen to nominate its candidates in accordance with Section
20A-9-403
; and
(iii)
no indication that a candidate for elective office has been nominated by, or has been endorsed by, or is in any way affiliated with a political party or group, unless the candidate has been nominated by a registered political party in accordance with Subsection
20A-9-202
(4)
or Subsection
20A-9-403
(5)
;
(b)
at the top of the ballot, the following endorsements are printed in 18 point bold type:
(i)
"Official Ballot for ____ County, Utah";
(ii)
the date of the election; and
(iii)
the words "certified by the Clerk of __________ County" or, as applicable, the name of a combined office that includes the duties of a county clerk;
(c)
unaffiliated candidates, candidates not affiliated with a registered political party, and all other candidates for elective office who were not nominated by a registered political party in accordance with Subsection
20A-9-202
(4)
or Subsection
20A-9-403
(5)
, are listed with the other candidates for the same office in accordance with Section
20A-6-305
, without a party name or title;
(d)
each ticket containing the lists of candidates, including the party name and device, are separated by heavy parallel lines;
(e)
the offices to be filled are plainly printed immediately above the names of the candidates for those offices;
(f)
the names of candidates are printed in capital letters, not less than one-eighth nor more than one-fourth of an inch high in heavy-faced type not smaller than 10 point, between lines or rules three-eighths of an inch apart; and
(g)
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
:
(i)
the ballot includes a space for a write-in candidate immediately following the last candidate listed on that ticket; or
(ii)
for the offices of president and vice president and governor and lieutenant governor, the ballot includes two spaces for write-in candidates immediately following the last candidates on that ticket, one placed above the other, to enable the entry of two valid write-in candidates.
(2)
An election officer shall ensure that:
(a)
each individual nominated by any registered political party under Subsection
20A-9-202
(4)
or Subsection
20A-9-403
(5)
, and no other individual, is placed on the ballot:
(i)
under the registered political party's name, if any; or
(ii)
under the title of the registered political party as designated by them in their certificates of nomination or petition, or, if none is designated, then under some suitable title;
(b)
the names of all unaffiliated candidates that qualify as required in Chapter 9, Part 5, Candidates not Affiliated with a Party, are placed on the ballot;
(c)
the names of the candidates for president and vice president are used on the ballot instead of the names of the presidential electors; and
(d)
the ballots contain no other names.
(3)
When the ballot contains a nonpartisan section, the election officer shall ensure that:
(a)
the designation of the office to be filled in the election and the number of candidates to be elected are printed in type not smaller than eight point;
(b)
the words designating the office are printed flush with the left-hand margin;
(c)
the words, "Vote for one" or "Vote for up to _____ (the number of candidates for which the voter may vote)" extend to the extreme right of the column;
(d)
the nonpartisan candidates are grouped according to the office for which they are candidates;
(e)
the names in each group are placed in the order specified under Section
20A-6-305
with the surnames last; and
(f)
each group is preceded by the designation of the office for which the candidates seek election, and the words, "Vote for one" or "Vote for up to _____ (the number of candidates for which the voter may vote)," according to the number to be elected.
(4)
Each election officer shall ensure that:
(a)
proposed amendments to the Utah Constitution are listed on the ballot in accordance with Section
20A-6-107
;
(b)
ballot propositions submitted to the voters are listed on the ballot in accordance with Section 20A-6-107;
(c)
bond propositions that have qualified for the ballot are listed on the ballot under the title assigned to each bond proposition under Section
11-14-206
; and
(d)
the judicial retention section of the ballot includes a statement at the beginning directing voters to the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission's website in accordance with Subsection
20A-12-201
(4)
.
History
Amended by
Chapter
136
,
2021
General Session
,
§
1
, eff.
5/5/2021
.
Amended by
Chapter
344
,
2020
General Session
,
§
1
, eff.
5/12/2020
.
Amended by
Chapter
49
,
2020
General Session
,
§
6
, eff.
5/12/2020
.
Amended by
Chapter
31
,
2020
General Session
,
§
101
, eff.
5/12/2020
.
Amended by
Chapter
274
,
2018
General Session
,
§
17
, eff.
5/8/2018
.
Amended by
Chapter
66
,
2016
General Session
,
§
4
, eff.
5/10/2016
.
Amended by
Chapter
392
,
2015
General Session
,
§
3
, eff.
5/12/2015
.
Amended by
Chapter
169
,
2014
General Session
,
§
3
, eff.
5/13/2014
.
Amended by
Chapter
17
,
2014
General Session
,
§
5
, eff.
1/1/2015
.
Amended by
Chapter
68
,
2012
General Session
,
§
1
, eff.
5/8/2012
.
Amended by
Chapter
292
,
2011
General Session