Utah Statutes § 20A-7-312 Misconduct of electors and officers - PenaltyVersion dated Oct. 30, 2024
This is an older version of § 20A-7-312 Misconduct of electors and officers - Penalty which we archived on October 30, 2024.
Statute Text
(1)
It is unlawful for any person to:
(a)
sign any name other than the person's own to a referendum petition;
(b)
knowingly sign the person's name more than once for the same referendum petition at one election;
(c)
knowingly indicate that a person who signed a referendum petition signed the referendum petition on a date other than the date that the person signed the petition;
(d)
sign a referendum petition knowing the person is not a legal voter; or
(e)
knowingly and willfully violate any provision of this part.
(2)
It is unlawful for any person to sign the verification for a referendum packet, or to electronically sign the verification for a signature under Subsection
20A-21-201
(9)
knowing that:
(a)
the person does not meet the residency requirements of Section
20A-2-105
;
(b)
the signature date associated with the person's signature for the referendum petition is not the date that the person signed the referendum petition;
(c)
the person has not witnessed the signatures of those persons whose signatures the person collects or submits; or
(d)
one or more individuals who sign the referendum petition are not registered to vote in Utah.
(3)
It is unlawful for any person to:
(a)
pay a person to sign a referendum petition;
(b)
pay a person to remove the person's signature from a referendum petition;
(c)
accept payment to sign a referendum petition; or
(d)
accept payment to have the person's name removed from a referendum petition.
(4)
Any person violating this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
History
Amended by Chapter 107 , 2023 General Session , § 35 , eff. 5/3/2023 .
Amended by Chapter 325 , 2022 General Session , § 25 , eff. 1/1/2023 .
Amended by Chapter 210 , 2019 General Session , § 13 , eff. 5/14/2019 .
Amended by Chapter 253 , 2013 General Session , § 7 , eff. 5/14/2013 .
Amended by Chapter 202 , 2009 General Session