An election officer shall request an email address from each covered voter who registers to vote.
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-16-501
Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
Covered voter: means an individual who:
(a)
satisfies Utah's voter eligibility requirements that do not relate to residency;
(b)
is not registered to vote in a state other than Utah;
(c)
is absent from the United States on the day of the election; and
(d)
(i)
is a resident of Utah under Section 20A-2-105, but is absent from the United States on election day because the individual:
(A)
is a uniformed service voter; or
(B)
temporarily resides outside the United States;
(ii)
is a foreign United States citizen who:
(A)
before establishing a principal place of residence outside the United States, established a principal place of residence in Utah; and
(B)
did not, after leaving Utah, register to vote in a state other than Utah or establish a principal place of residence in a state other than Utah; or
(iii)
is a foreign United States citizen:
(A)
who has never registered to vote in a state other than Utah;
(B)
who has never established a principal place of residence in the United States; and
(C)
whose parent, legal guardian, spouse, or domestic partner established the parent's, legal guardian's, spouse's, or domestic partner's most recent United States principal place of residence in Utah. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
Election official: means any election officer, election judge, or poll worker. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
Military-overseas ballot: means :
(a)
a federal write-in absentee ballot;
(b)
a ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use by a covered voter in accordance with this chapter; or
(c)
a ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
may be used only for official communication with the covered voter about the voting process, including transmitting military-overseas ballots and election materials if the voter has requested electronic transmission, verifying the voter’s mailing address and physical location, and informing the voter of the status of the voter’s ballot in accordance with Section 20A-3a-401.5.
(3)
The request for an email address shall:
(a)
describe the purposes for which the email address may be used;
(b)
include a statement that any other use or disclosure of the email address is prohibited; and
(c)
describe how a voter may sign up to receive ballot status notifications via the ballot tracking system described in Section 20A-3a-401.5.
(4)
(a)
A covered voter who provides an email address may request that the covered voter’s application for a military-overseas ballot be considered a standing request for electronic delivery of a ballot for all elections held through December 31 of the year following the calendar year of the date of the application or another shorter period the covered voter specifies.
(b)
An election official shall provide a military-overseas ballot to a covered voter who makes a standing request for each election to which the request is applicable.
(c)
A covered voter who is entitled to receive a military-overseas ballot for a primary election under this Subsection (4) is entitled to receive a military-overseas ballot for the general election.
