20A-5-404.  Election forms — Preparation and contents.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-5-404

  • 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
  • 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 officer: means :
(a) the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections;
(b) the county clerk for:
(i) a county ballot and election; and
(ii) a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section 20A-5-400. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Official register: means the official record furnished to election officials by the election officer that contains the information required by Section 20A-5-401. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Pollbook: means a record of the names of voters in the order that they appear to cast votes. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Polling place: means a building where voting is conducted. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Voting precinct: means the smallest geographical voting unit, established under 3. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • (a)  For each election, the election officer shall prepare, for each polling place:

    (i)  forms for poll workers to record and verify security seals, ballots cast, and the number of voters who voted; and

    (ii)  an official register or pollbook.

    (b)  For each election, the election officer shall:

    (i)  provide a copy of each form to each of those precincts using paper ballots; and

    (ii)  provide a copy of the ballot disposition form and a pollbook to each of those voting precincts using an automated voting system.

    (2)  The election officer shall ensure that the forms described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) include:

    (a)  a space for the judges to identify:

    (i)  the number of ballots voted;

    (ii)  the number of registered voters listed in the official register or pollbook; and

    (iii)  the total number of voters voting according to the official register or pollbook; and

    (b)  a certification, in substantially the following form:
         “We, the undersigned, judges of an election held at ______ voting precinct, in _______ County, state of Utah, on __________(month\day\year), having first been sworn according to law, certify that the information in this form is a true statement of the number and names of the individuals voting in the voting precinct at the election, and that the total number of individuals voting at the election was ____.
         _____________________________
         _____________________________
         _____________________________
         Judges of Election”.

    (3)  The election officer shall ensure that the official register or pollbook:

    (a)  identifies the voting precinct number on the face of the official register or pollbook; and

    (b)  contains:

    (i)  a section to record individuals voting on election day; and

    (ii)  a section in which to record voters who are challenged.