20A-1-202. Date and purpose of municipal general election.
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Except as provided in Section 20A-1-206, a municipal general election shall be held in municipalities, and special districts as applicable, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-1-202
- 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
- Municipal general election: means the election held in municipalities and, as applicable, special districts on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-202. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Municipal officers: means those municipal officers that are required by law to be elected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- qualified: means to take the oath of office and begin performing the duties of the position for which the individual was elected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Special district: means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, and includes a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Special district officers: means those special district board members who are required by law to be elected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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At the municipal general election, the voters shall:
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choose persons to serve as municipal officers; and |
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for a special district that holds an election during an odd-numbered year, choose persons to serve as special district officers; and |
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approve or reject:
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any proposed initiatives or referenda that have qualified for the ballot as provided by law; and |
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any other ballot propositions submitted to the voters that are authorized by the Utah Code. |
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Amended by Chapter 15, 2023 General Session
