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Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-1-204- 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
- Local political subdivision: means a county, a municipality, a local district, or a special school district. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Local special election: means a special election called by the governing body of a local political subdivision in which all registered voters of the local political subdivision may vote. 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
- Presidential Primary Election: means the election established in 8. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-201. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Special election: means an election held as authorized by Section 20A-1-203. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Statewide special election: means a special election called by the governor or the Legislature in which all registered voters in Utah may vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
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Except as provided by Subsection (1)(d), the governor, Legislature, or the legislative body of a local political subdivision calling a statewide special election or local special election under Section 20A-1-203 shall schedule the special election to be held on:
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in an even-numbered year:
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the fourth Tuesday in June; or |
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the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; or |
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in an odd-numbered year:
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the second Tuesday after the first Monday in August; or |
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the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. |
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Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c), the governor, Legislature, or the legislative body of a local political subdivision calling a statewide special election or local special election under Section 20A-1-203 may not schedule a special election to be held on any other date. |
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Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (1)(b) or (1)(d), the legislative body of a local political subdivision may call a local special election on a date other than those specified in this section if the legislative body:
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determines and declares that there is a disaster, as defined in Section 53-2a-102, requiring that a special election be held on a date other than the ones authorized in statute; |
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identifies specifically the nature of the disaster, as defined in Section 53-2a-102, and the reasons for holding the special election on that other date; and |
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votes unanimously to hold the special election on that other date. |
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The legislative body of a local political subdivision may not hold a local special election on the same date as the presidential primary election conducted under 8. |
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The legislative body of a local political subdivision may only call a special election for a ballot proposition related to a bond, debt, leeway, levy, or tax on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. |
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Nothing in this section prohibits:
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the governor or Legislature from submitting a matter to the voters at the regular general election if authorized by law; or |
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a local government from submitting a matter to the voters at the regular municipal election if authorized by law. |
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