To apply to register to vote, in addition to any other approved method, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent.
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-16-302
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
Federal postcard application: means the application prescribed under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
Federal write-in absentee ballot: means the ballot described in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received before the day of the election.
(b)
If the declaration is received on or after the day of the election, the declaration shall be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.
(3)
(a)
The lieutenant governor shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in Subsection 20A-16-201(3) is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate election official.
(b)
The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to register to vote.
