At least 100 days before the day of an election, other than a statewide special election or local special election, and as soon as practicable before a statewide special election or local special election, the election officer shall prepare an election notice for the election officer’s jurisdiction, to be used in conjunction with a federal write-in absentee ballot.
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-16-502
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
Ballot proposition: means a question, issue, or proposal that is submitted to voters on the ballot for their approval or rejection including:
(a)
an opinion question specifically authorized by the Legislature;
(b)
a constitutional amendment;
(c)
an initiative;
(d)
a referendum;
(e)
a bond proposition;
(f)
a judicial retention question;
(g)
an incorporation of a city or town; or
(h)
any other ballot question specifically authorized by the Legislature. 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 officer: means :
(a)
the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections;
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
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
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
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, or American Samoa. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
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
a list of all of the ballot propositions and federal, state, and local offices that as of that date the election officer expects to be on the ballot on the date of the election; and
(b)
specific instructions for how a covered voter is to indicate on the federal write-in absentee ballot the covered voter‘s choice for each office to be filled and for each ballot proposition to be contested.
(3)
(a)
A covered voter may request a copy of an election notice.
(b)
The election officer shall send the notice to the covered voter by facsimile, email, or regular mail, as the covered voter requests.
(4)
As soon as the ballot is certified, and not later than the date ballots are required to be transmitted to voters under Chapter 3a, Voting, the election officer charged with preparing the election notice under Subsection (1) shall update the notice with the certified candidates for each office and ballot propositions and make the updated notice publicly available.
(5)
A political subdivision that maintains a website shall make the election notice prepared under this section and updated versions of the election notice regularly available on the website.
