20A-2-102.5.  Voter registration deadline.

(1)  Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 16, Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act, an individual who fails to timely submit a correctly completed voter registration form may not vote in the election.

Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-2-102.5

  • 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
  • Provisional ballot: means a ballot voted provisionally by a person:
(a) whose name is not listed on the official register at the polling place;
(b) whose legal right to vote is challenged as provided in this title; or
(c) whose identity was not sufficiently established by a poll worker. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Registration form: means a form by which an individual may register to vote under this title. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Voter: means an individual who:
    (a) meets the requirements for voting in an election;
    (b) meets the requirements of election registration;
    (c) is registered to vote; and
    (d) is listed in the official register book. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Voter registration deadline: means the registration deadline provided in Section 20A-2-102. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • (2)  The voter registration deadline is as follows:

    (a)  the voter registration must be received by the county clerk, the municipal clerk, or the lieutenant governor no later than 5 p.m. 11 calendar days before the date of the election, if the individual registers to vote:

    (i)  at the office of the county clerk, in accordance with Section 20A-2-201;

    (ii)  by mail, in accordance with Section 20A-2-202;

    (iii)  via an application for a driver license, in accordance with Section 20A-2-204;

    (iv)  via a public assistance agency or a discretionary voter registration agency, in accordance with Section 20A-2-205; or

    (v)  via electronic registration, in accordance with Section 20A-2-206;

    (b)  before the polls close on the last day of early voting, described in Section 20A-3a-601, if the individual registers by casting a provisional ballot at an early voting location in accordance with Section 20A-2-207; or

    (c)  before polls close on the date of the election, if the individual registers to vote on the date of the election by casting a provisional ballot, in accordance with Section 20A-2-207.

    Amended by Chapter 45, 2023 General Session