Utah Code 20A-3a-504. Violations — Penalties

20A-3a-504. Violations — Penalties.

(1)

Except as provided in Subsection (3) or Section 20A-3a-208, an individual is guilty of a class C misdemeanor if the individual:

Under the Utah Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:

Class	Prison	Fine
class C misdemeanor	up to 90 days	up to $750

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
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.
Polling place: means a building where voting is conducted. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

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

Voting booth: means :

(a)	the space or compartment within a polling place that is provided for the preparation of ballots, including the voting enclosure or curtain; or

(b)	a voting device that is free standing. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
(a)	allows the individual’s ballot to be seen by another with the intent to reveal how the individual is about to vote;

(b)	states falsely that the individual is unable to mark the individual’s ballot;

(c)	interferes or attempts to interfere with any individual who is inside the voting booth or who is marking a ballot;

(d)	induces or attempts to induce any voter who is inside a voting booth or who is marking a ballot to vote to show how the voter marked the voter’s ballot; or

(e)	takes a photograph of a ballot, other than the individual’s own ballot, at a polling place.

(2)	The election judges and clerks shall report any individual who violates this section to the county attorney or district attorney having state criminal jurisdiction for prosecution.

(3)	Subsection (1) does not prohibit an individual from transferring a photograph of the individual’s own ballot in a manner that allows the photograph to be viewed by the individual or another.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session