20A-4-604. Batch elimination. In any
ballot count conducted under Section
20A-4-603, the
election officer may exclude candidates through batch elimination by, instead of excluding only one candidate in a ballot-counting phase, excluding each candidate:
| (1) |
for which the number of remaining candidates with more valid rankings than that candidate is greater than or equal to the number of offices to be filled; and |
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-4-604
- 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
- Valid: means that the ballot is marked in a manner that permits the ranking to be counted during the applicable ballot-counting phase. See Utah Code 20A-4-601
| (2) |
| (a) |
for which the number of valid rankings counted for the candidate in the ballot-counting phase plus the number of rankings counted for all candidates with fewer valid rankings in the ballot-counting phase is less than the number of valid rankings for the candidate with the next highest amount of valid rankings in the ballot-counting phase; or |
| (b) |
who has fewer valid rankings in the ballot-counting phase than a candidate who is excluded under Subsection (2)(a). |
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Amended by Chapter 342, 2022 General Session
