On or before November 15 in the year before each regular general election year, the lieutenant governor shall prepare and transmit a written notice to each county clerk that:
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-5-101
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
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
Election officer: means :
(a)
the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections;
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.
Manual ballot: means a paper document produced by an election officer on which an individual records an individual's vote by directly placing a mark on the paper document using a pen or other marking instrument. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
Polling place: means a building where voting is conducted. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
qualified: means to take the oath of office and begin performing the duties of the position for which the individual was elected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-201. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
Voting precinct: means the smallest geographical voting unit, established under 3. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
(a)
designates the offices to be filled at the next year’s regular general election;
(b)
identifies the dates for filing a declaration of candidacy, and for submitting and certifying nomination petition signatures, as applicable, under Sections 20A-9-403, 20A-9-407, and 20A-9-408 for those offices; and
(c)
contains a description of any ballot propositions to be decided by the voters that have qualified for the ballot as of that date.
(2)
(a)
No later than seven business days after the day on which the lieutenant governor transmits the written notice described in Subsection (1), each county clerk shall provide notice for the county, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for seven days before the day of the election and in accordance with Subsection (3).
(b)
The county clerk shall prepare an affidavit of the posting under Subsection (2)(a), showing a copy of the notice and the places where the notice was posted.
(3)
The notice described in Subsection (2) shall:
(a)
designate the offices to be voted on in that election; and
(b)
identify the dates for filing a declaration of candidacy for those offices.
(4)
Except as provided in Subsection (6), before each election, the election officer shall give printed notice of the following information:
(a)
the date of election;
(b)
the hours during which the polls will be open;
(c)
the polling places for each voting precinct, early voting polling place, and election day voting center;
(d)
the address of the Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website and, if available, the address of the election officer’s website, with a statement indicating that the election officer will post on the website any changes to the location of a polling place and the location of any additional polling place;
(e)
a phone number that a voter may call to obtain information regarding the location of a polling place;
(f)
the qualifications for persons to vote in the election: and
(g)
instructions regarding how an individual with a disability, who is not able to vote a manual ballot by mail, may obtain information on voting in an accessible manner.
(5)
The election officer shall provide the notice described in Subsection (4) for the jurisdiction, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least seven days before the day of the election.
(6)
Instead of including the information described in Subsection (4) in the notice, the election officer may give printed notice that:
(a)
is entitled “Notice of Election”;
(b)
includes the following: “A [indicate election type] will be held in [indicate the jurisdiction] on [indicate date of election]. Information relating to the election, including polling places, polling place hours, and qualifications of voters may be obtained from the following sources:”; and
(c)
specifies the following sources where an individual may view or obtain the information described in Subsection (4):
(i)
if the jurisdiction has a website, the jurisdiction’s website;
(ii)
the physical address of the jurisdiction offices; and
(iii)
a mailing address and telephone number.
Amended by Chapter 45, 2023 General Session Amended by Chapter 56, 2023 General Session Amended by Chapter 106, 2023 General Session Amended by Chapter 297, 2023 General Session Amended by Chapter 435, 2023 General Session
