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;
Sample ballot: means a mock ballot similar in form to the official ballot, published as provided in Section 20A-5-405. 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
Voting precinct: means the smallest geographical voting unit, established under 3. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
(a)
print instructions for voters;
(b)
ensure that the instructions are printed in English, and any other language required under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, in large clear type; and
(c)
ensure that the instructions inform voters:
(i)
about how to obtain ballots for voting;
(ii)
about special political party affiliation requirements for voting in a regular primary election or presidential primary election;
(iii)
about how to prepare ballots for deposit in the ballot box;
(iv)
about how to record write-in votes;
(v)
about how to obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake;
(vi)
about how to obtain assistance in marking ballots;
(vii)
about obtaining a new ballot if the voter‘s ballot is defaced;
(viii)
that identification marks or the spoiling or defacing of a ballot will make it invalid;
(ix)
about how to obtain and vote a provisional ballot;
(x)
about whom to contact to report election fraud;
(xi)
about applicable federal and state laws regarding:
(A)
voting rights and the appropriate official to contact if the voter alleges that the voter’s rights have been violated; and
(B)
prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation;
(xii)
about procedures governing mail-in registrants and first-time voters; and
(xiii)
about the date of the election and the hours that the polls are open on election day.
(2)
Each election officer shall:
(a)
provide the election judges of each voting precinct with sufficient instruction cards to instruct voters in the preparation of the voters’ ballots; and
(b)
direct the election judges to post:
(i)
general voting instructions in each voting booth;
(ii)
at least three instruction cards at other locations in the polling place; and
(iii)
at least one sample ballot at the polling place.
Amended by Chapter 18, 2022 General Session Amended by Chapter 170, 2022 General Session
