20A-5-301.  Combined voting precincts — Municipalities.

(1) 

Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-5-301

  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • 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
  • Municipal legislative body: means :
(a) the council of the city or town in any form of municipal government; or
(b) the council of a metro township. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Polling place: means a building where voting is conducted. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. 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)  The municipal legislative body of a city of the first or second class may combine up to four regular county voting precincts into one municipal voting precinct for purposes of a municipal election if they designate the location and address of each of those combined voting precincts.

    (b)  The polling place shall be within the combined voting precinct or within 1/2 mile of the boundaries of the voting precinct.

    (2) 

    (a)  The municipal legislative body of a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class, a town, or a metro township may combine two or more regular county voting precincts into one municipal voting precinct for purposes of an election if it designates the location and address of that combined voting precinct.

    (b)  If only two precincts are combined, the polling place shall be within the combined precinct or within 1/2 mile of the boundaries of the combined voting precinct.

    (c)  If more than two precincts are combined, the polling place should be as near as practical to the middle of the combined precinct.

    Amended by Chapter 176, 2016 General Session