The lieutenant governor, together with county clerks, suppliers of election materials, and representatives of registered political parties, shall:
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-6-203
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
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Voting precinct: means the smallest geographical voting unit, established under 3. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
(a)
develop ballots to be used in Utah’s regular primary election;
(b)
ensure that the ballots comply generally, where applicable, with the requirements of 1, and this section; and
(c)
provide voting booths, election records and supplies, ballot boxes, and as applicable, voting devices, for each voting precinct as required by Section 20A-5-403.
(2)
(a)
Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsections (1)(b) and (c), 1, and Sections 20A-5-403, 20A-6-401, and 20A-6-401.1, the lieutenant governor, together with county clerks, suppliers of election materials, and representatives of registered political parties shall ensure that the ballots, voting booths, election records and supplies, and ballot boxes:
(i)
facilitate the distribution, voting, and tallying of ballots in a primary where not all voters are authorized to vote for a party’s candidate;
(ii)
simplify the task of poll workers, particularly in determining a voter‘s party affiliation;
(iii)
minimize the possibility of spoiled ballots due to voter confusion; and
(iv)
protect against fraud.
(b)
To accomplish the requirements of this Subsection (2), the lieutenant governor, county clerks, suppliers of election materials, and representatives of registered political parties shall:
(i)
mark ballots as being for a particular registered political party; and
(ii)
instruct individuals counting the ballots to count only those votes for candidates from the registered political party whose ballot the voter received.
