Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-7-312

• 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
• Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Referendum: means a process by which a law passed by the Legislature or by a local legislative body is submitted or referred to the voters for their approval or rejection. See Utah Code 20A-7-101
• Referendum packet: means a copy of the referendum petition, a copy of the law being submitted or referred to the voters for their approval or rejection, and the signature sheets, all of which have been bound together as a unit. See Utah Code 20A-7-101
• Referendum petition: means :

  (a)	as it relates to a statewide referendum, using the manual referendum process, the form described in Subsection 20A-7-303(2)(a), petitioning for submission of a law passed by the Legislature to legal voters for their approval or rejection;

  (b)	as it relates to a statewide referendum, using the electronic referendum process, the form described in Subsection 20A-7-313(2), petitioning for submission of a law passed by the Legislature to legal voters for their approval or rejection;

  (c)	as it relates to a local referendum, using the manual referendum process, the form described in Subsection 20A-7-603(2)(a), petitioning for submission of a local law to legal voters for their approval or rejection; or

  (d)

  as it relates to a local referendum, using the electronic referendum process, the form described in Subsection 20A-7-614(2), petitioning for submission of a local law to legal voters for their approval or rejection. See Utah Code 20A-7-101 Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Voter: means an individual who: (a)  meets the requirements for voting in an election; (b)  meets the requirements of election registration; (c)  is registered to vote; and (d)  is listed in the official register book. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 (a)  sign any name other than the person’s own to a referendum petition; (b)  knowingly sign the person’s name more than once for the same referendum petition at one election; (c)  knowingly indicate that a person who signed a referendum petition signed the referendum petition on a date other than the date that the person signed the petition; (d)  sign a referendum petition knowing the person is not a legal voter; or (e)  knowingly and willfully violate any provision of this part.

  (2)

  It is unlawful for any person to sign the verification for a referendum packet, or to electronically sign the verification for a signature under Subsection 20A-21-201(9) knowing that: (a)  the person does not meet the residency requirements of Section 20A-2-105; (b)  the signature date associated with the person’s signature for the referendum petition is not the date that the person signed the referendum petition; (c)  the person has not witnessed the signatures of those persons whose signatures the person collects or submits; or (d)  one or more individuals who sign the referendum petition are not registered to vote in Utah.

  (3)	It is unlawful for any person to: (a)  pay a person to sign a referendum petition; (b)  pay a person to remove the person’s signature from a referendum petition; (c)  accept payment to sign a referendum petition; or (d)  accept payment to have the person’s name removed from a referendum petition.

  (4)	Any person violating this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

  Amended by Chapter 107, 2023 General Session