20A-8-106.  Organization as a political party — Certification procedures.

(1)  Before 5 p.m. no later than March 1 of the regular general election year, the prospective political party’s officers or governing board shall file the names of the party officers or governing board with the lieutenant governor.

Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-8-106

  • Convention: means the political party convention at which party officers and delegates are selected. 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
  • Newly registered political party: means a statewide organization of voters that has complied with the petition and organizing procedures of this chapter to become a registered political party. See Utah Code 20A-8-101
  • Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Registered political party: means an organization of voters that:
(a) 
(i) participated in the last regular general election; and
(ii) in at least one of the last two regular general elections, polled a total vote for any of its candidates for any office equal to 2% or more of the total votes cast for all candidates for the United States House of Representatives in the same regular general election; or
(b) has complied with the petition and organizing procedures of this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-8-101
  • 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
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
    • (2)  After reviewing the information and determining that all proper procedures have been completed, the lieutenant governor shall:

    (a)  issue a certificate naming the organization as a registered political party in Utah and designating its official name; and

    (b)  inform each county clerk that the organization is a registered political party in Utah.

    (3)  All election officers and state officials shall consider the organization to be and shall treat the organization as a registered political party.

    (4)  The newly registered political party shall comply with all the provisions of Utah law governing political parties.

    (5) 

    (a)  If the newly registered political party does not hold a national party convention, the governing board of the political party may designate the names of the party’s candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States and the names of the party’s presidential electors to the lieutenant governor before 5 p.m. no later than August 15.

    (b)  If the party chooses to designate names, the governing board shall certify those names.

    Amended by Chapter 255, 2019 General Session

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