20A-9-504.  Unaffiliated candidates — Governor and president of the United States.

(1) 

Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-9-504

  • 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
  • Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-201. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(a)  Each unaffiliated candidate for governor shall, before 5 p.m. no later than July 1 of the regular general election year, select a running mate to file as an unaffiliated candidate for the office of lieutenant governor.

(b)  The unaffiliated lieutenant governor candidate shall, before 5 p.m. no later than July 1 of the regular general election year, file as an unaffiliated candidate by following the procedures and requirements of this part.

(2) 

(a)  Each unaffiliated candidate for president of the United States shall, before 5 p.m. no later than August 15 of a regular general election year, select a running mate to file as an unaffiliated candidate for the office of vice president of the United States.

(b)  Before 5 p.m. no later than August 15 of a regular general election year, the unaffiliated candidate for vice president of the United States described in Subsection (2)(a) shall comply with the requirements of Subsection 20A-9-202(7).

Amended by Chapter 255, 2019 General Session