Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 21 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• 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
• Candidate qualification process: means the process, described in Section 20A-9-403 or 20A-9-408, of gathering signatures to seek the nomination of a registered political party. See Utah Code 20A-21-101
• Electronic candidate qualification process: means the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-9-101. See Utah Code 20A-21-101
• Electronic initiative process: means the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-7-101. See Utah Code 20A-21-101
• Electronic referendum process: means the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-7-101. See Utah Code 20A-21-101
• Local school board: means a board elected under 2. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• 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
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Signature: means :

  (a)	as it relates to a signature gathered for an initiative or referendum, the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-7-101; or

  (b)

  as it relates to a signature gathered for the candidate qualification process, the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-9-101. See Utah Code 20A-21-101 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 State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 State superintendent: means the state superintendent of public instruction appointed under Section 53E-3-301. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 Website: means : (a)  as it relates to the electronic initiative process or the electronic referendum process, the website designated by the lieutenant governor for collecting the signatures and other information relating to the electronic initiative process or the electronic referendum process; or (b)  as it relates to the electronic candidate qualification process, a website designated by the lieutenant governor for collecting the signatures and other information relating to the electronic candidate qualification process. See Utah Code 20A-21-101