Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 9 > Part 2 - Candidate Qualifications and Declarations of Candidacy

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• 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
• Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Constitutional office: means the state offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
• Convention: means the political party convention at which party officers and delegates are selected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• County office: means an elective office where the officeholder is selected by voters entirely within one county. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
• 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
• Election officer: means :

  (a)	the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections;

  (b)

  the county clerk for: (i)  a county ballot and election; and (ii)  a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section 20A-5-400. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Filing officer: means : (a)  the lieutenant governor, for: (i)  the office of United States Senator and United States Representative; and (ii)  all constitutional offices; (b)  for the office of a state senator, state representative, or the state school board, the lieutenant governor or the applicable clerk described in Subsection (7)(c) or (d); (c)  the county clerk, for county offices and local school district offices; (d)  the county clerk in the filer's county of residence, for multicounty offices; (e)  the city or town clerk, for municipal offices; or (f)  the special district clerk, for special district offices. See Utah Code 20A-9-101 Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Local political subdivision: means a county, a municipality, a local district, or a special school district. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Multicounty office: means an elective office where the officeholder is selected by the voters from more than one county. See Utah Code 20A-9-101 Municipal office: means an elective office in a municipality. See Utah Code 20A-9-101 Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 Position: means a square, circle, rectangle, or other geometric shape on a ballot in which the voter marks the voter's choice. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Presidential Primary Election: means the election established in 8. 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 Public employee: means any employee, officer, or servant of the state of Utah, or any office, department, agency, authority, commission, board, institution, hospital, college, university, or other instrumentality of the state, or of any county, city, town, school district, special improvement or taxing district, or any other political subdivision or public corporation of or within the state. See Utah Code 53B-15-101 qualified: means to take the oath of office and begin performing the duties of the position for which the individual was elected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Qualified political party: means a registered political party that: (a)  (i)  permits a delegate for the registered political party to vote on a candidate nomination in the registered political party's convention remotely; or (ii)  provides a procedure for designating an alternate delegate if a delegate is not present at the registered political party's convention; (b)  does not hold the registered political party's convention before the fourth Saturday in March of an even-numbered year; (c)  permits a member of the registered political party to seek the registered political party's nomination for any elective office by the member choosing to seek the nomination by either or both of the following methods: (i)  seeking the nomination through the registered political party's convention process, in accordance with the provisions of Section 20A-9-407; or (ii)  seeking the nomination by collecting signatures, in accordance with the provisions of Section 20A-9-408; and (d)  (i)  if the registered political party is a continuing political party, no later than 5 p. See Utah Code 20A-9-101 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 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Resident: means a person who resides within a specific voting precinct in Utah. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 Swear: includes "affirm. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. 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 Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision. 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 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5