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- 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
- Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
- 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
- Continuing political party: means the same as that term is defined in Section 20A-8-101. 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
- 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
- Electronic candidate qualification process: means :
(a) as it relates to a registered political party that is not a qualified political party, the process for gathering signatures electronically to seek the nomination of a registered political party, described in: (i) Section 20A-9-403; (ii) Section 20A-9-405, except Subsections 20A-9-405(3) and (5); and (iii) Section 20A-21-201; and (b) as it relates to a qualified political party, the process, for gathering signatures electronically to seek the nomination of a registered political party, described in: (i) Section 20A-9-405, except Subsections 20A-9-405(3) and (5); (ii) Section 20A-9-408; and (iii) Section 20A-21-201. See Utah Code 20A-9-101 - Electronic signature: means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. 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.
- Federal office: means an elective office for United States Senator and United States Representative. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
- 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.
- Manual candidate qualification process: means the process for gathering signatures to seek the nomination of a registered political party, using paper signature packets that a signer physically signs. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
- 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
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Political division: includes a county, a city, a town, a special district, a school district, a legislative district, and a county prosecution district. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
- 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
- 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 institution of higher education: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53B-16-301. See Utah Code 20A-8-101
- 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:
(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 - 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 - 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
- Special district: means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, and includes a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- 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
- 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