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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Each election officer shall:
(a) print instructions for voters;
(b) ensure that the instructions are printed in English, and any other language required under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, in large clear type; and
(c) ensure that the instructions inform voters:
(i) about how to obtain ballots for voting;
(ii) about special political party affiliation requirements for voting in a regular primary election or presidential primary election;
(iii) about how to prepare ballots for deposit in the ballot box;
(iv) about how to record write-in votes;
(v) about how to obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake;
(vi) about how to obtain assistance in marking ballots;
(vii) about obtaining a new ballot if the voter's ballot is defaced;
(viii) that identification marks or the spoiling or defacing of a ballot will make it invalid;
(ix) about how to obtain and vote a provisional ballot;
(x) about whom to contact to report election fraud;
(xi) about applicable federal and state laws regarding:
(A) voting rights and the appropriate official to contact if the voter alleges that the voter's rights have been violated; and
(B) prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation;
(xii) about procedures governing mail-in registrants and first-time voters; and
(xiii) about the date of the election and the hours that the polls are open on election day.
(2) Each election officer shall:
(a) provide the election judges of each voting precinct with sufficient instruction cards to instruct voters in the preparation of the voters' ballots; and
(b) direct the election judges to post:
(i) general voting instructions in each voting booth;
(ii) at least three instruction cards at other locations in the polling place; and
(iii) at least one sample ballot at the polling place.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 20A. Election Code § 20A-5-102. Voting instructions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-20a-election-code/ut-code-sect-20a-5-102/
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