§ 20A-3a-502 — Intimidation -- Undue influence.

Utah § 20A-3a-502

• Jurisdiction: Utah
• Title 20A: Election Code
• Ch. 20A-3a: Voting
• Part 20A-3a-5: Voting Offenses

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(1) It is unlawful for a person to induce or compel an individual to vote or refrain from voting at an election provided by law or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular individual or measure at an election provided by law, directly or indirectly, by:
(1)(a) using force, violence, or restraint;
(1)(b) inflicting or threatening to inflict injury, damage, harm, or loss; or
(1)(c) by intimidation.
(2) It is unlawful for a person to, by abduction, force, or fraud, impede, prevent, or otherwise interfere with the free exercise of the elective franchise of any voter, either in voting at any election provided by law or voting or refraining from voting for a particular individual or measure at an election provided by law.
(3) It is unlawful for a person to:
(3)(a) enclose in the salary or wage envelopes of an employee of the person, political mottoes, devices, or arguments containing threats, express or implied, intended or calculated to influence the political opinion, views, or action of the employee; or
(3)(b) within 90 calendar days before the day of an election provided by law, post or otherwise exhibit, in a location where the person's employees may be working or may be present in the course of employment, any handbill, notice, or placard containing any threat, notice, or information, that if any particular ticket or candidate is or is not elected:
(3)(b)(i) work performed by the person's employees will cease in whole or in part;
(3)(b)(ii) the workplace will close;
(3)(b)(iii) wages of workforce will be reduced; or
(3)(b)(iv) other adverse consequences, under the control of the person, will result.
(4) Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Amended by Chapter 448, 2025 General Session