Utah § 20A-5-102 Voting instructions.

Utah Statutes

§ 20A-5-102 — Voting instructions.

Utah·Title 20A Election Code·Ch. 20A-5 Election Administration·Part 20A-5-1 Election Notices and Instructions

(1)Each election officer shall:

(1)(a) print instructions for voters;

(1)(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

(1)(c) ensure that the instructions inform voters:

(1)(c)(i) about how to obtain, and how to return, ballots for voting;

(1)(c)(ii) about special political party affiliation requirements for voting in a regular primary election or presidential primary election;

(1)(c)(iii) about how to prepare ballots cast at a polling place for deposit in the ballot box;

(1)(c)(iv) about how to prepare a mailed ballot for return;

(1)(c)(v) about how to record write-in votes;

(1)(c)(vi) about how to obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake;

(1)

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(1) Each election officer shall:
(1)(a) print instructions for voters;
(1)(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
(1)(c) ensure that the instructions inform voters:
(1)(c)(i) about how to obtain, and how to return, ballots for voting;
(1)(c)(ii) about special political party affiliation requirements for voting in a regular primary election or presidential primary election;
(1)(c)(iii) about how to prepare ballots cast at a polling place for deposit in the ballot box;
(1)(c)(iv) about how to prepare a mailed ballot for return;
(1)(c)(v) about how to record write-in votes;
(1)(c)(vi) about how to obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake;
(1)(c)(vii) about how to obtain assistance in marking ballots;
(1)(c)(viii) about obtaining a new ballot if the voter's ballot is defaced;
(1)(c)(ix) that identification marks or the spoiling or defacing of a ballot will make it invalid;
(1)(c)(x) about how to obtain and vote a provisional ballot;
(1)(c)(xi) about whom to contact to report election fraud;
(1)(c)(xii) about applicable federal and state laws regarding:
(1)(c)(xii)(A) voting rights and the appropriate official to contact if the voter alleges that the voter's rights have been violated; and
(1)(c)(xii)(B) prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation;
(1)(c)(xiii) about procedures governing mail-in registrants and first-time voters; and
(1)(c)(xiv) about the date of the election and the hours that the polls are open on election day.
(2) Each election officer shall:
(2)(a) provide the election judges of each voting precinct with sufficient instruction cards to instruct voters in the preparation of the voters' ballots; and
(2)(b) direct the election judges to post:
(2)(b)(i) general voting instructions in each voting booth;
(2)(b)(ii) at least three instruction cards at other locations in the polling place; and
(2)(b)(iii) at least one sample ballot at the polling place.