§ 20A-9-803 — Declaration of candidacy -- Filing fee -- Form.

Utah § 20A-9-803

• Jurisdiction: Utah
• Title 20A: Election Code
• Ch. 20A-9: Candidate Qualifications and Nominating Procedures
• Part 20A-9-8: Presidential Primary Election

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(1) Candidates for president of the United States who are affiliated with a registered political party that has elected to participate in the presidential primary election and who wish to participate in the primary election shall:

(1)(a) file a declaration of candidacy, in person or via a designated agent, with the lieutenant governor between August 15 of the year before the primary election will be held and 5 p.m. on December 1 of the year before the primary election will be held;
(1)(b) identify the registered political party whose nomination the candidate is seeking;
(1)(c) provide a letter from the registered political party certifying that the candidate may participate as a candidate for that party in that party's presidential primary election; and
(1)(d) pay the filing fee of $500.
(2) The lieutenant governor shall develop a declaration of candidacy form for presidential candidates participating in the primary.
(3) An agent designated to file a declaration of candidacy may not sign the form described in Subsection (2).

Legislative History

Amended by Chapter 433, 2019 General Session