Title 13, Title 13

In addition to other powers and duties conveyed by law, the secretary of state, with advice from election administrators, shall: (1) prescribe the form of materials to be used in the conduct of mail ballot elections; and (2) adopt rules consistent with this chapter to: (a) establ…

A mail ballot election must be conducted substantially as follows: (1) Subject to 13-12-202, official mail ballots must be prepared and all other initial procedures followed as provided by law, except that mail ballots must be paper ballots and are not required to have stubs. (2)…

A proposal to conduct an election under this chapter may be initiated by either the election administrator or the appropriate governing body as provided in 13-19-202 through 13-19-204.

(1) A political subdivision may, by resolution of the governing body addressed to the election administrator, request that a particular election be conducted under the provisions of this chapter. (2) No later than 70 days before election day, the governing body shall transmit its…

(1) Even if a request has not been received from the governing body concerned, the election administrator may conduct any election authorized by 13-19-104 under this chapter if the election administrator determines that a mail ballot election is the most economically and administ…

(1) A political subdivision may, by resolution of the governing body, object to the conduct of one of its elections under this chapter. The resolution must include a statement of the reasons for the objection. (2) If the resolution is filed with the election administrator no late…

(1) The election administrator shall prepare a written plan for the conduct of each election to be conducted by mail. There must be a separate plan for each type of election held even if held on the same day. (2) The written plan must include: (a) a timetable for the election; (b…

For each election conducted under this chapter, the election administrator shall: (1) mail a single packet to every qualified elector of the political subdivision conducting the election; (2) ensure that each packet contains only one each of the following: (a) an official ballot …

(1) Except as provided in 13-13-205(2) and subsection (2) of this section, for any election conducted by mail, ballots must be mailed no sooner than the 20th day and no later than the 15th day before election day. (2) All ballots mailed to electors on the active list and the prov…

(1) Upon receipt of a mailed ballot, the elector may vote by: (a) marking the ballot in the manner specified; (b) placing the marked ballot in the secrecy envelope, free of any identifying marks; (c) placing the secrecy envelope containing one ballot for each election being held …

The election administrator shall provide a method for proportional voting in the administrator's written plan for an election conducted under this chapter that requires votes to be cast in proportion to ownership or any factor other than one vote per person.

(1) A qualified elector who will be absent from the county during the time the election is being conducted may: (a) vote in person in the election administrator's office as soon as ballots are available and until noon the day before the ballots are scheduled to be mailed; or (b) …

(1) For any election being conducted under this chapter by a political subdivision that allows individuals to vote who are not registered electors, the individual may vote by appearing in person at the election administrator's office or by providing materials by mail, facsimile, …

Replacement ballots may be issued as specified in 13-13-204.

(1) After complying with 13-19-301, an elector or the elector's agent or designee may return the elector's ballot on or before election day by either: (a) depositing the signature envelope in the United States mail, with sufficient postage affixed; or (b) returning it to any plac…

(1) (a) The election administrator shall designate the election administrator's office and may designate one or more places in the political subdivision in which the election is being conducted as places of deposit where ballots may be returned in person by the elector or the ele…

If a ballot is returned in person by the elector or the elector's agent or designee to a place of deposit other than the election administrator's office, the election officials on location shall: (1) keep a log of the names of all electors for whom the officials receive ballots; …

Ballots returned to the election administrator's office must be handled as provided for absentee ballots in 13-13-241.

(1) The preparation for counting ballots must be as provided in 13-15-201. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), after the close of voting on election day, the counting board appointed pursuant to 13-15-112 shall: (a) open the official ballot boxes; (b) if the process authori…

Notice to the elector and the opportunity to resolve questions must be as provided in 13-13-245, except as follows: (1) If a mail ballot is returned as undeliverable, the election administrator shall attempt to contact the elector by the most expedient means available to determin…

Any questions concerning the validity of a ballot or signature must be resolved in the following manner: (1) If the election administrator is unable to determine without doubt whether a voted ballot is valid or invalid, the election administrator shall give notice to the elector …