Title 13, Title 13

(1) Qualified individuals must be given the opportunity to register to vote when applying for or receiving services or assistance: (a) at an agency that provides public assistance; (b) at or through an agency that provides state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing serv…

(1) The name of an elector must be moved by an election administrator from the inactive list to the active list of a county if an elector meets the requirements for registration provided in this chapter and: (a) appears at a polling place in order to vote, submits an application …

(1) The election administrator shall: (a) close regular registrations for 30 days before any election; and (b) publish a notice specifying the day regular registrations will close and the availability of the late registration option provided for in 13-2-304 in a newspaper of gene…

(1) Except as provided in 13-21-104 and subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the following provisions apply: (a) An elector may register or change the elector's voter registration information after the close of regular registration as provided in 13-2-301 and vote in the elec…

The election administrator shall cancel the registration of an elector if: (1) the elector submits a signed written request for cancellation; (2) a certificate of the death of the elector is filed or if the elector is reported to the election administrator as deceased by the depa…

An elector shall notify the election administrator in a written communication signed by the elector of a change in residence within the county or a change in name.

(1) An elector who has changed residence to a different precinct within the same county and has failed to notify the election administrator of the change by a new registration form may vote at the polling place or by absentee or mail ballot in the precinct where the elector is re…

Subject to the rules adopted under 13-2-108, the election administrator shall make the necessary corrections or updates in the registration records when the election administrator receives a corrected or updated registration form.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2)(a), an elector who changes residence to a different county within this state shall register in the new county of residence in order to vote in any election. (2) An elector who changes residence to a different county 30 days or less before …

(1) The territorial unit for elections is the election precinct. All election precincts must be designated by numbers, names, or both. (2) The governing body of each county shall establish a convenient number of election precincts, equalizing the number of electors in each precin…

(1) The county governing body may change the boundaries of precincts, but not within 100 days before any primary or between a general election and the primary for that election. When the changes are required to make precinct boundaries conform to legislative district boundaries f…

(1) Not more than 10 days after an order of the governing body has established or changed the boundaries of an election precinct, the governing body shall ensure that a written legal description and a map showing the borders of all precincts and districts in which elections are h…

(1) A ward or election district may be divided into two or more precincts, and a precinct may be divided into two or more polling places. (2) Precincts may include two or more adjoining wards or election districts, together with contiguous territory lying outside the municipality…

(1) The county governing body shall designate the polling place for each precinct no later than 30 days before a primary election. The same polling place must be used for both the primary and general election if at all possible. Changes may be made by the governing body in design…

The purpose of this part is to promote the fundamental right to vote by improving access to polling places and accessible voting technology for individuals with disabilities. The provisions of this part acknowledge that, in certain cases, it may not be possible to locate a pollin…

As used in this part, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Accessible" means accessible to individuals with disabilities for purposes of voting as determined in accordance with standards established by the secretary of state under 13-3-205…

(1) The secretary of state, with advice from election administrators and individuals with disabilities, shall establish standards for accessibility of polling places. (2) Standards for polling places approved pursuant to subsection (1) on or after October 1, 2005, must comply wit…

(1) The election administrator shall conduct an onsite survey of each polling place used in an election to determine whether it meets the standards for accessibility established under 13-3-205. (2) Each election administrator shall conduct the survey in a manner that represents t…

As a result of the survey provided in 13-3-206, each polling place must be classified as: (1) accessible; or (2) inaccessible.

(1) The intent of this section is to: (a) ensure that disabled electors have access to voting technology that allows the electors to cast ballots independently, privately, and securely; (b) provide that votes cast using accessible voting technology are collected and counted in a …

(1) The secretary of state shall exempt a polling place from the requirements of this part if an emergency occurs within 10 days prior to an election. An emergency is considered to exist if a polling place becomes unavailable by reason of loss of lease, fire, snow, or natural dis…

(1) If an election administrator desires to designate as a polling place a location that is inaccessible, the election administrator shall make a request in writing to the secretary of state asking that an inaccessible polling place be exempt from the standards for accessibility.…

(1) The election administrator shall provide individuals with disabilities an alternative means for casting a ballot on election day if they are assigned to an inaccessible polling place. These alternative means for casting a ballot include: (a) delivery of a ballot to the electo…

At least 30 days before the primary election in even-numbered years, the county governing body shall appoint three or more election judges for each precinct, one of whom must be designated chief judge.

(1) Subject to 13-4-107, election judges must be chosen from lists of qualified registered electors in the county, submitted at least 45 days before the primary election in even-numbered years by the county central committees of the political parties eligible to nominate candidat…

The election judges continue to be judges of all elections held in their county until other judges are appointed.

The election administrator must notify the judges of their appointment and of the time set for instruction sessions.

Before beginning service on each election day, the election judges must take and subscribe the official oath prescribed by the constitution. The election judges may administer the oath to each other.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), election judges must be paid at least the state or federal minimum wage, whichever is greater, for the number of hours worked during an election plus the number of hours spent at the instruction session. Mileage may be paid to election ju…

(1) Election judges must be registered electors of the county in which they serve. (2) No election judge may be a candidate or a spouse, ascendant, descendant, brother, or sister of a candidate or a candidate's spouse or the spouse of any of these in an election precinct where th…

The chief election judge shall be responsible for the conduct of the proceedings in the polling place, shall assign duties to other members of the board of election judges, and, if assigned to work through the close of the polls, shall be responsible for the return of or for arra…

Any election judge may administer and certify oaths required from electors or election judges during an election.

(1) Before each election, all election judges must be instructed by the election administrator on current procedures as prescribed by the secretary of state. In precincts where voting systems are used, instructions must cover both how to operate the voting system and how to manua…

(1) Election judges may not leave the premises on which the polling place is located during the hours they are assigned to work unless permission to leave is given by the chief election judge for that precinct. Permission may be granted only for illness or a family emergency. (2)…

(1) Each candidate in the primary election, except nonpartisan candidates filing under the provisions of Title 13, chapter 14, shall file a declaration for nomination with the secretary of state or election administrator. Except for a candidate under 13-38-201(4) or a candidate c…

Filing fees are as follows: (1) for offices having an annual salary of $2,500 or less and candidates for the legislature, $15; (2) for county offices having an annual salary of more than $2,500, 0.5% of the total annual salary; (3) for president, an amount equivalent to the filin…

If an individual is unable to pay a filing fee, the filing officer shall accept the following documents in lieu of a filing fee: (1) from a successful write-in candidate, a statement that the candidate is unable to pay the filing fee; (2) from a candidate for nomination, a statem…

An individual nominated by having the individual's name written in and counted as provided in 13-15-206(5) or otherwise placed on the primary ballot and desiring to accept the nomination may not have the individual's name appear on the general election ballot unless the individua…

The secretary of state and the election administrator may each keep a register of candidates who file with their respective offices. The register shall provide a complete record of the requisite information pertaining to all candidates in the primary and general election. Informa…

(1) Ten days after the close of candidate filing under 13-10-201(7) for a primary election, the secretary of state shall certify to the election administrators the names and designations of candidates who have filed with the secretary of state, subject to 13-37-126, and any ballo…

(1) (a) Ballots for a primary election must be arranged and prepared in the same manner and number as provided in chapter 12 for general election ballots, except that there must be separate ballots for each political party entitled to participate. The name of the political party …

(1) Except as provided in 13-1-403(2)(b), 13-1-502(3)(b), and subsection (2) of this section, a person seeking to become a write-in candidate for an office in any election shall file a declaration of intent. Except for a candidate under 13-38-201(4) or a candidate covered under 7…

(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, the conduct of the primary election, the voting procedure, the counting, tallying, and return of ballots and all election records and supplies, the canvass of votes, the certification and notification of nominees, recounts, procedures upon ti…

(1) Subject to subsection (2), if an elector casts a write-in vote for a candidate on a primary party ballot when the candidate's name also appears or is written in for the same office on another party's ballot, the write-in vote counts only with respect to the party on whose bal…

If an individual is nominated by more than one party, the individual shall, not later than 10 days after the election, file written notification with the secretary of state or election administrator indicating the party under which the individual's name is to appear upon the ball…

An individual who has filed as an independent candidate forfeits the individual's place on the general election ballot as an independent candidate if the individual accepts a write-in nomination for an office as provided in 13-10-204.