Title 20A, Title 20A: Election Code

20A-5-301. Combined voting precincts -- Municipalities. (1) The municipal legislative body of a city of the first or second class may combine up to four regular county voting precincts into one municipal voting precinct for purposes of a municipal election if they designate the l…

20A-5-303. Establishing, dividing, abolishing, and changing voting precincts -- Common polling places -- Combined voting precincts. (1) After receiving recommendations from the county clerk, the county legislative body may establish, divide, abolish, or change the boundaries of a…

20A-5-303.5. Voting precinct boundaries -- Adjustment by county clerk. (1) Notwithstanding Section, the county clerk may adjust the boundaries of a voting precinct in order to: 20A-5-303 match the current boundaries of a local political subdivision; or match the resulting boundar…

20A-5-400.1. Contracting with an election officer to conduct elections -- Fees -- Contracts and interlocal agreements -- Private providers. (1) In accordance with this section, a local political subdivision may enter into a contract or interlocal agreement as provided in, with a …

20A-5-400.5. Election officer for bond and leeway elections. (1) When a voted leeway or bond election is held on the regular general election date, the county clerk shall serve as the provider election officer to conduct that election. (2) When a voted leeway or bond election is …

20A-5-401. Official register -- Preparation -- Contents. (1) Before the registration days for each regular general, municipal general, regular primary, municipal primary, or presidential primary election, each county clerk shall prepare an official register of all voters that wil…

20A-5-401.1. Voting instructions. (1) Each election officer shall: print instructions for voters; 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 ensure that the instruc…

20A-5-401.2. Constitutional amendments -- Posting. (1) Whenever a constitutional amendment is submitted to a vote of the people for their approval or rejection, the county clerk shall: cause the original section of the constitution to be printed on cards in large clear type with …

20A-5-403. Polling places -- Booths -- Ballot boxes -- Inspections -- Arrangements. (1) An election officer shall: designate polling places for each voting precinct in the jurisdiction; and obtain the approval of the county or municipal legislative body or special district govern…

20A-5-403.5. Ballot drop boxes -- Notice. (1) An election officer: shall designate at least one ballot drop box in each municipality and reservation located in the jurisdiction to which the election relates; may designate additional ballot drop boxes for the election officer's ju…

20A-5-404. Election forms -- Preparation and contents. (1) For each election, the election officer shall prepare, for each polling place: forms for poll workers to record and verify security seals, ballots cast, and the number of voters who voted; and an official register or poll…

20A-5-405. Election officer to provide ballots -- Notice of sample ballot. (1) An election officer shall: provide ballots for every election of public officers in which the voters, or any of the voters, within the election officer's jurisdiction participate; cause the name of eve…

20A-5-406. Delivery of ballots. (1) An election officer shall deliver manual ballots to the poll workers of each voting precinct in the election officer's jurisdiction in an amount sufficient to meet voting needs during the voting period. (2) For mechanical ballots, an election o…

20A-5-407. Election officer to provide ballot boxes. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, an election officer shall: (3) provide one ballot box with a lock and key for each polling place; and deliver the ballot boxes, locks, and keys to the polling place before the polls open. (…

20A-5-408. Disposition of election returns. (1) Each election officer shall produce the packages containing the election returns before the board of canvassers. (2) As soon as the returns are canvassed, the election officer shall file the election returns and papers produced befo…

20A-5-601. Appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are distinguished by registered political parties. (1) This section governs appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are distinguished by registered political parties. On or before March 1 of ea…

20A-5-602. Appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are not distinguished by registered political parties. (1) This section governs appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are not distinguished by registered political parties. An election office…

20A-5-603. Vacancies -- Removal of poll workers. (1) If a poll worker or alternate is unable to serve, that poll worker or alternate shall immediately notify the election officer, who shall fill the vacancy as provided in this section. The election officer may fill a vacancy occu…

20A-5-605. Duties of poll workers. (1) Poll workers shall: arrive at the polling place at a time determined by the election officer; and remain until the official election returns are prepared for delivery. (2) The election officer may designate the title and duties of each poll …

20A-5-606. Closing the polls -- Preparation and delivery of election returns. The election judges shall close the polls and prepare and deliver the election returns as provided in.

20A-5-701. Willful neglect of duty or corrupt conduct -- Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for an election officer or poll worker to willfully neglect the election officer's or poll worker's duty or to willfully act corruptly in discharging the election officer's or poll worker's duty.…

20A-5-702. Destroying or concealing ballots. (1) It is unlawful for any person, or officer having charge of official ballots, to destroy, suppress, or conceal them, except authorized by this title. (2) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a third degree felony.

20A-5-703. Neglect or refusal to deliver ballots or returns. (1) It is unlawful for any person or officer who has undertaken to deliver official ballots or election returns to any voting precinct or to any poll worker or election officer to neglect, refuse, or fail to do so. (2) …

20A-5-705. Officer or watcher revealing vote. (1) It is unlawful for any election official or watcher to reveal to any other person the name of any candidate for whom a voter has voted, or to communicate to another the election official's or watcher's opinion, belief, or impressi…

20A-5-706. Damage, alteration, or theft of election equipment -- Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly damage, modify, steal, tamper with, or destroy a voting device, voting equipment, or an automated voting system. (2) Any person who violates t…

20A-5-801. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "New voting equipment system" means voting equipment that is operated in a materially different way or that functions in a materially different way than the equipment being replaced. (2) "Voting equipment" means the following equi…

20A-5-802. Certification of voting equipment. (1) For the voting equipment used in the jurisdiction over which an election officer has authority, the election officer shall: before each election, use logic and accuracy tests to ensure that the voting equipment performs the voting…

20A-5-802.5. Election results database requirements. (1) The lieutenant governor shall ensure that all voting equipment used in this state has the capability of generating an election results database. (2) For each ballot that is counted in an election, the election results datab…

20A-5-803. Voting Equipment Selection Committee. (1) Beginning on May 6, 2026, if, under this section, an election officer selects for purchase a new voting equipment system, an election officer may not acquire any voting equipment that is not part of the new voting equipment sys…

20A-5-805. Voting equipment for casting a mechanical ballot. (1) The voting equipment for casting a mechanical ballot shall: provide for voting in secrecy, except in the case of voters who have received assistance as authorized by Section; 20A-3a-208 permit each voter at any elec…

20A-5-901. Voter registration audit. (1) The lieutenant governor shall, on at least an annual basis, conduct an audit of the voter registration database. (2) The audit shall include: a random selection of at least.02% of the active registered voters statewide; and at least one ac…

20A-5-902. Security of election equipment. (1) Except when divesting election equipment as surplus property or providing for maintenance, an election officer may not permit an individual, other than an election official, access to election equipment. (2) An election officer shall…

20A-5-903. Cyber security. (1) An election officer shall ensure that the following election equipment is never connected to the Internet: tabulation servers; tabulation equipment; ballot scanners, including central, precinct, and mobile scanners; and ballot marking devices. (2) T…

20A-5-904. Voter fraud. An election officer shall: (1) check available resources to determine whether an individual registers to vote, or votes, in more than one state or precinct; and (2) report the information to law enforcement or a prosecutor if the election officer has reaso…

20A-5-905. Software validation -- Database security. (1) Before November 2022, the director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall make rules, in accordance with, establishing software validation procedures that an election officer is required to comply w…