Title 20A, Election Code

20A-7-504. Manual initiative process -- Circulation requirements -- Local clerk to provide sponsors with materials. (1) This section applies only to the manual initiative process. (2)(a) In order to obtain the necessary number of signatures required by this part, the sponsors or …

20A-7-507. Evaluation by the local clerk. (1) In relation to the manual initiative process, when a local clerk receives an initiative packet from a county clerk, the local clerk shall record the number of the initiative packet received. (2) The county clerk shall: (a) in relation…

20A-7-508. Short title and summary of initiative -- Duties of local clerk and local attorney. (1) Upon receipt of an initiative petition, the local clerk shall deliver a copy of the initiative petition and the proposed law to the local attorney. (2) The local attorney shall: (a) …

20A-7-509. Form of ballot -- Manner of voting. (1) The local clerk shall ensure that the number and ballot title are presented upon the official ballot with, immediately adjacent to them, the words "For" and "Against," each word presented with an adjacent square in which the vote…

20A-7-510. Return and canvass -- Conflicting measures -- Law effective on proclamation. (1) The votes on the law proposed by the initiative petition shall be counted, canvassed, and delivered as provided in Chapter 4, Part 3, Canvassing Returns. (2) After the local board of canva…

20A-7-511. Effective date. (1)(a) Any proposed law submitted to the people by initiative petition that is approved by the voters at any election takes effect on the date specified in the initiative petition. (b) If the initiative petition does not specify an effective date, a law…

20A-7-512. Misconduct of electors and officers -- Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for any individual to: (a) sign any name other than the individual's own name to an initiative petition or a statement described in Subsection 20A-7-105(8) or 20A-7-515(4); (b) knowingly sign the indivi…

20A-7-513. Fiscal review -- Repeal, amendment, or resubmission. (1) No later than 60 calendar days after the date of an election in which the voters approve an initiative, the budget officer shall: (a) for each initiative approved by the voters, prepare a final fiscal impact stat…

20A-7-514. Electronic initiative process -- Form of initiative petition -- Circulation requirements -- Signature collection. (1) This section applies only to the electronic initiative process. (2)(a) The first screen presented on the approved device shall include the following st…

20A-7-515. Electronic initiative process -- Obtaining signatures -- Request to remove signature. (1) This section applies to the electronic initiative process. (2) A Utah voter may sign a local initiative petition if the voter is a legal voter and resides in the local jurisdictio…

20A-7-516. Electronic initiative process -- Collecting signatures -- Email notification -- Removal of signatures. (1) This section applies only to the electronic initiative process. (2) A signature-gatherer may not collect a signature after 5 p.m., the earlier of: (a) 316 calenda…

20A-7-601. Referenda -- General signature requirements -- Signature requirements for land use laws, subjurisdictional laws, and transit area land use laws -- Time requirements. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Number of active voters" means the number of active voters in the cou…

20A-7-602. Local referendum process -- Application procedures. (1) Individuals wishing to circulate a referendum petition shall file a referendum application with the local clerk. (2) The referendum application shall include: (a) the name and residence address of at least five sp…

20A-7-602.5. Initial fiscal and legal impact statement -- Preparation of statement. (1) Within three business days after the day on which the local clerk receives a referendum application, the local clerk shall submit a copy of the referendum application to the county, city, or t…

20A-7-602.7. Referability to voters of local law other than land use law. (1) Within 20 calendar days after the day on which an eligible voter files a referendum application under Section 20A-7-602 for a local law other than a land use law, counsel for the county, city, or town t…

20A-7-602.8. Referability to voters of local land use law. (1) Within 20 calendar days after the day on which a referendum eligible voter files an application under Section 20A-7-602 for a land use law, counsel for the county, city, or town to which the referendum pertains shall:…

20A-7-603. Manual referendum process -- Form of referendum petition and signature sheet. (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process. (2) Each proposed referendum petition shall be printed in substantially the following form: "REFERENDUM PETITION To the Honorab…

20A-7-604. Manual referendum process -- Circulation requirements -- Local clerk to provide sponsors with materials. (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process. (2)(a) In order to obtain the necessary number of signatures required by this part, the sponsors or …

20A-7-604.5. Posting referendum information. (1) On the day on which the local clerk complies with Subsection 20A-7-604(3), or gives the sponsors access to the website defined in Section 20A-21-101, the local clerk shall post the following information together in a conspicuous pl…

20A-7-607. Evaluation by the local clerk -- Determination of election for vote on referendum. (1) In relation to the manual referendum process, when the local clerk receives a referendum packet from a county clerk, the local clerk shall record the number of the referendum packet …

20A-7-608. Short title and summary of referendum -- Duties of local clerk and local attorney. (1) Upon receipt of a referendum petition, the local clerk shall deliver a copy of the referendum petition and the law to which the referendum relates to the local attorney. (2) The loca…

20A-7-609. Form of ballot -- Manner of voting. (1) The local clerk shall ensure that the number and ballot title are presented upon the official ballot with, immediately adjacent to them, the words "For" and "Against," each word presented with an adjacent square in which the elec…

20A-7-609.5. Election on referendum challenging local tax law conducted entirely by mail. (1) An election officer may administer an election on a referendum challenging a local tax law entirely by mail. (2) For purposes of an election conducted under this section, the election of…

20A-7-610. Return and canvass -- Conflicting measures -- Law effective on proclamation. (1) The votes on the law that is the subject of the referendum petition shall be counted, canvassed, and delivered as provided in Chapter 4, Part 3, Canvassing Returns. (2) After the local boa…

20A-7-611. Temporary stay -- Effective date -- Effect of repeal by local legislative body. (1) Any law submitted to the people by referendum petition that is rejected by the voters at any election is repealed as of the date of the election. (2) If, at the time during the process …

20A-7-612. Misconduct of electors and officers -- Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for an individual to: (a) sign a name other than the individual's own name to any referendum petition; (b) knowingly sign the individual's name more than once for the same referendum at one election; (c…

20A-7-613. Property tax referendum petition. (1) As used in this section, "certified tax rate" means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-2-924. (2) Except as provided in this section, the requirements of this part apply to a referendum petition challenging a taxing ent…

20A-7-614. Electronic referendum process -- Form of referendum petition -- Circulation requirements -- Signature collection. (1) This section applies only to the electronic referendum process. (2)(a) The first screen presented on the approved device shall include the following st…

20A-7-615. Electronic referendum process -- Obtaining signatures -- Request to remove signature. (1) This section applies to the electronic referendum process described in Section 20A-21-201. (2) A Utah voter may sign a local referendum petition if the voter is a legal voter and …

20A-7-616. Electronic referendum process -- Collecting signatures -- Removal of signatures. (1) This section applies only to the electronic referendum process. (2) A signature-gatherer may not collect a signature after 5 p.m. 45 calendar days after the day on which the first thre…

20A-7-701. Voter information pamphlet to be prepared. (1) The lieutenant governor shall cause to be prepared a voter information pamphlet designed to inform the voters of the state of the content, effect, operation, fiscal impact, and the supporting and opposing arguments of any …

20A-7-702. Voter information pamphlet -- Form -- Contents. The voter information pamphlet shall contain the following items in this order: (1) a cover title page; (2) an introduction to the pamphlet by the lieutenant governor; (3) a table of contents; (4) a list of all candidates…

20A-7-702.5. Publication of voter information pamphlet. (1) No earlier than 75 calendar days, and no later than 15 calendar days, before the day on which voting commences, the lieutenant governor shall make all information provided in the voter information pamphlet available on t…

20A-7-703. Analysis of initiative or referendum -- Determination of fiscal effects. (1) The director of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, after the approval of the legislative general counsel as to legal sufficiency, shall: (a) prepare an impartial analysis …

20A-7-703.1. Analysis of measure submitted to voters by Legislature -- Determination of fiscal effects. (1) As provided in this section, the legislative general counsel shall prepare an analysis of each measure described in Section 20A-7-103 that the Legislature submits to the vo…

20A-7-704. Initiative measures -- Arguments for and against -- Voters' requests for argument -- Ballot arguments. (1)(a) Before 5 p.m. no later than July 1 of the regular general election year, a sponsor of any initiative petition that has been declared sufficient by the lieutena…

20A-7-705. Measures to be submitted to voters and referendum measures -- Preparation of argument of adoption. (1)(a) Whenever the Legislature submits any measure to the voters or whenever an act of the Legislature is referred to the voters by referendum petition, the presiding of…

20A-7-706. Copies of arguments to be sent to opposing authors -- Rebuttal arguments. (1) When the lieutenant governor has received the arguments for and against a measure to be submitted to the voters, the lieutenant governor shall immediately send copies of the arguments in favo…

20A-7-801. Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website Program -- Duties of the lieutenant governor -- Content -- Duties of local election officials -- Deadlines -- Frequently asked voter questions -- Other elections. (1) There is established the Statewide Electronic Voter Inf…