Title 20A, Election Code

20A-2-507. Rulemaking authority relating to voter registration records. The director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act: (1) to regulate the use, security, mainten…

20A-2-508. Independent investigation of citizenship -- Identification of non-citizens -- Opportunity to challenge -- Provisional ballot option -- Action taken when lack of documentary proof of citizenship discovered. (1)(a) An election officer shall, to the extent that the review…

20A-2-601. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Age range" means one of the following age ranges within which a registered voter's age falls: (a) 18 through 19 years old; (b) 20 through 22 years old; (c) 23 through 25 years old; (d) 26 through 30 years old; (e) 31 through 35 y…

20A-2-602. Change of voter registration record disclosure status -- Notice -- Redesignation of status. (1) On or before April 6, 2026, the lieutenant governor shall mail to each registered voter whose voter registration record is designated as withheld: (a) an at-risk designation…

20A-2-603. General request for voter registration records. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this part, or another express provision of law, upon receiving a request under this section from a person for voter registration records, the lieutenant governor or a coun…

20A-2-604. Request for voter registration records by political party -- Confirmation of political party affiliation. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or another express provision of law, upon receiving a request from a political party for voter registration record…

20A-2-605. Request for voter registration records by a government official. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or another express provision of law, upon request by a government official acting in the government official's capacity as a government official, the lieut…

20A-2-606. At-risk registered voter -- Application -- Designation -- Change of status. (1) Except to the extent expressly authorized in this part or otherwise expressly provided by law, the lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose an at-risk voter's voter registrati…

20A-2-607. Applicability and enforcement -- Transition. (1) This part does not govern or restrict the release of a voter registration record: (a) to an election officer or an employee of an election officer; (b) for a government purpose relating to maintaining the voter registrat…

20A-2-608. Election officer to keep voting history information and status -- Restrictions. (1) A county clerk shall maintain: (a) for each registered voter: (i) the standard voter information for that voter; and (ii) whether the voter is a public registered voter or an at-risk vo…

20A-3a-102. Residency and age requirements of voters. (1) An individual may vote in any regular general election or statewide special election if that individual has registered to vote in accordance with Chapter 2, Voter Registration. (2) An individual may vote in the presidentia…

20A-3a-103. Age requirements for primary elections -- 17-year-olds may vote. An individual who is 17 years of age may vote in a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, or a presidential primary election, if: (1) the individual will be 18 years of age on or before …

20A-3a-104. Voting by secret ballot. All voting at each regular and municipal general election, at each statewide or local special election, at each primary election, at each special district election, and at each bond election shall be by secret ballot.

20A-3a-105. Employee's right to time off for election. (1)(a) Each employer shall allow any voter to be absent from service or employment on election day for not more than two hours between the time the polls open and close. (b) The voter shall apply for a leave of absence before…

20A-3a-106. Rulemaking authority relating to conducting an election. The director of elections, within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, establishing requirements for: (1) a return e…

20A-3a-201. Voting methods. (1) A voter may vote as follows: (a) by mail; (b) at a polling place during early voting hours; (c) at a polling place on election day when the polls are open; (d) if the voter is an individual with a disability, by voting remotely, via a mechanical ba…

20A-3a-201.5. Proof of citizenship required for state elections -- Separate federal ballots for registered voters who do not provide proof of citizenship. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), for an election held on or after November 1, 2026, that includes a race for federal…

20A-3a-202. Conducting election in person and by mail -- Mailing ballots to voters -- Exceptions. (1)(a) Except as otherwise provided for an election conducted entirely by mail under Section 20A-7-609.5, an election officer shall administer an election primarily by mail, in accor…

20A-3a-202.5. Receiving a ballot by mail -- Making a request -- Termination or expiration of a request -- Renewing a request. (1) As used in this section, "request to receive a ballot by mail" means to make a request as described in Subsection (2). (2) An individual may request t…

20A-3a-203. Voting at a polling place. (1) A registered voter may vote at a polling place in an election in accordance with this section. (2)(a) The voter shall give the voter's name, and, if requested, the voter's residence, to one of the poll workers. (b) The voter shall presen…

20A-3a-204. Marking a manual ballot -- Returning a ballot by mail, at an election officer's office, or via a ballot drop box -- Depositing a ballot received by mail at a polling place. (1) To vote a manual ballot: (a) except as provided in Subsection (7), the voter shall prepare …

20A-3a-205. Manner of voting -- Provisional ballot. (1) The poll workers shall follow the procedures and requirements of this section when: (a) the individual's right to vote is challenged as provided in Section 20A-3a-803 or 20A-3a-805; (b) the individual's name is not found on …

20A-3a-206. Writing in names -- Effect of unnecessary marking of cross. (1)(a) A voter may cast a write-in vote on a manual ballot by writing the name of a valid write-in candidate in the blank write-in section of the ballot. (b) A voter may not cast a write-in vote on a manual b…

20A-3a-207. Spoiled ballots. (1) If any voter spoils a ballot, the voter may successively obtain others, one at a time, not exceeding three in all, upon returning each spoiled one. (2) If any ballot is spoiled by the printer or a poll worker, the poll worker shall give the voter …

20A-3a-208. Assisting disabled, illiterate, or blind voters. (1) Any voter who has a disability, or is blind, unable to read or write, unable to read or write the English language, or is physically unable to enter a polling place, may be given assistance by an individual of the v…

20A-3a-209. Instructions to voters. (1) If any voter, after entering a voting booth, asks for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, two poll workers, each from a different political party, shall instruct the voter. (2) After instructing the voter, and before the v…

20A-3a-301. Emergency ballots -- Hospitalized voter returning ballot my mail without standard identification. (1) As used in this section, "hospitalized voter" means a registered voter who: (a) is: (i) hospitalized; (ii) confined in hospice care, a treatment facility, or a long-t…

20A-3a-401. Custody of voted ballots mailed or deposited in a ballot drop box -- Disposition -- Notice -- Disclosures relating to unresolved ballots. (1) This section governs ballots returned by mail, via a ballot drop box, or by other legal means. (2) Poll workers shall process …

20A-3a-401.1. Ballot chain of custody. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Batch" means a grouping of a specified number of ballots: (i) that is assembled by poll workers, and given a number to distinguish the grouping from other groupings, when the ballots are first received for p…

20A-3a-401.5. Ballot tracking system. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Ballot tracking system" means the system described in this section to track and confirm the status of trackable ballots. (b) "Change in the status" includes: (i) when a trackable ballot is mailed to a voter; …

20A-3a-402. Custody of ballots voted at a polling place -- Disposition -- Counting ballots -- Release of tally. (1) For ballots voted at a polling place: (a) the election officer shall deliver all return envelopes containing valid ballots and valid provisional ballots that are in…

20A-3a-402.5. Signature verification audits. (1) An election officer shall, in accordance with this section and rules made under Section 20A-3a-106, conduct regular audits of signature comparisons made between signatures on envelopes and voter signatures maintained by the electio…

20A-3a-403. Frauds and malfeasance in voting -- Penalty. (1)(a) It is unlawful for any person to willfully falsify the voter affidavits required by this part. (b) Any person violating this Subsection (1) is guilty of perjury and may be prosecuted and punished as provided in Title…

20A-3a-404. Rules regarding ballot security -- Affidavit of compliance. (1) The director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, establishing requirements for election…

20A-3a-405. Ballot statistics. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), an election officer shall post and update the data described in Subsection (2) on the election officer's website, on the following days, after the election officer finishes processing ballots on that day: (a…

20A-3a-501. Prohibited conduct at polling place -- Other prohibited activities. (1) As used in this section: (a) "electioneering" includes any oral, printed, or written attempt to persuade persons to refrain from voting or to vote for or vote against any candidate or issue; and (…

20A-3a-502. Intimidation -- Undue influence. (1) It is unlawful for a person to induce or compel an individual to vote or refrain from voting at an election provided by law or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular individual or measure at an election provided by law, di…

20A-3a-503. Influencing employee's vote. (1) It is unlawful for any corporation, or any officer or agent of any corporation, to influence, or attempt to influence, induce, or compel by force, violence, or restraint, or by inflicting or threatening to inflict any injury, damage, h…

20A-3a-504. Violations -- Penalties. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3) or Section 20A-3a-208, an individual is guilty of a class C misdemeanor if the individual: (a) allows the individual's ballot to be seen by another with the intent to reveal how the individual is about …

20A-3a-505. False impersonation -- Double voting. (1)(a) An individual may not: (i) apply for a ballot in the name of another individual, regardless of whether the other individual is living or dead, or is a fictitious person; (ii) after having voted once at an election, apply ag…

20A-3a-506. False information on provisional ballot envelope. (1) An individual may not wilfully falsify information on a provisional ballot envelope. (2) An individual who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

20A-3a-601. Early voting. (1)(a) An individual who is registered to vote may vote at a polling place before the election date in accordance with this section. (b) Except as provided in Subsection 20A-2-207(6), an individual who is not registered to vote may register to vote and v…

20A-3a-602. Hours for early voting. (1) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308, the election officer shall determine the times for opening and closing the polls for each day of early voting provided that voting is open for a minimum of four hours during each day that polls are o…

20A-3a-603. Early voting polling places. (1) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308, the election officer shall designate one or more polling places for early voting, as follows: (a) at least one polling place shall be open on each day that polls are open during the early voting…

20A-3a-604. Notice of time and place of early voting. Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308, and subject to Subsection 20A-3a-603(2), the election officer shall provide notice of the dates, times, and locations of early voting, and any changes to the dates, times, and locations…

20A-3a-605. Exemptions from early voting. (1)(a) This part does not apply to an election of a board member of a special district. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), a special district may, in the special district's discretion, provide early voting in accordance with this part…