Title 20A, Title 20A: Election Code

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: prepare an impartial analysis of e…

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 Sectionthat the Legislature submits to the voters. 20A-7…

20A-7-704. Initiative measures -- Arguments for and against -- Voters' requests for argument -- Ballot arguments. (1) 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 lieutenant …

20A-7-705. Measures to be submitted to voters and referendum measures -- Preparation of argument of adoption. (1) 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 offic…

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…

20A-8-101. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Continuing political party" means an organization of voters that: participated in the last regular general election; and in at least one of the last two regular general elections, polled a total vote for any of the political p…

20A-8-102. Organization of newly registered political parties -- Rights. (1) Any organization of voters whose organization did not participate in the last regular general election, or whose organization polled a total vote equivalent to less than 2% of the total vote cast for all…

20A-8-103. Petition procedures -- Criminal penalty -- Removal of signature. (1) As used in this section, the proposed name or emblem of a registered political party is "distinguishable" if a reasonable person of average intelligence will be able to perceive a difference between t…

20A-8-106. Organization as a political party -- Certification procedures. (1) Before 5 p.m. no later than March 1 of the regular general election year, the prospective political party's officers or governing board shall file the names of the party officers or governing board with…

20A-8-401. Registered political parties -- Bylaws -- Report name of midterm vacancy candidate. (1) Each new or unregistered state political party that seeks to become a registered political party under the authority of this chapter shall file a copy of the party's proposed consti…

20A-8-402. Political party officers -- Submission of names of officers to the lieutenant governor. (1) Each state political party shall: designate a party officer to act as liaison with: the lieutenant governor's office; and each county legislative body; and no later than 5 p.m. …

20A-8-402.5. Notification of political convention dates. (1) Before 5 p.m. no later than the first Monday of October of each odd-numbered year, a registered political party shall notify the lieutenant governor of the dates of each political convention that will be held by the reg…

20A-8-402.6. Notification of meeting to declare midterm vacancy nominee by appointment. (1) When there is a midterm vacancy in an office for which a registered political party is entitled to declare a nominee to fill the vacancy by appointment, the registered political party shal…

20A-8-403. Political parties -- Certification. When this title requires that a registered political party certify information to the lieutenant governor, the registered political party has met that requirement if the information is signed by the registered political party's desig…

20A-8-404. Use of public meeting buildings by political parties. (1) The legislative body of a county, municipality, school district, or an institution of higher education shall make all meeting facilities in buildings under its control available to registered political parties, …

20A-9-101. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Candidates for elective office" means persons who file a declaration of candidacy under Sectionto run in a regular general election for a federal office, statewide constitutional office, multicounty office, or county office. 2…

20A-9-201. Declarations of candidacy -- Candidacy for more than one office or of more than one political party prohibited with exceptions -- General filing and form requirements -- Affidavit of impecuniosity. (1) Before filing a declaration of candidacy for election to any office…

20A-9-201.5. Declaration of candidacy filing period for a regular general election year. Except as provided in Part 5, Candidates Not Affiliated with a Party, or Part 6, Write-in Candidates: (1) except as provided in Subsection, the filing period to file a declaration of candidac…

20A-9-202. Declarations of candidacy for regular general elections. (1) An individual seeking to become a candidate for an elective office that is to be filled at the next regular general election shall: except as otherwise provided in Subsection (1)(b), Part 5, Candidates Not Af…

20A-9-202.5. Declaration of candidacy -- Presidential primary election. (1) As used in this section: "Presidential candidate" means a person seeking nomination for President of the United States from a Utah registered political party. "Utah registered political party" means a pol…

20A-9-203. Declarations of candidacy -- Municipal general elections -- Nomination petition -- Removal of signature. (1) An individual may become a candidate for any municipal office if: the individual is a registered voter; and the individual has resided within the municipality i…

20A-9-203.5. Requirement to post candidate information on website. The clerk of a county or a municipality shall, within three business days after the day on which the clerk accepts a declaration of candidacy, post the following information on the website of the county or municip…

20A-9-204. Inducements not to become candidate. (1) It is unlawful for any person to pay or reward, or promise to pay or reward, another in any manner or form for the purpose of inducing that other person to be, or to refrain from or cease being, a candidate. It is unlawful for a…

20A-9-206. Fair campaign practices -- Voluntary pledge -- Pledge is a public record -- Retention requirements. (1) Each person seeking to become a candidate for any elective office that is to be filled at the next election shall be provided with a copy of the pledge of fair campa…

20A-9-207. Withdrawal of candidacy -- Notice. As used in this section: (1) "Public office" means the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, state treasurer, state senator, state representative, state school board, or an elective office of a loc…

20A-9-401. Primary elections. (1) This part shall be construed liberally so as to ensure full opportunity for persons to become candidates and for voters to express their choice. (2) This part may not be construed to govern or regulate the internal procedures of a registered poli…

20A-9-401.1. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Candidate nomination document" means: a candidate signature packet; or a written request to remove a signature from a candidate signature packet. (2) "Candidate signature packet" means a single packet of signature sheets that: …

20A-9-402. General requirements for all primary elections. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, the lieutenant governor, county clerks, and election judges shall follow the procedures and requirements of this title in administering primary elections. (2) (2) If there is any conf…

20A-9-403. Regular primary elections. (1) Candidates for elective office that are to be filled at the next regular general election shall be nominated in a regular primary election by direct vote of the people in the manner prescribed in this section. The regular primary election…

20A-9-404. Municipal primary elections. (1) Candidates for municipal office in all municipalities shall be nominated at a municipal primary election. Municipal primary elections shall be held: consistent with Section, on the second Tuesday following the first Monday in the August…

20A-9-405. Nomination petitions for regular primary elections. (1) This section applies to the form and circulation of nomination petitions for regular primary elections described in Subsection. 20A-9-403(3)(a) (2) A candidate for elective office, and the agents of the candidate,…

20A-9-406. Qualified political party -- Requirements and exemptions. The following provisions apply to a qualified political party: (1) the qualified political party shall, no later than 5 p.m. on the first Monday of October of each odd-numbered year, certify to the lieutenant go…

20A-9-407. Convention process to seek the nomination of a qualified political party. (1) This section describes the requirements for a member of a qualified political party who is seeking the nomination of a qualified political party for an elective office through the qualified p…

20A-9-408. Signature-gathering process to seek the nomination of a qualified political party -- Removal of signature. (1) This section describes the requirements for a member of a qualified political party who is seeking the nomination of the qualified political party for an elec…

20A-9-408.1. Candidate nomination document -- Access - Limitations -- Storage. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(a), notwithstanding Section, and subject to Subsection (4)(b), the following may review a complete, unredacted candidate nomination document: 63G-2-305.5 the ca…

20A-9-408.2. Tracking signatures on candidate nomination petition. (1) Beginning no later than January 1, 2026, the lieutenant governor shall, on the same website where a voter may track the status of a ballot returned by a voter, provide a voter information regarding: each petit…

20A-9-408.3. Submission of candidate signature packet -- Requirements for submission -- Signature packet chain of custody and storage. (1) To submit a candidate signature packet to an election officer, a person shall: label the front of each candidate signature packet with a uniq…

20A-9-408.4. Incumbent county clerk required to contract for certain services relating to a race for reelection. In relation to a race in which an incumbent county clerk is running for reelection, the incumbent county clerk shall: (1) contract with another county clerk to fulfill…

20A-9-408.5. Declaration of candidacy form for qualified political party. The declaration of candidacy form described in Sectionsandshall: (1) be substantially as follows:"State of Utah, County of ____I, ______________, declare my intention of becoming a candidate for the office …

20A-9-409. Primary election provisions relating to qualified political party. (1) The regular primary election is held on the date specified in Section. 20A-1-201.5 (2) A qualified political party that nominates only one candidate for an elective office under Sectionand does not …