Section 602 – Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project — Creation — Participation.
Affected by 63I-2-220 on 1/1/2026 Effective 5/4/2022 20A-4-602. Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project — Creation — Participation. (1) There is created the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project. (2) The pilot project begins on January 1, 2019, and ends on January 1, 2026. (3) (a) A municipality may participate in the pilot project, in […]
Section 603 – Instant runoff voting.
Affected by 63I-2-220 on 1/1/2026 Effective 5/4/2022 20A-4-603. Instant runoff voting. (1) In a multi-candidate race, the election officer for a participating municipality shall: (a) (i) conduct the first ballot-counting phase by counting the valid first preference rankings for each candidate; and (ii) if one of the candidates receives more than 50% of the valid […]
Section 604 – Batch elimination.
Affected by 63I-2-220 on 1/1/2026 Effective 5/4/2022 20A-4-604. Batch elimination. In any ballot count conducted under Section 20A-4-603, the election officer may exclude candidates through batch elimination by, instead of excluding only one candidate in a ballot-counting phase, excluding each candidate: (1) for which the number of remaining candidates with more valid rankings than that […]
Section 402 – Election contests — Grounds.
20A-4-402. Election contests — Grounds. (1) The election or nomination of any person to any public office, and the declared result of the vote on any ballot proposition or bond proposition submitted to a vote of the people may be contested according to the procedures established in this part only: (a) for malconduct, fraud, or […]
Section 403 – Election contest — Petition and response.
Effective 3/3/2022 20A-4-403. Election contest — Petition and response. (1) (a) In contesting the results of all elections, except for primary elections and bond elections, a registered voter may contest the right of an individual declared elected to office by filing a verified written complaint with the district court of the county in which the […]
Section 404 – Election contest — Calendaring and disposition.
20A-4-404. Election contest — Calendaring and disposition. (1) (a) Upon receipt of the petition, the clerk shall inform the chief judge of the court having jurisdiction. (b) The chief judge shall issue an order: (i) assigning the case to a district court judge, if the district court has jurisdiction; and (ii) setting a date and […]
Section 405 – Election contests — Costs.
Effective 3/3/2022 20A-4-405. Election contests — Costs. (1) The court shall enter judgment for costs against the party contesting the election if: (a) the proceedings are dismissed for: (i) insufficiency of pleading or proof; or (ii) want of prosecution; or (b) the election is confirmed by the court. (2) The court shall enter judgment for […]
Section 406 – Election contests — Appeal.
20A-4-406. Election contests — Appeal. (1) (a) Either party may appeal the district court’s judgment to the Supreme Court as in other cases of appeal from the district court. (b) When an appeal is taken, the district court may not stay execution or proceedings, except execution for costs. (2) Whenever an election is annulled or […]
Section 501 – Election returns — Forgery.
20A-4-501. Election returns — Forgery. (1) It is unlawful for any person to: (a) forge or counterfeit any election returns from any election purporting to have been held at any voting precinct where no election was in fact held; (b) willfully substitute any forged or counterfeit election returns in the place of the true return […]
Section 502 – Altering vote count or returns.
20A-4-502. Altering vote count or returns. (1) It is unlawful for any person to: (a) willfully add to or subtract from the votes actually cast at an election in any election returns; or (b) alter any election returns. (2) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a third degree felony. Amended by Chapter […]