Section 902 – Security of election equipment.
Effective 5/4/2022 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 keep a record of service work done on voting equipment, including: (a) a […]
Section 903 – Cyber security.
Effective 5/4/2022 20A-5-903. Cyber security. (1) An election officer shall ensure that the following election equipment is never connected to the Internet: (a) tabulation servers; (b) tabulation equipment; (c) ballot scanners, including central, precinct, and mobile scanners; and (d) ballot marking devices. (2) This section does not prohibit Internet connection of equipment used for voting […]
Section 904 – Voter fraud.
Effective 5/4/2022 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 reason to believe that an individual has intentionally committed […]
Section 905 – Software validation — Database security.
Effective 5/4/2022 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 Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, establishing software validation procedures that an election officer is required to comply with to verify that voting system […]
Section 701 – Willful neglect of duty or corrupt conduct — Penalty.
20A-5-701. Willful neglect of duty or corrupt conduct — Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for any poll worker to willfully neglect the poll worker’s duty or to willfully act corruptly in discharging the poll worker’s duty. (2) Any poll worker who violates this section is guilty of a third degree felony. Amended by Chapter 253, […]
Section 702 – Destroying or concealing ballots.
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. Amended by Chapter 253, 2013 General Session
Section 703 – Neglect or refusal to deliver ballots or returns.
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) Any person who violates this subsection […]
Section 705 – Officer or watcher revealing vote.
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 impression as to how or for whom a voter […]
Section 706 – Damage, alteration, or theft of election equipment — Penalty.
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 this section is guilty of a third degree felony. Enacted by Chapter […]
Section 801 – Definitions.
Effective 5/12/2020 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 equipment used for an election: (a) automatic tabulating equipment; (b) a […]