Section 312 – Misconduct of electors and officers — Penalty.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-312. Misconduct of electors and officers — Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for any person to: (a) sign any name other than the person’s own to a referendum petition; (b) knowingly sign the person’s name more than once for the same measure at one election; (c) knowingly indicate that a person who signed […]
Section 313 – Electronic referendum process — Form of referendum petition — Circulation requirements — Signature collection.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-313. 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 statement: “This REFERENDUM PETITION is addressed to the Honorable ____, Lieutenant Governor: The citizens […]
Section 314 – Electronic referendum process — Obtaining signatures — Request to remove signature.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-314. Electronic referendum process — Obtaining signatures — Request to remove signature. (1) This section applies to the electronic referendum process. (2) A Utah voter may sign a referendum petition if the voter is a legal voter. (3) The sponsors shall ensure that the signature-gatherer who collects a signature from an individual: (a) […]
Section 315 – Electronic referendum process — Collecting signatures —- Removal of signatures.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-315. 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., 40 days after the day on which the legislative session at which the law passed ends. (3) The lieutenant governor shall […]
Section 304 – Manual referendum process — Circulation requirements — Lieutenant governor to provide sponsors with materials.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-304. Manual referendum process — Circulation requirements — Lieutenant governor to provide sponsors with materials. (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process. (2) In order to obtain the necessary number of signatures required by this part, the sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall, after the sponsors receive the […]
Section 304.5 – Posting referendum information.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-304.5. Posting referendum information. (1) On the day on which the lieutenant governor complies with Subsection 20A-7-304(3), or provides the sponsors with access to the website defined in Section 20A-21-101, the lieutenant governor shall post the following information together in a conspicuous place on the lieutenant governor’s website: (a) the referendum petition; (b) […]
Section 305 – Manual referendum process — Obtaining signatures — Verification — Removal of signature.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-305. Manual referendum process — Obtaining signatures — Verification — Removal of signature. (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process. (2) A Utah voter may sign a referendum petition if the voter is a legal voter. (3) (a) The sponsors shall ensure that the individual in whose presence each signature […]
Section 306 – Manual referendum process — Submitting the referendum petition — Certification of signatures by the county clerks — Transfer to lieutenant governor.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-306. Manual referendum process — Submitting the referendum petition — Certification of signatures by the county clerks — Transfer to lieutenant governor. (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process. (2) (a) The sponsors, or an agent of the sponsors, shall submit a signed and verified referendum packet to the county […]
Section 306.3 – Verification of petition signatures.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-306.3. Verification of petition signatures. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Substantially similar name” means: (i) the given name and surname shown on the petition, or both, contain only minor spelling differences when compared to the given name and surname shown on the official register; (ii) the surname shown on the petition […]
Section 307 – Evaluation by the lieutenant governor.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-307. Evaluation by the lieutenant governor. (1) In relation to the manual referendum process, when the lieutenant governor receives a referendum packet from a county clerk, the lieutenant governor shall record the number of the referendum packet received. (2) The county clerk shall: (a) in relation to the manual referendum process: (i) post […]