Effective 5/4/2022
20A-5-102. Voting instructions.
20A-5-102. Voting instructions.
- (1) Each election officer shall:
- (a) print instructions for voters;
- (b) ensure that the instructions are printed in English, and any other language required under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, in large clear type; and
- (c) ensure that the instructions inform voters:
- (i) about how to obtain ballots for voting;
- (ii) about special political party affiliation requirements for voting in a regular primary election or presidential primary election;
- (iii) about how to prepare ballots for deposit in the ballot box;
- (iv) about how to record write-in votes;
- (v) about how to obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake;
- (vi) about how to obtain assistance in marking ballots;
- (vii) about obtaining a new ballot if the voter’s ballot is defaced;
- (viii) that identification marks or the spoiling or defacing of a ballot will make it invalid;
- (ix) about how to obtain and vote a provisional ballot;
- (x) about whom to contact to report election fraud;
- (xi) about applicable federal and state laws regarding:
- (A) voting rights and the appropriate official to contact if the voter alleges that the voter’s rights have been violated; and
- (B) prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation;
- (xii) about procedures governing mail-in registrants and first-time voters; and
- (xiii) about the date of the election and the hours that the polls are open on election day.
- (2) Each election officer shall:
- (a) provide the election judges of each voting precinct with sufficient instruction cards to instruct voters in the preparation of the voters’ ballots; and
- (b) direct the election judges to post:
- (i) general voting instructions in each voting booth;
- (ii) at least three instruction cards at other locations in the polling place; and
- (iii) at least one sample ballot at the polling place.
Amended by Chapter 18, 2022 General Session
Amended by Chapter 170, 2022 General Session