Section 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 send to each individual who provides a valid email address during the signature-gathering process an email that includes the following:
  • (a) the subject of the email shall include the following statement, “Notice Regarding Your Petition Signature”; and
  • (b) the body of the email shall include the following statement in 12-point type:
    “You signed a petition for the following referendum:
    [insert title of initiative] To access a copy of the referendum petition, the referendum, and information on the deadline for removing your signature from the petition, please visit the following link: [insert a uniform resource locator that takes the individual directly to the page on the lieutenant governor’s website that includes the information referred to in the email].”

• (4) Except as provided in Subsection (5), the county clerk shall, within two business days after the day on which the signature of an individual who signs a petition is certified under Section 20A-21-201, post the name, voter identification number, and date of signature of the individual on the lieutenant governor’s website, in a conspicuous location designated by the lieutenant governor.

• (5)
  • (a) If the county clerk timely receives a statement requesting signature removal under Subsection 20A-7-314(4), the county clerk shall:
    • (i) ensure that the voter’s name, voter identification number, and date of signature are not included in the posting described in Subsection (4); and
    • (ii) remove the voter’s signature from the petition and the petition signature totals.
  • (b) The county clerk shall comply with Subsection (5)(a) before the later of:
    • (i) the deadline described in Subsection (4); or
    • (ii) two business days after the day on which the county clerk receives a statement requesting signature removal under Subsection 20A-7-314(4).

Enacted by Chapter 325, 2022 General Session