Section 404 – Election forms — Preparation and contents.

• (1)
  • (a) For each election, the election officer shall prepare, for each polling place:
    • (i) forms for poll workers to record and verify security seals, ballots cast, and the number of voters who voted; and
    • (ii) an official register or pollbook.
  • (b) For each election, the election officer shall:
    • (i) provide a copy of each form to each of those precincts using paper ballots; and
    • (ii) provide a copy of the ballot disposition form and a pollbook to each of those voting precincts using an automated voting system.

• (2) The election officer shall ensure that the forms described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) include:
  • (a) a space for the judges to identify:
    • (i) the number of ballots voted;
    • (ii) the number of registered voters listed in the official register or pollbook; and
    • (iii) the total number of voters voting according to the official register or pollbook; and
  • (b) a certification, in substantially the following form:
    “We, the undersigned, judges of an election held at ______ voting precinct, in _______ County, state of Utah, on __________(monthdayyear), having first been sworn according to law, certify that the information in this form is a true statement of the number and names of the individuals voting in the voting precinct at the election, and that the total number of individuals voting at the election was ____.
    _____________________________
    _____________________________
    _____________________________
    Judges of Election”.

• (3) The election officer shall ensure that the official register or pollbook:
  • (a) identifies the voting precinct number on the face of the official register or pollbook; and
  • (b) contains:
    • (i) a section to record individuals voting on election day; and
    • (ii) a section in which to record voters who are challenged.

Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session