Section 504 – Violations — Penalties.

• (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3) or Section 20A-3a-208, an individual is guilty of a class C misdemeanor if the individual:
  • (a) allows the individual’s ballot to be seen by another with the intent to reveal how the individual is about to vote;
  • (b) states falsely that the individual is unable to mark the individual’s ballot;
  • (c) interferes or attempts to interfere with any individual who is inside the voting booth or who is marking a ballot;
  • (d) induces or attempts to induce any voter who is inside a voting booth or who is marking a ballot to vote to show how the voter marked the voter’s ballot; or
  • (e) takes a photograph of a ballot, other than the individual’s own ballot, at a polling place.

• (2) The election judges and clerks shall report any individual who violates this section to the county attorney or district attorney having state criminal jurisdiction for prosecution.

• (3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit an individual from transferring a photograph of the individual’s own ballot in a manner that allows the photograph to be viewed by the individual or another.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session