Effective 1/1/2023
20A-7-615. Electronic referendum process — Obtaining signatures — Request to remove signature.
20A-7-615. Electronic referendum process — Obtaining signatures — Request to remove signature.
- (1) This section applies to the electronic referendum process described in Section 20A-21-201.
- (2) A Utah voter may sign a local referendum petition if the voter is a legal voter and resides in the local jurisdiction.
- (3) The sponsors shall ensure that the signature-gatherer who collects a signature from an individual:
- (a) verifies that the individual is at least 18 years old and meets the residency requirements of Section 20A-2-105; and
- (b) is informed that each signer is required to read and understand the law that is the subject of the referendum petition.
- (4)
- (a) A voter who has signed a referendum petition may have the voter’s signature removed from the petition by submitting to the county clerk a statement requesting that the voter’s signature be removed before 5 p.m. no later than the earlier of:
- (i) 30 days after the day on which the voter signs the statement requesting removal; or
- (ii) 45 days after the day on which the local clerk posts the voter’s name under Subsection 20A-7-616(3).
- (b) The statement shall include:
- (i) the name of the voter;
- (ii) the resident address at which the voter is registered to vote;
- (iii) the signature of the voter; and
- (iv) the date of the signature described in Subsection (4)(b)(iii).
- (c) To increase the likelihood of the voter’s signature being identified and removed, the statement may include the voter’s birth date or age.
- (d) A voter may not submit a signature removal statement by email or other electronic means, unless the lieutenant governor establishes a signature removal process that is consistent with the requirements of this section and Section 20A-21-201.
- (e) A person may only remove an electronic signature from an initiative petition in accordance with this section.
- (f) A county clerk shall analyze a holographic signature, for purposes of removing an electronic signature from a referendum petition, in accordance with Section 20A-7-606.3.
- (a) A voter who has signed a referendum petition may have the voter’s signature removed from the petition by submitting to the county clerk a statement requesting that the voter’s signature be removed before 5 p.m. no later than the earlier of:
Enacted by Chapter 325, 2022 General Session