Section 803 – Challenges to a voter’s eligibility — Basis for challenge — Procedures.

• (1) An individual may challenge another individual’s eligibility to vote on any of the following grounds:
  • (a) the individual is not the individual in whose name the individual tries to vote;
  • (b) the individual is not a resident of Utah;
  • (c) the individual is not a citizen of the United States;
  • (d) the individual has not or will not have resided in Utah for 30 days immediately before the date of the election;
  • (e) the individual’s principal place of residence is not in the voting precinct that the individual claims;
  • (f) the individual’s principal place of residence is not in the geographic boundaries of the election area;
  • (g) the individual has already voted in the election;
  • (h) the individual is not at least the minimum age required to vote in the election;
  • (i) the individual has been convicted of a misdemeanor for an offense under this title and the individual’s right to vote in an election has not been restored under Section 20A-2-101.3;
  • (j) the individual is a convicted felon and the voter’s right to vote in an election has not been restored under Section 20A-2-101.5; or
  • (k) in a regular primary election or presidential primary election, the individual does not meet the political party affiliation requirements for the ballot the individual seeks to vote.

• (2) An individual who challenges another individual’s right to vote in an election shall make the challenge in accordance with:
  • (a) Section 20A-3a-804, for a challenge that is not made in person at the time an individual votes; or
  • (b) Section 20A-3a-805, for challenges made in person at the time an individual votes.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session