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§ 1-5-101. Establishing Precincts and Polling Places for Partisan Elections

(1) Subject to approval by the board of county commissioners, the county clerk and recorder of each county shall divide the county into as many election precincts for all general, primary, and congressional vacancy elections as is convenient for the eligible electors of the county and shall designate the place for each precinct at which […]

§ 1-5-101.5. Precinct Numbering

(1) There is hereby created a precinct numbering system that shall be used by the county clerk and recorder of each county of the state in numbering election precincts established in accordance with section 1-5-101. The precinct numbering system created pursuant to this section shall not be used until the reapportionment of senatorial and representative […]

§ 1-5-103. Changes in Boundaries – Partisan Elections

(1) Changes in the boundaries of precincts or the creation of new precincts for partisan elections must be completed no later than twenty-nine days prior to the first Tuesday in March, except in cases of precinct changes resulting from changes in county boundaries. (2) Subject to approval by the board of county commissioners, the county […]

§ 1-5-104. Changes in Boundaries – Nonpartisan Elections

(1) Changes in the boundaries of precincts or the creation of new precincts for nonpartisan elections shall be completed no later than twenty-five days prior to scheduled elections, except in cases of precinct changes resulting from changes in the jurisdiction’s boundaries. (2) All changes in precinct boundaries or numbering for nonpartisan elections shall be reported […]

§ 1-5-105. Restrictions

(1) No election-related activity may be conducted within one hundred feet of any building in which a polling location or drop-off location is located except that of the conduct of the election at the polling location or drop-off location. (2) No polling location or drop-off location shall be located in a room in which any […]

§ 1-5-106. Polling Location or Drop-Off Location – Designation by Sign

(1) (a) All polling locations must be designated by signs conspicuously posted pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section at least twenty days before each election and during the period polling locations are open. The sign shall be substantially in the following form: “Polling place/voter service and polling center for county ….”. The lettering on […]

§ 1-5-108. Election Judges May Change Polling Locations and Drop-Off Locations

(1) (a) If it becomes impossible or impracticable to hold an election because of an emergency at the designated polling location, the election judges, after assembling at or as near as practicable to the original designated polling location, may move to the nearest convenient place for holding the election and at the newly designated place […]