20A-1-302. Opening and closing of polls on election day. (1) Polls at all elections on the date of the election shall open at 7 a.m. and shall remain open until 8 p.m. of the same day. (2) The election judges shall allow every voter who arrives at the polls by 8 p.m. to vote. Amended […]
Effective 5/8/2018 20A-1-303. Determining results. (1) (a) Except as provided in Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, when one person is to be elected or nominated, the person receiving the highest number of votes at any: (i) election for any office to be filled at that election is elected […]
Effective 5/8/2018 20A-1-304. Tie votes. Except for a race conducted by instant runoff voting under Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, if two or more candidates for a position have an equal and the highest number of votes for any office, the election officer shall, in a public meeting […]
20A-1-305. Publication and distribution of election laws. (1) The lieutenant governor shall: (a) publish a sufficient number of copies of Title 20A, Election Code, and any other provisions of law that govern elections; and (b) transmit copies to each county clerk. (2) Each county clerk shall: (a) inform the lieutenant governor of the number of […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-1-306. Electronic signatures prohibited. Notwithstanding Title 46, Chapter 4, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and Subsections 68-3-12(1)(e) and 68-3-12.5(28) and (40), an electronic signature may not be used to sign a petition to: (1) except as provided in Section 20A-21-201, qualify a ballot proposition for the ballot under Chapter 7, Issues Submitted to the […]
20A-1-307. Residency requirements for person who verifies a signature on a petition. Notwithstanding any other provision in this title that requires a person who signs the verification on a petition to be a resident, a person who is not a resident may sign the verification on a petition if: (1) the person signing the petition […]
Effective 5/12/2020 20A-1-308. Elections during declared emergencies. (1) As used in this section, “declared emergency” means a state of emergency that: (a) is declared by: (i) the president of the United States; (ii) the governor in an executive order under Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 2, Disaster Response and Recovery Act; or (iii) the chief […]
