Effective 5/5/2021 20A-7-301. Referendum — Signature requirements — Submission to voters. (1) (a) A person seeking to have a law passed by the Legislature submitted to a vote of the people shall obtain: (i) legal signatures equal to 8% of the number of active voters in the state on January 1 immediately following the last […]
Effective 5/5/2021 20A-7-302. Referendum process — Application procedures. (1) Individuals wishing to circulate a referendum petition shall file an application with the lieutenant governor before 5 p.m. within five calendar days after the day on which the legislative session at which the law passed ends. (2) The application shall contain: (a) the name and residence […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-303. Manual referendum process — Form of referendum petition and signature sheets. (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process. (2) (a) Each proposed referendum petition shall be printed in substantially the following form: “REFERENDUM PETITION To the Honorable ____, Lieutenant Governor: We, the undersigned citizens of Utah, respectfully order that […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-304. Manual referendum process — Circulation requirements — Lieutenant governor to provide sponsors with materials. (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process. (2) In order to obtain the necessary number of signatures required by this part, the sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall, after the sponsors receive the […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-304.5. Posting referendum information. (1) On the day on which the lieutenant governor complies with Subsection 20A-7-304(3), or provides the sponsors with access to the website defined in Section 20A-21-101, the lieutenant governor shall post the following information together in a conspicuous place on the lieutenant governor’s website: (a) the referendum petition; (b) […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-305. Manual referendum process — Obtaining signatures — Verification — Removal of signature. (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process. (2) A Utah voter may sign a referendum petition if the voter is a legal voter. (3) (a) The sponsors shall ensure that the individual in whose presence each signature […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-306. Manual referendum process — Submitting the referendum petition — Certification of signatures by the county clerks — Transfer to lieutenant governor. (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process. (2) (a) The sponsors, or an agent of the sponsors, shall submit a signed and verified referendum packet to the county […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-306.3. Verification of petition signatures. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Substantially similar name” means: (i) the given name and surname shown on the petition, or both, contain only minor spelling differences when compared to the given name and surname shown on the official register; (ii) the surname shown on the petition […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-307. Evaluation by the lieutenant governor. (1) In relation to the manual referendum process, when the lieutenant governor receives a referendum packet from a county clerk, the lieutenant governor shall record the number of the referendum packet received. (2) The county clerk shall: (a) in relation to the manual referendum process: (i) post […]
Effective 5/4/2022 20A-7-308. Short title and summary of referendum — Duties of lieutenant governor and Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel. (1) Whenever a referendum petition is declared sufficient for submission to a vote of the people, the lieutenant governor shall deliver a copy of the petition and the proposed law to the Office […]
Effective 5/5/2021 20A-7-309. Form of ballot — Manner of voting. (1) A county clerk shall ensure that the number and ballot title certified by the lieutenant governor are presented upon the official ballot with, immediately adjacent to the number and ballot title, the words “For” and “Against,” each word presented with an adjacent square in […]
Effective 5/12/2020 20A-7-310. Return and canvass — Conflicting measures. (1) The votes on the law proposed by the referendum petition shall be counted, canvassed, and delivered as provided in Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 3, Canvassing Returns. (2) After the state board of canvassers completes its canvass, the lieutenant governor shall certify to the governor […]
Effective 5/5/2021 20A-7-311. Temporary stay — Effective date — Effect of repeal by Legislature. (1) If, at the time during the counting period described in Section 20A-7-307, the lieutenant governor determines that, at that point in time, an adequate number of signatures are certified to comply with the signature requirements, the lieutenant governor shall: (a) […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-312. Misconduct of electors and officers — Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for any person to: (a) sign any name other than the person’s own to a referendum petition; (b) knowingly sign the person’s name more than once for the same measure at one election; (c) knowingly indicate that a person who signed […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-313. Electronic referendum process — Form of referendum petition — Circulation requirements — Signature collection. (1) This section applies only to the electronic referendum process. (2) (a) The first screen presented on the approved device shall include the following statement: “This REFERENDUM PETITION is addressed to the Honorable ____, Lieutenant Governor: The citizens […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-314. Electronic referendum process — Obtaining signatures — Request to remove signature. (1) This section applies to the electronic referendum process. (2) A Utah voter may sign a referendum petition if the voter is a legal voter. (3) The sponsors shall ensure that the signature-gatherer who collects a signature from an individual: (a) […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-315. Electronic referendum process — Collecting signatures —- Removal of signatures. (1) This section applies only to the electronic referendum process. (2) A signature-gatherer may not collect a signature after 5 p.m., 40 days after the day on which the legislative session at which the law passed ends. (3) The lieutenant governor shall […]
