20A-2-606. At-risk registered voter -- Application -- Designation -- Change of status.

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Effective 4/6/2026

(1)Except to the extent expressly authorized in this part or otherwise expressly provided by law, the lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose an at-risk voter's voter registration record, or any information from an at-risk voter's voter registration record.

(a)The lieutenant governor shall design and distribute an at-risk designation request form to each election officer and to each agency that provides a voter registration form.

(b)The director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, establishing requirements for providing the proof described in Subsections (4)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii).

(3)The following may not encourage an individual to submit, or discourage an individual from submitting, an at-risk designation request form:

(a)an election officer;

(b)an agency described in Subsection (2)(a) ; or

(c)an employee of a person described in Subsection (3)(a) or

(b).

(4)A voter may apply for designation as an at-risk voter by submitting, either with the voter's voter registration form, or separately to the voter's county clerk:

(i)an at-risk designation request form indicating that the voter is, or resides with, an individual who is a victim of, or who is threatened with, domestic violence or dating violence; and

(ii)in accordance with any rules made under Subsection (2)(b) , proof of the indication described in Subsection (4)(a)(i) in the form of a sworn affidavit where the voter swears to the following statement: "I am applying for designation as an at-risk voter because I am, or I reside with, an individual who is a victim of, or who is threatened with, domestic violence or dating violence."; or

(i)an at-risk designation request form indicating that the voter, or an individual who resides with the voter, is a law enforcement officer, a public figure, a member of the armed forces, or protected by a protective order or protection order; and

(ii)in accordance with any rules made under Subsection (2)(b) , proof of the indication described in Subsection (4)(b)(i) .

(5)A county clerk shall designate a voter as an at-risk voter if the voter complies with Subsection

(4).

(6)A county clerk shall, beginning in 2030, and every five years after 2030, before July 15:

(a)mail to each voter who, for a period of one year or longer, has been designated as an at-risk voter:

(i)notice that the voter is designated as an at-risk voter and the grounds for the designation;

(ii)a list of the grounds for designating a voter as an at-risk voter;

(iii)an inquiry regarding whether the voter still qualifies as an at-risk voter; and

(iv)a self-addressed envelope, with postage prepaid, for the voter to mail the voter's response to the inquiry described in Subsection (6)(a)(iii); and

(b)remove the designation of a voter as an at-risk voter if the voter responds that the voter no longer qualifies as an at-risk voter.

Enacted by Chapter 102 , 2026 General Session