20A-5-401.1. Voting instructions.
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Effective 5/6/2026
20A-5-401.1. Voting instructions.
(1)Each election officer shall:
(a)print instructions for voters;
(b)ensure that the instructions are printed in English, and any other language required under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, in large clear type; and
(c)ensure that the instructions inform voters:
(i)about how to obtain, and how to return, ballots for voting;
(ii)about special political party affiliation requirements for voting in a regular primary election or presidential primary election;
(iii)about how to prepare ballots cast at a polling place for deposit in the ballot box;
(iv)about how to prepare a mailed ballot for return;
(v)about how to record write-in votes;
(vi)about how to obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake;
(vii)about how to obtain assistance in marking ballots;
(viii)about obtaining a new ballot if the voter's ballot is defaced;
(ix)that identification marks or the spoiling or defacing of a ballot will make it invalid;
(x)about how to obtain and vote a provisional ballot;
(xi)about whom to contact to report election fraud;
(xii)about applicable federal and state laws regarding:
(A)voting rights and the appropriate official to contact if the voter alleges that the voter's rights have been violated; and
(B)prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation;
(xiii)about procedures governing mail-in registrants and first-time voters; and
(xiv)about the date of the election and the hours that the polls are open on election day.
(2)Each election officer shall:
(a)provide the election judges of each voting precinct with sufficient instruction cards to instruct voters in the preparation of the voters' ballots; and
(b)direct the election judges to post:
(i)general voting instructions in each voting booth;
(ii)at least three instruction cards at other locations in the polling place; and
(iii)at least one sample ballot at the polling place.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 329 , 2026 General Session