20A-5-404. Election forms -- Preparation and contents.

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Effective 5/12/2020

(a)For each election, the election officer shall prepare, for each polling place:

(i)forms for poll workers to record and verify security seals, ballots cast, and the number of voters who voted; and

(ii)an official register or pollbook.

(b)For each election, the election officer shall:

(i)provide a copy of each form to each of those precincts using paper ballots; and

(ii)provide a copy of the ballot disposition form and a pollbook to each of those voting precincts using an automated voting system.

(2)The election officer shall ensure that the forms described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) include:

(a)a space for the judges to identify:

(i)the number of ballots voted;

(ii)the number of registered voters listed in the official register or pollbook; and

(iii)the total number of voters voting according to the official register or pollbook; and

(b)a certification, in substantially the following form:

"We, the undersigned, judges of an election held at ______ voting precinct, in _______ County, state of Utah, on __________(month\day\year), having first been sworn according to law, certify that the information in this form is a true statement of the number and names of the individuals voting in the voting precinct at the election, and that the total number of individuals voting at the election was ____.

_____________________________

Judges of Election".

(3)The election officer shall ensure that the official register or pollbook:

(a)identifies the voting precinct number on the face of the official register or pollbook; and

(b)contains:

(i)a section to record individuals voting on election day; and

(ii)a section in which to record voters who are challenged.

Amended by Chapter 31 , 2020 General Session