20A-7-604. Manual referendum process -- Circulation requirements -- Local clerk to provide sponsors with materials.

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Effective 5/6/2026

(1)This section applies only to the manual referendum process.

(a)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 documents described in Subsections

(3)and 20A-7-401.5(4)(b) , circulate referendum packets that meet the form requirements of this part.

(b)The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors may circulate referendum packets using traditional referendum packets, condensed referendum packets, or both.

(3)Within five calendar days after the day on which a county, city, town, or court determines, in accordance with Section 20A-7-602.7 , that a proposed referendum is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall provide the sponsors with:

(a)a copy of the referendum petition;

(b)a signature sheet; and

(c)a copy of the proposition information pamphlet provided to the sponsors under Subsection 20A-7-401.5(4)(b) .

(4)The sponsors of the referendum petition shall:

(a)arrange and pay for the printing of all documents that are part of the referendum packets; and

(b)ensure that the referendum packets and the documents described in Subsection (4)(a) meet the form requirements of this section.

(a)The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors may prepare the referendum packets for circulation by creating multiple referendum packets.

(b)The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall create referendum packets by:

(i)binding the components of each referendum packet together at the top in a manner that secures all components of the referendum packet together;

(ii)arranging the components in the following order:

(A)a copy of the referendum petition;

(B)if the referendum packet is a traditional referendum packet, a copy of the law that is the subject of the referendum petition;

(C)the signature sheets; and

(D)the circulator verification sheet described in Subsection 20A-1-1004(1) ;

(iii)including no more than 50 signature sheets in each referendum packet; and

(iv)binding the referendum packet in a manner that allows the referendum packet to be conveniently opened for signing.

(c)A referendum packet is not required to have a uniform number of signature sheets.

(d)The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall include, with each packet, a copy of the proposition information pamphlet provided to the sponsors under Subsection 20A-7-401.5(4)(b) .

(a)The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall, before gathering signatures:

(i)ensure that the sponsors or any agent of the sponsors who gathers signatures have completed the online training course described in Section 20A-1-1005 ;

(ii)contact the county clerk to receive a range of numbers that the sponsors may use to number referendum packets;

(iii)sign an agreement with the local clerk, specifying:

(A)whether the sponsors or an agent of the sponsors will circulate referendum packets using traditional referendum packets, condensed referendum packets, or both; and

(B)the range of numbers that the sponsor will use to number the referendum packets; and

(iv)number each referendum packet, sequentially, within the range of numbers provided by the county clerk, starting with the lowest number in the range.

(b)The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors may not:

(i)number a referendum packet in a manner not directed by the county clerk; or

(ii)circulate or submit a referendum packet that is not numbered in the manner directed by the county clerk.

Amended by Chapter 293 , 2026 General Session