Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 4 > Part 6 - Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project

• Applicant: means a person who has submitted to the department a completed application and all required application and processing fees. See Utah Code 53-11-102
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Bail recovery agent: means an individual employed by a bail enforcement agent to assist the bail enforcement agent regarding civil or criminal defendants released on bail by:
       (4)(a) presenting a defendant for required court appearances;
       (4)(b) apprehending or surrendering a defendant to a court; or
       (4)(c) keeping the defendant under necessary surveillance. See Utah Code 53-11-102
• Bail recovery apprentice: means any individual licensed under this chapter as a bail recovery apprentice, and who:
       (5)(a) has not met the requirements for licensure as a bail recovery agent or bail enforcement agent; and
       (5)(b) is employed by a bail enforcement agent, and works under the direct supervision of a bail enforcement agent or bail recovery agent employed also by the bail enforcement agent, unless the bail recovery apprentice is conducting activities at the direction of the employing bail enforcement agent that under this chapter do not require direct supervision. See Utah Code 53-11-102
• Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Board: means the Bail Bond Recovery Licensure Board created under Section 53-11-104. See Utah Code 53-11-102
• Bureau: means the Bureau of Criminal Identification created in Section 53-10-201 within the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 53-11-102
• Candidate amplifier: means the product of:
       (1)(a) two less than the total number of candidates in a given ballot-counting phase of a multi-candidate race; and
       (1)(b) . See Utah Code 20A-4-601
• Canvass: means the review of election returns and the official declaration of election results by the board of canvassers. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of public safety as defined under Section 53-1-107, or his designee. See Utah Code 53-11-102
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 53-11-102
• Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Election officer: means :
       (23)(a) the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections;
       (23)(b) the county clerk for:

            (23)(b)(i) a county ballot and election; and

            (23)(b)(ii) a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• First preference ranking: means the candidate selected as the candidate most preferred by a voter, as indicated by:
       (2)(a) the number one; or
       (2)(b) if the voter does not assign the number one to any candidate, the number two. See Utah Code 20A-4-601
• Multi-candidate race: means a nonpartisan municipal race where:
       (3)(a) for the election of at-large officers, the number of candidates who qualify for the race exceeds the total number of seats to be filled; or
       (3)(b) for the election of an officer other than an at-large officer, more than two candidates qualify to run for one office. See Utah Code 20A-4-601
• Municipal general election: means the election held in municipalities and, as applicable, special districts on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-202. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Municipal primary election: means an election held to nominate candidates for municipal office. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Municipality: means a city or town. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Participating municipality: means a municipality that is participating in the pilot project, in accordance with Subsection 20A-4-602(3). See Utah Code 20A-4-601
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Pilot project: means the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project created in Section 20A-4-602. See Utah Code 20A-4-601
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Recount threshold: means the sum of the candidate amplifier and the following:
       (6)(a) for a ballot-counting phase in which fewer than 100 valid rankings are counted, 0. See Utah Code 20A-4-601
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Valid: means that the ballot is marked in a manner that permits the ranking to be counted during the applicable ballot-counting phase. See Utah Code 20A-4-601
• Voter: means an individual who:
       (79)(a) meets the requirements for voting in an election;
       (79)(b) meets the requirements of election registration;
       (79)(c) is registered to vote; and
       (79)(d) is listed in the official register book. See Utah Code 20A-1-102