(1) The regular primary election shall be held throughout the state on the fourth Tuesday of June of each even numbered year as provided in Section 20A-9-403, 20A-9-407, or 20A-9-408, as applicable, to nominate persons for national, state, school board, and county offices.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-1-201.5

  • 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
  • Municipal primary election: means an election held to nominate candidates for municipal office. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Presidential Primary Election: means the election established in Chapter 9, Part 8, Presidential Primary Election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • 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
(2) A municipal primary election shall be held, if necessary, on the second Tuesday following the first Monday in August before the regular municipal election to nominate persons for:

     (2)(a) municipal offices; or
     (2)(b) local school board office for a new school district or a reorganized new school district under Section 53G-3-302.
(3) A presidential primary election shall be held throughout the state on the first Tuesday in March in the year in which a presidential election will be held.