Utah Code 20A-16-503. Prohibition of nonsubstantive requirements
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
(1)
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-16-503
- 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
- Covered voter: means an individual who:(1)(a) satisfies Utah's voter eligibility requirements that do not relate to residency;(1)(b) is not registered to vote in a state other than Utah;(1)(c) is absent from the United States on the day of the election; and(1)(d)(1)(d)(i) is a resident of Utah under Section 20A-2-105, but is absent from the United States on election day because the individual:(1)(d)(i)(A) is a uniformed service voter; or(1)(d)(i)(B) temporarily resides outside the United States;(1)(d)(ii) is a foreign United States citizen who:(1)(d)(ii)(A) before establishing a principal place of residence outside the United States, established a principal place of residence in Utah; and(1)(d)(ii)(B) did not, after leaving Utah, register to vote in a state other than Utah or establish a principal place of residence in a state other than Utah; or(1)(d)(iii) is a foreign United States citizen:(1)(d)(iii)(A) who has never registered to vote in a state other than Utah;(1)(d)(iii)(B) who has never established a principal place of residence in the United States; and(1)(d)(iii)(C) whose parent, legal guardian, spouse, or domestic partner established the parent's, legal guardian's, spouse's, or domestic partner's most recent United States principal place of residence in Utah. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
- Federal postcard application: means the application prescribed under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, Utah Code 20A-16-102
- Federal write-in absentee ballot: means the ballot described in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, Utah Code 20A-16-102
- Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Regular ballot: means a ballot that is not a provisional ballot. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, or American Samoa. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
- 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(1)(a) If a covered voter‘s mistake or omission in the completion of a document under this chapter does not prevent determining whether a covered voter is eligible to vote, the mistake or omission does not invalidate the document.(1)(b) Failure to satisfy a nonsubstantive requirement, including requirements to use paper or envelopes of a specified size or weight, does not invalidate a document submitted under this chapter.(1)(c) In a write-in ballot authorized by this chapter or in a vote for a write-in candidate on a regular ballot, if the intention of the covered voter is discernable under this state‘s uniform definition of what constitutes a vote, an abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation in the form of the name of a candidate or a political party is a valid vote.(2)(2)(a) Notarization is not required for the execution of a document under this chapter.(2)(b)(2)(b)(i) An authentication, other than the declaration described in Section 20A-16-409 or the declaration on the federal postcard application and federal write-in absentee ballot, is not required for execution of a document under this chapter.(2)(b)(ii) The declaration and any information in the declaration may be compared with information on file to ascertain the validity of the document.