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Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-5-404

  • 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
  • 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
  • Official register: means the official record furnished to election officials by the election officer that contains the information required by Section 20A-5-401. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Pollbook: means a record of the names of voters in the order that they appear to cast votes. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Polling place: means a building where voting is conducted. 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
  • Voting precinct: means the smallest geographical voting unit, established under Chapter 5, Part 3, Duties of the County and Municipal Legislative Bodies. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
     (1)(a) For each election, the election officer shall prepare, for each polling place:

          (1)(a)(i) forms for poll workers to record and verify security seals, ballots cast, and the number of voters who voted; and
          (1)(a)(ii) an official register or pollbook.
     (1)(b) For each election, the election officer shall:

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

     (2)(a) a space for the judges to identify:

          (2)(a)(i) the number of ballots voted;
          (2)(a)(ii) the number of registered voters listed in the official register or pollbook; and
          (2)(a)(iii) the total number of voters voting according to the official register or pollbook; and
     (2)(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:

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

          (3)(b)(i) a section to record individuals voting on election day; and
          (3)(b)(ii) a section in which to record voters who are challenged.