Utah Code 20A-5-602. Appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are not distinguished by registered political parties
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Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-5-602
- 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 - Local election: means a regular county election, a regular municipal election, a municipal primary election, a local special election, a special district election, and a bond election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Municipality: means a city or town. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Poll worker: includes election judges. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Polling place: means a building where voting is conducted. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Special district: means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, and includes a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
(1)(a) This section governs appointment of poll workers in elections where candidates are not distinguished by registered political parties.(1)(b) An election officer shall appoint the poll worker at least 15 days before the date of the local election.(2)(2)(a) The election officer shall appoint, or provide for the appointment of, at least three poll workers as follows:(2)(a)(i) three registered voters; or(2)(a)(ii) two registered voters, one of whom is at least 21 years old, and one individual who is 16 or 17 years old.(2)(b) The election officer may appoint additional poll workers to serve in the polling place as needed.(3) The election officer may not appoint any candidate’s parent, sibling, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law to serve as a poll worker at a polling place where the candidate appears on the ballot.(4)(4)(a) The clerk shall compensate poll workers for their services.(4)(b) The clerk of a municipality or special district may not compensate poll workers at a rate higher than that paid by the county to the county’s poll workers.