Utah Code 20A-8-102. Organization of newly registered political parties — Rights
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(1) Any organization of voters whose organization did not participate in the last regular general election, or whose organization polled a total vote equivalent to less than 2% of the total vote cast for all candidates for the United States House of Representatives for any of its candidates in both of the last two regular general elections shall comply with the requirements of this chapter to become a registered political party.
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-8-102
- 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
- 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
- Registered political party: means an organization of voters that:(5)(a)(5)(a)(i) participated in the last regular general election; and(5)(a)(ii) in at least one of the last two regular general elections, polled a total vote for any of its candidates for any office equal to 2% or more of the total votes cast for all candidates for the United States House of Representatives in the same regular general election; or(5)(b) has complied with the petition and organizing procedures of this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-8-101
- Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section
20A-1-201 . See Utah Code 20A-1-102- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2)(2)(a) Unless an organization of registered voters is a registered political party under this chapter, it may not place the names of candidates representing that organization upon the primary and regular general election ballots under the common organization name.(2)(b) Nothing in this subsection prohibits an organization of voters from qualifying candidates as independent candidates or as write-in candidates. - Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section