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Part 1 - Primary Elections
§ 1-4-101. Primary Elections - When - Nominations - Expenses - (1) Except as provided in section 1-4-104.5, a primary election...
§ 1-4-102. Methods of Placing Names on Primary Ballot - All candidates for nominations to be made at any primary...
§ 1-4-103. Order of Names on Primary Ballot - Candidates designated and certified by assembly for a particular office...
§ 1-4-104. Party Nominees - Candidates voted on for offices at primary elections who receive...
§ 1-4-104.5. Primary Election Canceled - When - (1) If, at the close of business on the sixtieth...
§ 1-4-105. Defeated Candidate Ineligible - No person who has been defeated as a candidate in...
Part 2 - General Elections
§ 1-4-201. Time of Holding General Election - A general election shall be held in all precincts in...
§ 1-4-202. United States Senators - At the general election in 1984 and every six years...
§ 1-4-203. Representatives in Congress - At every general election, the number of representatives in congress...
§ 1-4-204. State and District Officers - At the general election in 1982 and every fourth year...
§ 1-4-205. County Commissioners - (1) (a) Members of the board of county commissioners shall...
§ 1-4-206. Other County Officers - At the general election in 1982 and every four years...
Part 3 - Presidential Elections
§ 1-4-301. Time of Holding Presidential Elections - At the general election in 1984 and every fourth year...
§ 1-4-302. Party Nominations to Be Made by Convention - (1) Any convention of delegates of a political party or...
§ 1-4-304. Presidential Electors - (1) The presidential electors shall convene at the capital of...
§ 1-4-305. Compensation - Every presidential elector of this state who attends and votes...
Part 4 - Congressional Vacancy Elections
§ 1-4-401. Time of Congressional Vacancy Elections - (1) Except as provided in section 1-4-401.5, when any vacancy...
§ 1-4-401.5. Special Congressional Vacancy Election - Continuity in Representation - Rules - (1) In the event of a declaration by the speaker...
§ 1-4-402. Nominations of Political Party Candidates - (1) (a) Any convention of delegates of a political party...
§ 1-4-403. Nomination of Unaffiliated Candidates for Congressional Vacancy Election - (1) Except as provided in section 1-4-401.5, candidates for congress...
§ 1-4-404. Nomination and Acceptance of Candidate - Any person nominated in accordance with this article 4 shall...
Part 5 - Qualifications for Office and Methods of Nomination
§ 1-4-501. Only Eligible Electors Eligible for Office - (1) No person except an eligible elector who is at...
§ 1-4-502. Methods of Nomination for Partisan Candidates - (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b) and (c)...
§ 1-4-503. Method of Nomination for Nonpartisan Candidates - Nominations for all elected nonpartisan local government officials must be...
§ 1-4-504. Documents Are Public Records - All certificates of designation, petitions, certificates of nomination, acceptances, declinations,...
Part 6 - Political Party Designation for Primary Election
§ 1-4-601. Designation of Candidates for Primary Election - Definition - (1) (a) Assemblies of the major political parties may make...
§ 1-4-602. Delegates to Party Assemblies - Definition - (1) (a) (I) Except as provided in subsection (1)(a)(IV) of...
§ 1-4-603. Designation of Major Political Party Candidates by Petition - Candidates for major political party nominations for the offices specified...
§ 1-4-604. Filing of Petitions and Certificates of Designation by Assembly - Legislative Declaration - (1) (a) Every petition or certificate of designation by assembly...
§ 1-4-605. Order of Names on Primary Ballot - Candidates designated and certified by assembly for a particular office...
Part 7 - Conventions - Political Party Nominations
§ 1-4-701. Party Nominations to Be Made by Convention - (1) Any convention of delegates of a political party or...
§ 1-4-702. Nominations of Candidates for General Election by Convention - (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a political party...
Part 8 - Nomination of Candidates by Petition
§ 1-4-801. Designation of Party Candidates by Petition - (1) Candidates for political party nominations to be made by...
§ 1-4-802. Petitions for Nominating Minor Political Party and Unaffiliated Candidates for a Partisan Office - (1) Candidates for partisan public offices to be filled at...
§ 1-4-803. Petitions for Nominating School District Directors - (1) (a) Any person who desires to be a candidate...
§ 1-4-805. Petitions for Nominating Municipal Candidates in Coordinated Elections - Any person who desires to be a candidate for a...
§ 1-4-806. Preregistrants Eligible to Sign Petitions - A preregistrant who is eligible to vote in a primary...
Part 9 - Petitions for Candidacy
§ 1-4-901. Designation of Petition - (1) The petition for a candidate may consist of one...
§ 1-4-902. Form of Petition - (1) The signatures to a petition need not all be...
§ 1-4-903. Approval of Petition - No petition shall be circulated until it has been approved...
§ 1-4-904. Signatures on the Petitions - (1) Every petition shall be signed only by eligible electors....
§ 1-4-905. Circulators - Requirements - Affidavits - Notarization - Training - (1) A person shall not circulate a petition to nominate...
§ 1-4-905.5. Petition Entities - Requirements - Violations - Definitions - (1) As used in this section: (a) "Candidate" has the...
§ 1-4-906. Candidate's Acceptance - Every nominating petition before it is filed shall have attached...
§ 1-4-907. Filing of Petition - The petition, when executed and acknowledged as prescribed in this...
§ 1-4-908. Review of Petition - Signature Verification - Notification - Cure - Rules - (1) Upon filing, the designated election official for the political...
§ 1-4-909. Protest of Designations and Nominations - (1) A petition or certificate of designation or nomination that...
§ 1-4-911. Review of a Protest - The party filing a protest has the burden of sustaining...
§ 1-4-912. Cure - Rules - (1) Repealed. (2) During the review of any candidate's petition...
Part 10 - Withdrawals and Disqualifications From, and Vacancies In, Nominations and Designations
§ 1-4-1001. Withdrawal or Disqualification From Candidacy - (1) (a) Any person who has accepted a designation or...
§ 1-4-1002. Vacancies in Major Party Designation Up to the Sixty-Eighth Day Before Primary Election Day - (1) For the purposes of this section, a vacancy is...
§ 1-4-1003. Vacancies in Major Party Designation Occurring Between the Sixty-Seventh Day Before a Primary Election and the Earliest Day to Mail Primary Election Ballots - (1) (a) For the purposes of this section, a vacancy...
§ 1-4-1004. Vacancies in Major Party Designation Occurring From the Day After the Earliest Day to Mail Primary Election Ballots Through Primary Election Day - (1) For the purposes of this section, a vacancy is...
§ 1-4-1005. Vacancies in Major Party Nomination Occurring From the Day After Primary Election Day Through the Earliest Day to Mail General Election Ballots - (1) For the purposes of this section, a vacancy is...
§ 1-4-1006. Vacancies in Major Party Nomination Occurring From the Day After the Earliest Day to Mail General Election Ballots Through General Election Day - (1) For the purposes of this section, a vacancy is...
§ 1-4-1007. Vacancies in Minor Party Designation or Nomination - Any vacancy in a nomination for a minor political party...
§ 1-4-1008. Vacancies in Unaffiliated Designation or Nomination - Any vacancy in a nomination for an unaffiliated candidate caused...
§ 1-4-1009. Vacancies in School District Director Nomination - (1) A vacancy in nomination for a school district director...
§ 1-4-1010. Vacancies in Office Occurring From the Sixty-Eighth Day Prior to Primary Election Day Through the Earliest Day to Mail General Election Ballots - (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this...
§ 1-4-1011. Vacancies of Joint Gubernatorial Candidates - Process for Filling Vacancy in Nomination for Office of Lieutenant Governor - (1) For the purposes of this part 10, no vacancy...
§ 1-4-1012. Remote Participation in Vacancy Committee Meetings - (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a member of...
Part 11 - Write-in Candidates
§ 1-4-1101. Write-in Candidate Affidavit of Intent - (1) A person who wishes to be a write-in candidate...
§ 1-4-1102. Time of Filing Affidavit - (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section,...
§ 1-4-1103. Write-in Votes for Governor, President - (1) No write-in vote for governor in a general election...
Part 12 - Presidential Primary Elections
§ 1-4-1201. Declaration - In recreating and reenacting this part 12, it is the...
§ 1-4-1202. Definitions - As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise...
§ 1-4-1203. Presidential Primary Elections - When - Conduct - (1) A presidential primary election shall be held on a...
§ 1-4-1204. Names on Ballots - (1) Not later than sixty days before the presidential primary...
§ 1-4-1205. Write-in Candidate Affidavit for Presidential Primary - A write-in vote for any candidate on the presidential primary...
§ 1-4-1206. Presidential Primary Ballots - Survey of Returns - Each county clerk and recorder shall survey all returns received...
§ 1-4-1207. Election Results - Certification - Pledging of Delegates - (1) The secretary shall compile the number of votes cast...
Part 13 - Minor Political Parties
§ 1-4-1301. Formation of Minor Political Party - (1) A minor political party shall adopt a constitution or...
§ 1-4-1302. Petition to Qualify as a Minor Political Party - (1) A petition to qualify as a minor political party...
§ 1-4-1303. Qualifications to Nominate by Constitution or Bylaws - (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this...
§ 1-4-1304. Nomination of Candidates - (1) A minor political party may nominate candidates in accordance...
§ 1-4-1305. Disqualification of Minor Political Party - (1) In the event a minor political party ceases to...
Part 14 - District Attorney Term Limit Ballot Questions
§ 1-4-1401. Legislative Declaration - (1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, affirms, and declares...
§ 1-4-1402. Applicability of Part - This part 14 shall apply to any ballot question that...
§ 1-4-1403. Referral of Question in Single-County Judicial Districts - For a judicial district whose territory is comprised entirely of...
§ 1-4-1404. Referral of Question in Multiple-County Judicial Districts - (1) For a judicial district whose territory is comprised of...
§ 1-4-1405. Coordinated or General Election Ballot - (1) Any ballot question that seeks to lengthen, shorten, or...
§ 1-4-1406. County Clerk and Recorder Designated Election Official - Certification of Results to Secretary of State - (1) In addition to his or her duties regarding the...
§ 1-4-1407. Initiative - Petition - (1) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the registered...
§ 1-4-1408. Prior Actions Not Affected - District attorney term limit ballot questions approved by the voters...