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Part 1 - Polling Locations
§ 1-5-101. Establishing Precincts and Polling Places for Partisan Elections - (1) Subject to approval by the board of county commissioners,...
§ 1-5-101.5. Precinct Numbering - (1) There is hereby created a precinct numbering system that...
§ 1-5-102. Establishing Precincts and Voter Service and Polling Centers for Nonpartisan Elections - (1) For nonpartisan elections other than coordinated elections, no later...
§ 1-5-102.9. Voter Service and Polling Centers - Number Required - Services Provided - Drop-Off Locations - Definition - (1) (a) For general elections, each county clerk and recorder...
§ 1-5-103. Changes in Boundaries - Partisan Elections - (1) Changes in the boundaries of precincts or the creation...
§ 1-5-104. Changes in Boundaries - Nonpartisan Elections - (1) Changes in the boundaries of precincts or the creation...
§ 1-5-105. Restrictions - (1) No election-related activity may be conducted within one hundred...
§ 1-5-106. Polling Location or Drop-Off Location - Designation by Sign - (1) (a) All polling locations must be designated by signs...
§ 1-5-108. Election Judges May Change Polling Locations and Drop-Off Locations - (1) (a) If it becomes impossible or impracticable to hold...
Part 2 - Call and Notice
§ 1-5-201.5. Legislative Declaration - Purpose - The general assembly declares that the purpose of this part...
§ 1-5-203. Certification of Ballot - (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(c) of this...
§ 1-5-205. Published and Posted Notice of Election - Content - (1) The designated election official, or the coordinated election official...
§ 1-5-206.7. Failure to Receive Mailed Notice - Any election for which a notice was mailed shall not...
§ 1-5-207. Court-Ordered Elections - (1) When an election is ordered by the court for...
§ 1-5-208. Election May Be Canceled - When - (1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194,...
Part 3 - Registration Records
§ 1-5-301. Registration Record for Partisan Elections - (1) Digital registration records shall be maintained in the centralized...
§ 1-5-302. Computer Lists May Be Used in Lieu of Original Registration Records - For the purposes of all elections, the county clerk and...
§ 1-5-303. Registration Records for Nonpartisan Elections - (1) No later than the fortieth day preceding the date...
§ 1-5-304. Lists of Property Owners - (1) For elections where owning property in the political subdivision...
Part 4 - Ballots
§ 1-5-401. Method of Voting - (1) For all general, primary, congressional vacancy, coordinated, odd-year, and...
§ 1-5-402. Primary Election Ballots - (1) No later than thirty-two days before the primary election,...
§ 1-5-403. Content of Ballots for General and Congressional Vacancy Elections - (1) The county clerk and recorder of each county using...
§ 1-5-404. Arrangement of Names on Ballots for Partisan Elections - (1) In all partisan elections, the names of all candidates...
§ 1-5-406. Content of Ballots for Nonpartisan Elections - The designated election official shall provide printed ballots for every...
§ 1-5-407. Form of Ballots - (1) (a) All ballots must be uniform and of sufficient...
§ 1-5-408. Form of Ballots - Electronic Voting - (1) Ballot cards placed upon voting equipment shall, so far...
§ 1-5-409. Single Cross Mark for Party Slate Not Permitted - Each office in every election shall be voted upon separately,...
§ 1-5-410. Printing and Distribution of Ballots - (1) In political subdivisions using paper ballots or electronic ballot...
§ 1-5-411. Substitute Ballots - If the ballots to be furnished to any election judges...
§ 1-5-412. Correction of Errors - (1) The designated election official shall correct without delay any...
§ 1-5-413. Sample Ballots - Sample ballots must be printed in the form of official...
Part 5 - Polling Place Supplies and Equipment
§ 1-5-501. Sufficient Voting Booths, Voting Machines, or Electronic Voting Equipment - (1) At all elections in political subdivisions that use paper...
§ 1-5-502. Ballot Boxes for Nonmachine Voting - The governing body of each political subdivision using paper ballots...
§ 1-5-503. Arrangement of Voting Equipment or Voting Booths and Ballot Boxes - The voting equipment or voting booths and the ballot box...
§ 1-5-504. Instruction Cards - (1) The designated election official of each political subdivision shall...
§ 1-5-504.5. Items to Be Posted at Polling Locations - (1) The following items shall be posted at each polling...
§ 1-5-505. Election Expenses to Be Paid by County - (1) Except as provided in section 1-5-505.5, the cost of...
§ 1-5-505.5. State Reimbursement to Counties for Ballot Measure Elections - (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise...
§ 1-5-506. Election Expenses in Nonpartisan Elections - The cost of conducting a nonpartisan election, including the cost...
§ 1-5-507. County Clerk and Recorder to Give Estimate - In any election called by a nonpartisan governing body where...
Part 6 - Authorization and Use of Voting Machines and Electronic Voting Systems
§ 1-5-601. Use of Voting Systems - Definition - (1) In all elections held in this state, the votes...
§ 1-5-601.5. Compliance With Federal Requirements - [ Editor's note: This version of this section is effective...
§ 1-5-603. Adoption and Payment for Voting Machines - [ Editor's note: This version this section is effective until...
§ 1-5-603. Adoption and Payment for Voting Machines - [ Editor's note: This version this section is effective July...
§ 1-5-605.5. Custody of Voting System - The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall...
§ 1-5-605.7. Mechanical Lever Voting Machines - Prohibited - (1) No voting system using mechanical lever voting machines may...
§ 1-5-606. Election Officials and Employees Not to Have Interest in Voting Equipment or Devices - No election official or employee of an election official having...
§ 1-5-607. Elected Officials Not to Handle Voting Equipment or Devices - (1) In any political subdivision having a population of one...
§ 1-5-608.2. Punch Card Voting Systems - Prohibited - (1) No punch card electronic voting system or other voting...
§ 1-5-608.5. Electronic and Electromechanical Voting Systems - Testing by Federally Accredited Labs - Certification and Approval of Purchasing of Electronic and Electromechanical Voting Systems by Secretary of State - Conditions of Use by Secretary o... - (1) A federally accredited laboratory may test, approve, and qualify...
§ 1-5-610. Preparation for Use - Electronic Voting - (1) Prior to an election in which an electronic voting...
§ 1-5-611. Requirements - Nonpunch Card Electronic Voting Systems - (1) No nonpunch card electronic voting system shall be purchased,...
§ 1-5-612. Use of Electronic and Electromechanical Voting Systems - (1) The governing body of any political subdivision may, upon...
§ 1-5-613. Purchase and Sale of Voting Equipment - (1) The secretary of state shall adopt uniform rules in...
§ 1-5-615. Electronic and Electromechanical Voting Systems - Requirements - (1) The secretary of state shall not certify any electronic...
§ 1-5-616. Electronic and Electromechanical Voting Systems - Standards - Procedures - (1) The secretary of state shall adopt rules in accordance...
§ 1-5-617. Examination - Testing - Certification - (1) (a) After an electronic or electromechanical voting system is...
§ 1-5-618. Modification of Electronic and Electromechanical Voting Systems - Definition - (1) After an electronic or electromechanical voting system has been...
§ 1-5-619. Temporary Use of Electronic and Electromechanical Voting Systems - (1) After an electronic or electromechanical voting system has been...
§ 1-5-620. Electronic or Electromechanical Voting System Information - Software - When a political subdivision purchases or adopts an electronic or...
§ 1-5-621. Compliance - Definitions - (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon...
§ 1-5-623. Special Rules Applicable to Use, Modification, or Purchase of Electronic Voting Devices or Systems and Related Components Prior to 2014 - Legislative Declaration - Rules - (1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that,...
Part 7 - Accessibility for Electors With Disabilities
§ 1-5-701. Legislative Declaration - Federal Funds - (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a)...
§ 1-5-702. Definitions - As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise...
§ 1-5-703. Accessibility of Polling Locations to Persons With Disabilities - (1) Each polling location shall comply fully with the current...
§ 1-5-704. Standards for Accessible Voting Systems - (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, each voting...
§ 1-5-705. Accessible Voter Interface Devices - Minimum Requirement - A voting system must include at least one direct recording...
§ 1-5-706. Ballot Access for Voters With a Disability - Definition - (1) The secretary of state shall establish procedures to enable...
Part 8 - Voter-Verified Paper Record
§ 1-5-801. Acquisition of Voting Systems - Voter-Verified Paper Record - (1) On and after June 6, 2005, a political subdivision...
§ 1-5-802. Use of Voting Systems - Voter-Verified Paper Record - (1) In addition to the other requirements of this article,...
Part 9 - Multilingual Ballot Access
§ 1-5-901. Short Title - The short title of this part 9 is the "Ballot...
§ 1-5-902. Legislative Declaration - Intent - (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a)...
§ 1-5-903. Definitions - As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise...
§ 1-5-904. Multilingual Ballot Hotline - Creation - Secretary of State - Rules - (1) The secretary of state shall establish a multilingual ballot...
§ 1-5-905. Multilingual Ballot Access - General Provisions - Requirements of Secretary of State - County Clerks - (1) A county clerk is required to provide multilingual ballot...
§ 1-5-906. Minority Language Sample Ballots - County Clerk - (1) The county clerk of any county that satisfies the...
§ 1-5-907. In-Person Minority Language Ballot - County Clerk - Voter Service and Polling Centers - (1) The county clerk of any county that satisfies the...
§ 1-5-908. State Assistance to Counties for Implementation Costs - Subject to available resources, the state shall endeavor to provide...