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Part 1 - Hours of Voting, Registration, Oaths, and Assistance to Vote
§ 1-7-101. Hours of Voting on Election Day - (1) (a) All polling locations must be open continuously from...
§ 1-7-102. Employees Entitled to Vote - (1) Eligible electors entitled to vote at an election shall...
§ 1-7-104. Affidavits of Eligibility - In any election where the list of registered electors and...
§ 1-7-105. Watchers at Primary Elections - (1) Each political party participating in a primary election shall...
§ 1-7-106. Watchers at General and Congressional Vacancy Elections - Each participating political party or issue committee whose candidate or...
§ 1-7-107. Watchers at Nonpartisan Elections - Candidates for office in nonpartisan elections, and proponents and opponents...
§ 1-7-108. Requirements of Watchers - (1) Watchers shall take an oath administered by one of...
§ 1-7-110. Preparing to Vote in Person - (1) (a) When an elector appears in person to vote,...
§ 1-7-111. Electors Requiring Assistance - (1) (a) If at any election, any registered elector declares...
§ 1-7-113. Influencing Electors - No person who assists an elector as authorized by this...
§ 1-7-114. Write-in Votes - (1) Eligible electors may cast a write-in vote for a...
§ 1-7-115. Time in Voting Area - Eligible electors shall cast their ballots without undue delay and...
§ 1-7-116. Coordinated Elections - Definition - (1) (a) If more than one political subdivision holds an...
§ 1-7-118. Ranked Voting in a Coordinated Election - Procedure - Costs - Definition - [ Editor's note: This section is effective July 1, 2022....
Part 2 - Primary Elections
§ 1-7-201. Voting at Primary Election - (1) Any registered elector, including a preregistrant who is eligible...
§ 1-7-203. Accounting Forms - The county clerk and recorder shall furnish each precinct with...
Part 3 - Paper Ballots
§ 1-7-301. Judges Open Ballot Box First - Immediately before proclamation is made of the opening of the...
§ 1-7-302. Electors Given Only One Ballot - Election judges shall give to each eligible elector a single...
§ 1-7-303. Spoiled Ballots - No person, except an election judge as authorized by the...
§ 1-7-304. Manner of Voting in Person - (1) Each eligible elector, upon receiving a ballot, shall immediately...
§ 1-7-305. Counting by Counting Judges - (1) In precincts having counting judges, the receiving judges, at...
§ 1-7-307. Method of Counting Paper Ballots - (1) The election judges shall first count the number of...
§ 1-7-309. Determination of Improperly Marked Ballots - (1) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is...
Part 4 - Voting Machines
§ 1-7-401. Judges to Inspect Machines - In each polling location using voting machines, the election judges...
§ 1-7-402. Sample Ballots - Ballot Labels - (1) The designated election official shall provide each polling location...
§ 1-7-403. Instruction to Electors - In case any elector, after entering the immediate voting area,...
§ 1-7-404. Judge to Watch Voting Machine - No person shall deface or damage any voting machine or...
§ 1-7-405. Seal on Voting Machine - The designated election official shall supply each election precinct with...
§ 1-7-406. Close of Polls and Count - Seals - As soon as the polls are closed on election day,...
§ 1-7-407. Close of Polls - Primary - In the event no election contest is filed by any...
Part 5 - Electronic Voting Equipment
§ 1-7-501. Judges Open Ballot Box First - Immediately before proclamation is made of the opening of the...
§ 1-7-503. Manner of Voting - (1) Each eligible elector, upon receiving a ballot, shall immediately...
§ 1-7-504. Spoiled Ballot or Ballot Card - In polling locations in which voting is on a ballot...
§ 1-7-505. Close of Polls - Security of Voting Machinery - (1) After the polls have been closed, the election judges...
§ 1-7-507. Electronic Vote-Counting - Procedure - (1) All proceedings at the counting centers shall be under...
§ 1-7-508. Determination of Improperly Marked Ballots - (1) If any ballot is damaged or defective so that...
§ 1-7-509. Electronic and Electromechanical Vote Counting - Testing of Equipment Required - Rules - (1) (a) An electronic or electromechanical voting system shall be...
§ 1-7-510. Election Software Code - Escrow - Definitions - (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise...
§ 1-7-511. Election Software - Voting Equipment Providers - Escrow - Definitions - (1) When a voting system provider submits an electronic or...
§ 1-7-512. Voting System Providers - Duties - (1) A voting system provider under contract to provide a...
§ 1-7-513. Voting Equipment - Records - (1) The designated election official shall maintain separate, detailed records...
§ 1-7-514. Random Audit - (1) (a) (I) Following each primary, general, coordinated, or congressional...
§ 1-7-515. Risk-Limiting Audits - Rules - Legislative Declaration - Definitions - (1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares...
Part 6 - Election Returns
§ 1-7-601. Judges' Certificate and Statement - (1) As soon as all the votes have been read...
§ 1-7-603. Alternative Preparation of Election Returns - Procedures - If any designated election official wishes to count the votes...
Part 7 - Delivery of Election Returns
§ 1-7-701. Delivery of Election Returns, Ballot Boxes, and Other Election Papers - When all the votes have been read and counted, the...
Part 8 - Preservation of Ballots and Election Records
§ 1-7-801. Ballots Preserved - The designated election official shall remove the ballots from the...
§ 1-7-802. Preservation of Election Records - The designated election official shall be responsible for the preservation...
Part 9 - Ballot Issue Notices
§ 1-7-901. Receipt of Comments Concerning Ballot Issues - (1) Each political subdivision shall accept written comments concerning ballot...
§ 1-7-902. Preparation of Fiscal Information - A governing body submitting a referred measure, or its designee,...
§ 1-7-903. Preparation of Written Comments - (1) For referred measures, the designated election official shall summarize...
§ 1-7-904. Transmittal of Notices - Notwithstanding the provision for independent mail ballot elections in section...
§ 1-7-905. Preparation of Notices - (1) For coordinated elections, the county clerk and recorder is...
§ 1-7-905.5. Form of Notice - (1) The ballot issue notice must begin with the words...
§ 1-7-906. Mailing of Notices - (1) For coordinated elections, the county clerk and recorder as...
§ 1-7-907. Ballot Issue Notice - The ballot issue notice shall be prepared and mailed in...
§ 1-7-908. Additional Notice - Election to Create Financial Obligation - (1) (a) A district submitting a ballot issue concerning the...
Part 10 - Ranked Voting Methods
§ 1-7-1001. Short Title - This part 10 shall be known and may be cited...
§ 1-7-1002. Ranked Voting Methods - Report - Definitions - (1) As used in this part 10, unless the context...
§ 1-7-1003. Conduct of Elections Using Ranked Voting Methods - Instant Runoff Voting - Choice Voting or Proportional Voting - Reports - (1) A ranked voting ballot shall allow an elector to...
§ 1-7-1004. Secretary of State - Rules - Guidance to Local Governments - (1) The secretary of state shall adopt rules consistent with...