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2006 Utah Code - 20A-2-101 — Eligibility for registration.

     20A-2-101.   Eligibility for registration.
     (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), any person may apply to register to vote in an election who:
     (a) is a citizen of the United States;
     (b) has been a resident of Utah for at least the 30 days immediately before the election; and
     (c) will be at least 18 years old on the day of the election.
     (2) (a) (i) A person who is involuntarily confined or incarcerated in a jail, prison, or other facility within a voting precinct is not a resident of that voting precinct and may not register to vote in that voting precinct unless the person was a resident of that voting precinct before the confinement or incarceration.
     (ii) A person who is involuntarily confined or incarcerated in a jail or prison is resident of the voting precinct in which the person resided before the confinement or incarceration.
     (b) A person who has been convicted of a felony whose right to vote has not been restored as provided by law may not register to vote.
     (3) Any person who is eligible or qualified to vote may register and vote in a regular general election, a regular primary election, a municipal general election, a municipal primary election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a special district election, and a bond election unless that person resides outside the geographic boundaries of the entity in which the election is held.

Amended by Chapter 266, 1998 General Session

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