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2006 Utah Code - 20A-2-203 — Satellite location -- Registration by satellite registrar.

     20A-2-203.   Satellite location -- Registration by satellite registrar.
     (1) (a) Each county clerk shall designate sufficient satellite registration locations to ensure that voters in all parts of the county have the opportunity to register to vote.
     (b) A county clerk may designate as many satellite locations as desired.
     (2) (a) Any person who meets the voter registration requirements may register to vote with a satellite registrar at any satellite location within the person's county of residence between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.:
     (i) on the Friday and Monday, the fifteenth and eighteenth day, before the regular primary election in counties holding a primary election;
     (ii) on the Friday and Monday, the fifteenth and eighteenth day, before the regular general election;
     (iii) on the Friday and Monday, the fifteenth and eighteenth day, before the municipal primary election in municipalities holding a municipal primary election; and
     (iv) on the Friday and Monday, the fifteenth and eighteenth day, before the municipal general election.
     (b) Each satellite registrar shall register to vote all persons who:
     (i) present themselves for registration; and
     (ii) are legally qualified and entitled to vote in that voting precinct on election day.
     (3) (a) Unless the voter is registering for the first time, a voter may not designate or change the voter's political party affiliation at the satellite location for voter registration on the dates established in Subsection (2)(a)(i) for primary election voter registration.
     (b) A voter wanting to change political party affiliation shall comply with the requirements of Section 20A-2-107.
     (4) For municipal elections, the municipality in which the registration is made shall pay the expenses of registration.
     (5) A voter who registers to vote via satellite registration:
     (a) shall be eligible to vote in the pending election on election day; and
     (b) shall not be eligible to vote in the pending election using early voting under Chapter 3, Part 6, Early Voting.

Amended by Chapter 264, 2006 General Session

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