2011 Utah Code
Title 20A Election Code
Chapter 16 Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act
Section 401 (Effective 01/01/12) Methods of applying for military-overseas ballots.

20A-16-401 (Effective 01/01/12). Methods of applying for military-overseas ballots.
(1) A covered voter who is registered to vote in the state may apply for a military-overseas ballot using:
(a) an absentee ballot application under Section 20A-3-304; or
(b) (i) the federal postcard application; or
(ii) the federal postcard application's electronic equivalent.
(2) A covered voter who is not registered to vote in this state may use a federal postcard application or the federal postcard application's electronic equivalent to apply simultaneously to register to vote under Section 20A-16-302 and for a military-overseas ballot.
(3) (a) The lieutenant governor shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in Subsection 20A-16-201(3) is capable of accepting the submission of both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic military-overseas ballot application sent to the appropriate election official.
(b) The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to apply for a military-overseas ballot.
(4) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot as an application for a military-overseas ballot simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received by the appropriate election official by the Friday immediately before the election.
(5) To receive the benefits of this chapter, a covered voter shall inform the appropriate election official that the voter is a covered voter by:
(a) the use of a federal postcard application or federal write-in absentee ballot;
(b) the use of an overseas address on an approved voter registration application or ballot application; or
(c) the inclusion on an approved voter registration application or ballot application of other information sufficient to identify the voter as a covered voter.
(6) This chapter does not preclude a covered voter from voting under Chapter 3, Part 3, Absentee Voting.

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