2011 Utah Code
Title 20A Election Code
Chapter 3 Voting
Section 302 Absentee voting -- No polling place for remote districts.

20A-3-302. Absentee voting -- No polling place for remote districts.
(1) Whenever, on the 60th day before an election, there are 500 or fewer persons registered to vote in a voting precinct, the county legislative body of the county in which the voting precinct is located may elect to administer an election entirely by absentee ballot.
(2) If the county legislative body of the county in which the voting precinct is located decides to administer an election entirely by absentee ballot, the county clerk shall mail to each registered voter within that voting precinct:
(a) an absentee ballot;
(b) a statement that there will be no polling place for the election;
(c) instructions for returning the ballot that include an express notice about any relevant deadlines that the voter must meet in order for his vote to be counted; and
(d) a warning, on a separate page of colored paper in bold face print, indicating that if the voter fails to follow the instructions included with the absentee ballot, he will be unable to vote in that election because there will be no polling place in the voting precinct on the day of the election.
(3) Any voter who votes by absentee ballot under this subsection is not required to apply for an absentee ballot as required by this part.
(4) (a) The county clerk of a county that administers an election entirely by absentee ballot shall:
(i) obtain, in person, the signatures of each voter within that voting precinct before the election; and
(ii) maintain the signatures on file in the county clerk's office.
(b) (i) Upon receiving the returned absentee ballots, the county clerk shall compare the signature on each absentee ballot with the voter's signature that is maintained on file and verify that the signatures are the same.
(ii) If the county clerk questions the authenticity of the signature on the absentee ballot, the clerk shall immediately contact the voter to verify the signature.
(iii) If the voter does not confirm his signature on the absentee ballot, the county clerk shall:
(A) immediately send another absentee ballot and other voting materials as required by this subsection to the voter; and
(B) disqualify the initial absentee ballot.