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2019 Utah Code
Title 20A - Election Code
Chapter 3 - Voting
Part 2 - Watchers and Challenges to Voters
Section 202.5 - Challenges to a voter's eligibility at time of voting -- Procedure.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 20A-3-202.5 (2019)
Effective 5/8/2018
20A-3-202.5. Challenges to a voter's eligibility at time of voting -- Procedure.
Amended by Chapter 274, 2018 General Session
20A-3-202.5. Challenges to a voter's eligibility at time of voting -- Procedure.
- (1)
- (a) A poll worker, a watcher, or an individual who lives in the voting precinct may challenge an individual's eligibility to vote in that voting precinct or in that election if:
- (i) the individual making the challenge and the challenged individual are both present at the polling place at the time the challenge is made; and
- (ii) the challenge is made when the challenged individual applies for a ballot.
- (b) An individual may make a challenge by orally stating the challenged individual's name and the basis for the challenge, as provided under Section 20A-3-202.
- (a) A poll worker, a watcher, or an individual who lives in the voting precinct may challenge an individual's eligibility to vote in that voting precinct or in that election if:
- (2) The poll worker shall record a challenge in the official register and on the challenge sheets in the pollbook, including:
- (a) the name of the challenged individual;
- (b) the name of the individual making the challenge; and
- (c) the basis upon which the challenge is made.
- (3) If an individual's eligibility to vote is challenged under this section, the poll worker shall follow the procedures and requirements of Section 20A-3-105.5.
Amended by Chapter 274, 2018 General Session
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