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2019 Utah Code
Title 20A - Election Code
Chapter 3 - Voting
Part 2 - Watchers and Challenges to Voters
Section 202 - Challenges to a voter's eligibility -- Basis for challenge -- Procedures.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 20A-3-202 (2019)
Effective 5/14/2019
20A-3-202. Challenges to a voter's eligibility -- Basis for challenge -- Procedures.
Amended by Chapter 433, 2019 General Session
20A-3-202. Challenges to a voter's eligibility -- Basis for challenge -- Procedures.
- (1) A person may challenge an individual's eligibility to vote on any of the following grounds:
- (a) the individual is not the individual in whose name the individual tries to vote;
- (b) the individual is not a resident of Utah;
- (c) the individual is not a citizen of the United States;
- (d) the individual has not or will not have resided in Utah for 30 days immediately before the date of the election;
- (e) the individual's principal place of residence is not in the voting precinct that the individual claims;
- (f) the individual's principal place of residence is not in the geographic boundaries of the election area;
- (g) the individual has already voted in the election;
- (h) the individual is not at least 18 years of age;
- (i) the individual has been convicted of a misdemeanor for an offense under this title and the individual's right to vote in an election has not been restored under Section 20A-2-101.3;
- (j) the individual is a convicted felon and the voter's right to vote in an election has not been restored under Section 20A-2-101.5; or
- (k) in a regular primary election or presidential primary election, the individual does not meet the political party affiliation requirements for the ballot the individual seeks to vote.
- (2) A person who challenges an individual's right to vote in an election shall make the challenge in accordance with:
- (a) Section 20A-3-202.3, for a challenge that is not made in person at the time an individual votes; or
- (b) Section 20A-3-202.5, for challenges made in person at the time an individual votes.
Amended by Chapter 433, 2019 General Session
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