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2020 Utah Code
Title 20A - Election Code
Chapter 5 - Election Administration
Part 4 - Election Officer's Duties
Section 403.5 - Ballot drop boxes.
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UT Code § 20A-5-403.5 (2020)
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Effective 5/12/2020
20A-5-403.5. Ballot drop boxes.
Enacted by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
20A-5-403.5. Ballot drop boxes.
- (1) An election officer:
- (a) may designate ballot drop boxes for the election officer's jurisdiction; and
- (b) shall clearly mark each ballot drop box as an official ballot drop box for the election officer's jurisdiction.
- (2) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308 or Subsection (5), the election officer shall, at least 19 days before the date of the election, publish notice of the location of each ballot drop box designated under Subsection (1):
- (a)
- (i) in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction holding the election;
- (ii) if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction holding the election, by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the jurisdiction holding the election, in places within the jurisdiction that are most likely to give notice to the residents in the jurisdiction; or
- (iii) by mailing notice to each registered voter in the jurisdiction holding the election;
- (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for 19 days before the day of the election;
- (c) in accordance with Section 45-1-101, for 19 days before the date of the election; and
- (d) on the jurisdiction's website for 19 days before the day of the election.
- (a)
- (3) Instead of publishing the location of ballot drop boxes under Subsection (2), the election officer may publish a statement that specifies the following sources where a voter may view or obtain a copy of all ballot drop box locations:
- (a) the jurisdiction's website;
- (b) the physical address of the jurisdiction's offices; and
- (c) a mailing address and telephone number.
- (4) The election officer shall include in the notice described in Subsection (2):
- (a) the address of the Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website and, if available, the address of the election officer's website, with a statement indicating that the election officer will post on the website the location of each ballot drop box, including any changes to the location of a ballot drop box and the location of additional ballot drop boxes; and
- (b) a phone number that a voter may call to obtain information regarding the location of a ballot drop box.
- (5)
- (a) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308, the election officer may, after the deadline described in Subsection (2):
- (i) if necessary, change the location of a ballot drop box; or
- (ii) if the election officer determines that the number of ballot drop boxes is insufficient due to the number of registered voters who are voting, designate additional ballot drop boxes.
- (b) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308, if an election officer changes the location of a ballot box or designates an additional ballot drop box location, the election officer shall, as soon as is reasonably possible, give notice of the changed ballot drop box location or the additional ballot drop box location:
- (i) to the lieutenant governor, for posting on the Statewide Voter Information Website;
- (ii) by posting the information on the website of the election officer, if available; and
- (iii) by posting notice:
- (A) for a change in the location of a ballot drop box, at the new location and, if possible, the old location; and
- (B) for an additional ballot drop box location, at the additional ballot drop box location.
- (a) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308, the election officer may, after the deadline described in Subsection (2):
- (6) An election officer may, at any time, authorize two or more poll workers to remove a ballot drop box from a location, or to remove ballots from a ballot drop box for processing.
Enacted by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
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