Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 338 First Substitute (2021GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Briscoe, J.

Final action

House/ filed 3/5/2021

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• allows local school boards to vote to allow students who are 16 and 17 years old to vote in local school board elections; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTER ELIGIBILITY AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Joel K. Briscoe
Senate Sponsor: 
 Todd D. Weiler
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses voter eligibility for local school board elections.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ allows local school boards to vote to allow students who are 16 and 17 years old to
vote in local school board elections; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
20A-1-102
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapters 31, 49, 255, and 354
20A-2-101
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 433
20A-2-101.1
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 223
20A-2-104
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 255
20A-2-204
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapters 31, 95, 255 and last
amended by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 95
20A-2-302
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
20A-2-304
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
20A-6-105
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapters 31 and 255
20A-14-203
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 16
63G-2-302
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Fifth Special Session, Chapter 4
ENACTS:
20A-6-306
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
20A-1-102
 is amended to read:
20A-1-102.
Definitions.
As used in this title:
(1) "Active voter" means a registered voter who has not been classified as an inactive
voter by the county clerk.
(2) "Automatic tabulating equipment" means apparatus that automatically examines
and counts votes recorded on ballots and tabulates the results.
(3) (a) "Ballot" means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic
storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote.
(b) "Ballot" does not include a record to tally multiple votes.
(4) "Ballot proposition" means a question, issue, or proposal that is submitted to voters
on the ballot for their approval or rejection including:
(a) an opinion question specifically authorized by the Legislature;
(b) a constitutional amendment;
(c) an initiative;
(d) a referendum;
(e) a bond proposition;
(f) a judicial retention question;
(g) an incorporation of a city or town; or
(h) any other ballot question specifically authorized by the Legislature.
(5) "Bind," "binding," or "bound" means securing more than one piece of paper
together using staples or another means in at least three places across the top of the paper in the
blank space reserved for securing the paper.
(6) "Board of canvassers" means the entities established by Sections 
20A-4-301
 and
20A-4-306
 to canvass election returns.
(7) "Bond election" means an election held for the purpose of approving or rejecting
the proposed issuance of bonds by a government entity.
(8) "Business reply mail envelope" means an envelope that may be mailed free of
charge by the sender.
(9) "Canvass" means the review of election returns and the official declaration of
election results by the board of canvassers.
(10) "Canvassing judge" means a poll worker designated to assist in counting ballots at
the canvass.
(11) "Contracting election officer" means an election officer who enters into a contract
or interlocal agreement with a provider election officer.
(12) "Convention" means the political party convention at which party officers and
delegates are selected.
(13) "Counting center" means one or more locations selected by the election officer in
charge of the election for the automatic counting of ballots.
(14) "Counting judge" means a poll worker designated to count the ballots during
election day.
(15) "Counting room" means a suitable and convenient private place or room for use
by the poll workers and counting judges to count ballots.
(16) "County officers" means those county officers that are required by law to be
elected.
(17) "Date of the election" or "election day" or "day of the election":
(a) means the day that is specified in the calendar year as the day that the election
occurs; and
(b) does not include:
(i) deadlines established for voting by mail, military-overseas voting, or emergency
voting; or
(ii) any early voting or early voting period as provided under Chapter 3a, Part 6, Early
Voting.
(18) "Elected official" means:
(a) a person elected to an office under Section 
20A-1-303
 or Chapter 4, Part 6,
Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project;
(b) a person who is considered to be elected to a municipal office in accordance with
Subsection 
20A-1-206
(1)(c)(ii); or
(c) a person who is considered to be elected to a local district office in accordance with
Subsection 
20A-1-206
(3)(c)(ii).
(19) "Election" means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a
statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal
primary election, and a local district election.
(20) "Election Assistance Commission" means the commission established by the Help
America Vote Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-252.
(21) "Election cycle" means the period beginning on the first day persons are eligible to
file declarations of candidacy and ending when the canvass is completed.
(22) "Election judge" means a poll worker that is assigned to:
(a) preside over other poll workers at a polling place;
(b) act as the presiding election judge; or
(c) serve as a canvassing judge, counting judge, or receiving judge.
(23) "Election officer" means:
(a) the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections;
(b) the county clerk for:
(i) a county ballot and election; and
(ii) a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section
20A-5-400.1
 or 
20A-5-400.5
;
(c) the municipal clerk for:
(i) a municipal ballot and election; and
(ii) a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section
20A-5-400.1
 or 
20A-5-400.5
;
(d) the local district clerk or chief executive officer for:
(i) a local district ballot and election; and
(ii) a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section
20A-5-400.1
 or 
20A-5-400.5
; or
(e) the business administrator or superintendent of a school district for:
(i) a school district ballot and election; and
(ii) a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section
20A-5-400.1
 or 
20A-5-400.5
.
(24) "Election official" means any election officer, election judge, or poll worker.
(25) "Election results" means:
(a) for an election other than a bond election, the count of votes cast in the election and
the election returns requested by the board of canvassers; or
(b) for bond elections, the count of those votes cast for and against the bond
proposition plus any or all of the election returns that the board of canvassers may request.
(26) "Election returns" includes the pollbook, the military and overseas absentee voter
registration and voting certificates, one of the tally sheets, any unprocessed ballots, all counted
ballots, all excess ballots, all unused ballots, all spoiled ballots, the ballot disposition form, and
the total votes cast form.
(27) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to
or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign
the record.
(28) "Inactive voter" means a registered voter who is listed as inactive by a county
clerk under Subsection 
20A-2-306
(4)(c)(i) or (ii).
(29) "Judicial office" means the office filled by any judicial officer.
(30) "Judicial officer" means any justice or judge of a court of record or any county
court judge.
(31) "Local district" means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose
Local Government Entities - Local Districts, and includes a special service district under Title
17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act.
(32) "Local district officers" means those local district board members that are required
by law to be elected.
(33) "Local election" means a regular county election, a regular municipal election, a
municipal primary election, a local special election, a local district election, and a bond
election.
(34) "Local political subdivision" means a county, a municipality, a local district, or a
local school district.
(35) "Local special election" means a special election called by the governing body of a
local political subdivision in which all registered voters of the local political subdivision may
vote.
(36) "Manual ballot" means a paper document produced by an election officer on
which an individual records an individual's vote by directly placing a mark on the paper
document using a pen or other marking instrument.
(37) "Mechanical ballot" means a record, including a paper record, electronic record, or
mechanical record, that:
(a) is created via electronic or mechanical means; and
(b) records an individual voter's vote cast via a method other than an individual directly
placing a mark, using a pen or other marking instrument, to record an individual voter's vote.
(38) "Municipal executive" means:
(a) the mayor in the council-mayor form of government defined in Section 
10-3b-102
;
(b) the mayor in the council-manager form of government defined in Subsection
10-3b-103
(7); or
(c) the chair of a metro township form of government defined in Section 
10-3b-102
.
(39) "Municipal general election" means the election held in municipalities and, as
applicable, local districts on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each
odd-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 
20A-1-202
.
(40) "Municipal legislative body" means:
(a) the council of the city or town in any form of municipal government; or
(b) the council of a metro township.
(41) "Municipal office" means an elective office in a municipality.
(42) "Municipal officers" means those municipal officers that are required by law to be
elected.
(43) "Municipal primary election" means an election held to nominate candidates for
municipal office.
(44) "Municipality" means a city, town, or metro township.
(45) "Official ballot" means the ballots distributed by the election officer for voters to
record their votes.
(46) "Official endorsement" means the information on the ballot that identifies:
(a) the ballot as an official ballot;
(b) the date of the election; and
(c) (i) for a ballot prepared by an election officer other than a county clerk, the
facsimile signature required by Subsection 
20A-6-401
(1)(a)(iii); or
(ii) for a ballot prepared by a county clerk, the words required by Subsection
20A-6-301
(1)(b)(iii).
(47) "Official register" means the official record furnished to election officials by the
election officer that contains the information required by Section 
20A-5-401
.
(48) "Political party" means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to
participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation
and Procedures.
(49) (a) "Poll worker" means a person assigned by an election official to assist with an
election, voting, or counting votes.
(b) "Poll worker" includes election judges.
(c) "Poll worker" does not include a watcher.
(50) "Pollbook" means a record of the names of voters in the order that they appear to
cast votes.
(51) "Polling place" means a building where voting is conducted.
(52) "Position" means a square, circle, rectangle, or other geometric shape on a ballot
in which the voter marks the voter's choice.
(53) "Presidential Primary Election" means the election established in Chapter 9, Part
8, Presidential Primary Election.
(54) "Primary convention" means the political party conventions held during the year
of the regular general election.
(55) "Protective counter" means a separate counter, which cannot be reset, that:
(a) is built into a voting machine; and
(b) records the total number of movements of the operating lever.
(56) "Provider election officer" means an election officer who enters into a contract or
interlocal agreement with a contracting election officer to conduct an election for the
contracting election officer's local political subdivision in accordance with Section
20A-5-400.1
.
(57) "Provisional ballot" means a ballot voted provisionally by a person:
(a) whose name is not listed on the official register at the polling place;
(b) whose legal right to vote is challenged as provided in this title; or
(c) whose identity was not sufficiently established by a poll worker.
(58) "Provisional ballot envelope" means an envelope printed in the form required by
Section 
20A-6-105
 that is used to identify provisional ballots and to provide information to
verify a person's legal right to vote.
(59) (a) "Public figure" means an individual who, due to the individual being
considered for, holding, or having held a position of prominence in a public or private capacity,
or due to the individual's celebrity status, has an increased risk to the individual's safety.
(b) "Public figure" does not include an individual:
(i) elected to public office; or
(ii) appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected public office.
(60) "Qualify" or "qualified" means to take the oath of office and begin performing the
duties of the position for which the individual was elected.
(61) "Receiving judge" means the poll worker that checks the voter's name in the
official register at a polling location and provides the voter with a ballot.
(62) "Registration form" means a form by which an individual may register to vote
under this title.
(63) "Regular ballot" means a ballot that is not a provisional ballot.
(64) "Regular general election" means the election held throughout the state on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes
established in Section 
20A-1-201
.
(65) "Regular primary election" means the election, held on the date specified in
Section 
20A-1-201.5
, to nominate candidates of political parties and candidates for nonpartisan
local school board positions to advance to the regular general election.
(66) "Resident" means a person who resides within a specific voting precinct in Utah.
(67) "Return envelope" means the envelope, described in Subsection 
20A-3a-202
(4),
provided to a voter with a manual ballot:
(a) into which the voter places the manual ballot after the voter has voted the manual
ballot in order to preserve the secrecy of the voter's vote; and
(b) that includes the voter affidavit and a place for the voter's signature.
(68) "Sample ballot" means a mock ballot similar in form to the official ballot printed
and distributed as provided in Section 
20A-5-405
.
(69) "Special election" means an election held as authorized by Section 
20A-1-203
.
(70) "Spoiled ballot" means each ballot that:
(a) is spoiled by the voter;
(b) is unable to be voted because it was spoiled by the printer or a poll worker; or
(c) lacks the official endorsement.
(71) "Statewide special election" means a special election called by the governor or the
Legislature in which all registered voters in Utah may vote.
(72) "Student voter" means a 16-year-old or 17-year-old individual who is registered to
vote in a local school board election.
[
(72)
] 
(73)
 "Tabulation system" means a device or system designed for the sole
purpose of tabulating votes cast by voters at an election.
[
(73)
] 
(74)
 "Ticket" means a list of:
(a) political parties;
(b) candidates for an office; or
(c) ballot propositions. 
[
(74)
] 
(75)
 "Transfer case" means the sealed box used to transport voted ballots to the
counting center.
[
(75)
] 
(76)
 "Vacancy" means the absence of a person to serve in any position created
by statute, whether that absence occurs because of death, disability, disqualification,
resignation, or other cause.
[
(76)
] 
(77)
 "Valid voter identification" means:
(a) a form of identification that bears the name and photograph of the voter which may
include:
(i) a currently valid Utah driver license;
(ii) a currently valid identification card that is issued by:
(A) the state; or
(B) a branch, department, or agency of the United States;
(iii) a currently valid Utah permit to carry a concealed weapon;
(iv) a currently valid United States passport; or
(v) a currently valid United States military identification card;
(b) one of the following identification cards, whether or not the card includes a
photograph of the voter:
(i) a valid tribal identification card;
(ii) a Bureau of Indian Affairs card; or
(iii) a tribal treaty card; or
(c) two forms of identification not listed under Subsection [
(76)
] 
(77)
(a) or (b) but that
bear the name of the voter and provide evidence that the voter resides in the voting precinct,
which may include:
(i) a current utility bill or a legible copy thereof, dated within the 90 days before the
election;
(ii) a bank or other financial account statement, or a legible copy thereof;
(iii) a certified birth certificate;
(iv) a valid social security card;
(v) a check issued by the state or the federal government or a legible copy thereof;
(vi) a paycheck from the voter's employer, or a legible copy thereof;
(vii) a currently valid Utah hunting or fishing license;
(viii) certified naturalization documentation;
(ix) a currently valid license issued by an authorized agency of the United States;
(x) a certified copy of court records showing the voter's adoption or name change;
(xi) a valid Medicaid card, Medicare card, or Electronic Benefits Transfer Card;
(xii) a currently valid identification card issued by:
(A) a local government within the state;
(B) an employer for an employee; or
(C) a college, university, technical school, or professional school located within the
state; or
(xiii) a current Utah vehicle registration.
[
(77)
] 
(78)
 "Valid write-in candidate" means a candidate who has qualified as a
write-in candidate by following the procedures and requirements of this title.
[
(78)
] 
(79)
 "Vote by mail" means to vote, using a manual ballot that is mailed to the
voter, by:
(a) mailing the ballot to the location designated in the mailing; or
(b) depositing the ballot in a ballot drop box designated by the election officer.
[
(79)
] 
(80)
 "Voter" means an individual who:
(a) meets the requirements for voting in an election;
(b) meets the requirements of election registration;
(c) is registered to vote; and
(d) is listed in the official register book.
[
(80)
] 
(81)
 "Voter registration deadline" means the registration deadline provided in
Section 
20A-2-102.5
.
[
(81)
] 
(82)
 "Voting area" means the area within six feet of the voting booths, voting
machines, and ballot box.
[
(82)
] 
(83)
 "Voting booth" means:
(a) the space or compartment within a polling place that is provided for the preparation
of ballots, including the voting enclosure or curtain; or
(b) a voting device that is free standing.
[
(83)
] 
(84)
 "Voting device" means any device provided by an election officer for a
voter to vote a mechanical ballot.
[
(84)
] 
(85)
 "Voting precinct" means the smallest geographical voting unit, established
under Chapter 5, Part 3, Duties of the County and Municipal Legislative Bodies.
[
(85)
] 
(86)
 "Watcher" means an individual who complies with the requirements
described in Section 
20A-3a-801
 to become a watcher for an election.
[
(86)
] 
(87)
 "Write-in ballot" means a ballot containing any write-in votes.
[
(87)
] 
(88)
 "Write-in vote" means a vote cast for an individual, whose name is not
printed on the ballot, in accordance with the procedures established in this title.
Section 2. Section 
20A-2-101
 is amended to read:
20A-2-101.
Eligibility for registration.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection [
(2)
] 
(3)
, an individual may register to vote in an
election who:
(a) is a citizen of the United States;
(b) has been a resident of Utah for at least the 30 days immediately before the election;
(c) will be:
(i) at least 18 years [
of age
] 
old
 on the day of the election; or
(ii) if the election is a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, or a
presidential primary election:
(A) 17 years [
of age on
] 
old
 or before the day of the regular primary election,
municipal primary election, or presidential primary election; and
(B) 18 years [
of age on
] 
old
 or before the day of the general election that immediately
follows the regular primary election, municipal primary election, or presidential primary
election; and
(d) currently resides within the voting district or precinct in which the individual
applies to register to vote.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), an individual may register to vote as a
student voter in a local school board election if:
(a) the individual will be 16 or 17 years old on the date of the general election for the
local school board;
(b) the individual meets the qualifications under Subsections (1)(a), (b), and (d); and
(c) the local school board where the individual currently resides has voted to allow
student voters under Section 
20A-14-203
.
[
(2)
] 
(3)
 (a) (i) An individual who is involuntarily confined or incarcerated in a jail,
prison, or other facility within a voting precinct is not a resident of that voting precinct and may
not register to vote in that voting precinct unless the individual was a resident of that voting
precinct before the confinement or incarceration.
(ii) An individual who is involuntarily confined or incarcerated in a jail or prison is a
resident of the voting precinct in which the individual resided before the confinement or
incarceration.
(b) An individual who has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor for an offense
under this title may not register to vote or remain registered to vote unless the individual's right
to vote has been restored as provided in Section 
20A-2-101.3
 or 
20A-2-101.5
.
(c) An individual whose right to vote has been restored, as provided in Section
20A-2-101.3
 or 
20A-2-101.5
, is eligible to register to vote.
[
(3) An
] 
(4) Except for a student voter, an
 individual who is eligible to vote and who
resides within the geographic boundaries of the entity in which the election is held may register
to vote in a:
(a) regular general election;
(b) regular primary election;
(c) municipal general election;
(d) municipal primary election;
(e) statewide special election;
(f) local special election;
(g) local district election;
(h) bond election; and
(i) presidential primary election.
(5) An individual who is eligible to vote as a student voter and who resides within the
geographic boundaries of the local school board district in which the election is held may
register to vote in the primary and general elections for the local school board.
Section 3. Section 
20A-2-101.1
 is amended to read:
20A-2-101.1.
Preregistering to vote.
(1) An individual may preregister to vote if the individual:
(a) is 16 or 17 years [
of age
] 
old
;
(b) is not eligible to register to vote because the individual does not comply with the
age requirements described in Subsection 
20A-2-101
(1)(c);
(c) is a citizen of the United States;
(d) has been a resident of Utah for at least 30 days; and
(e) currently resides within the voting district or precinct in which the individual
preregisters to vote.
(2) An individual described in Subsection (1) may not vote in an election and is not
registered to vote until:
(a) the individual is otherwise eligible to register to vote because the individual
complies with the age requirements described in Subsection 
20A-2-101
(1)(c); and
(b) the county clerk registers the individual to vote under Subsection (4).
(3) An individual who preregisters to vote shall:
(a) complete a voter registration form, including an indication that the individual is
preregistering to vote; and
(b) submit the voter registration form to a county clerk in person, by mail, or in any
other manner authorized by this chapter for the submission of a voter registration form.
(4) (a) A county clerk shall:
(i) retain the voter registration form of an individual who meets the qualifications for
preregistration and who submits a completed voter registration form to the county clerk under
Subsection (3)(b);
(ii) register the individual to vote in the next election in which the individual will be
eligible to vote, before the voter registration deadline established in Section 
20A-2-102.5
 for
that election; and
(iii) send a notice to the individual that:
(A) informs the individual that the individual's voter registration form has been
accepted as an application for preregistration;
(B) informs the individual that the individual will be registered to vote in the next
election in which the individual will be eligible to vote; and
(C) indicates in which election the individual will be registered to vote.
(b) An individual who the county clerk registers under Subsection (4)(a)(ii) is
considered to have applied for voter registration on the earlier of:
(i) the day of the voter registration deadline immediately preceding the election day on
which the individual will be at least 18 years [
of age
] 
old
; or
(ii) the day on which the individual turns 18 years [
of age
] 
old
.
(c) A county clerk shall refer a voter registration form to the county attorney for
investigation and possible prosecution if the clerk or the clerk's designee believes the
individual is attempting to preregister to vote in an election in which the individual will not be
legally entitled to vote.
(5) (a) The lieutenant governor or a county clerk shall classify the voter registration
record of an individual who preregisters to vote as a private record until the day on which the
individual turns 18 years [
of age
] 
old
.
(b) On the day on which the individual described in Subsection (5)(a) turns 18 years [
of
age
] 
old
, the lieutenant governor or county clerk shall classify the individual's voter registration
record as a public record in accordance with Subsection 
63G-2-301
(2)(l).
(6) If an individual who is at least 18 years [
of age
] 
old
 erroneously indicates on the
voter registration form that the individual is preregistering to vote, the county clerk shall
consider the form as a voter registration form and shall process the form in accordance with
this chapter.
(7) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(b), an individual who registers to vote as a
student voter shall also be preregistered to vote unless the individual opts out of preregistration
on the individual's voter registration form.
(b) Subsection (2) does not prevent an individual who is preregistered to vote and who
is registered as a student voter from voting in a local school board election.
Section 4. Section 
20A-2-104
 is amended to read:
20A-2-104.
Voter registration form -- Registered voter lists -- Fees for copies.
(1) (a) As used in this section:
(i) "Candidate for public office" means an individual:
(A) who files a declaration of candidacy for a public office;
(B) who files a notice of intent to gather signatures under Section 
20A-9-408
; or
(C) employed by, under contract with, or a volunteer of, an individual described in
Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A) or (B) for political campaign purposes.
(ii) "Dating violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
78B-7-402
 and
the federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994, as amended.
(iii) "Domestic violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
77-36-1
and the federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994, as amended.
(b) An individual applying for voter registration, or an individual preregistering to
vote, shall complete a voter registration form in substantially the following form:
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UTAH ELECTION REGISTRATION FORM
Are you a citizen of the United States of America? Yes No
If you checked "no" to the above question, do not complete this form.
Will you be 18 years [
of age
] 
old
 on or before election day? Yes No
If you checked "no" to the above question, are you 16 or 17 years [
of age
] 
old
 and
preregistering to vote 
or registering to vote as a student voter
? Yes No
If you are not eligible to vote as a student voter, you will be preregistered to vote. If you are
eligible to vote in a local school board election, you will be registered as a student voter and
also preregistered to vote as an adult unless you check the box below:
I am registering as a student voter and do not want to be preregistered to vote as an adult.
If you [
checked "no" to both of the prior two questions
] 
will not be 18 years old on or before
election day and you are not preregistering to vote or registering to vote as a student voter
, do
not complete this form.
Name of Voter
_________________________________________________________________
First Middle Last
Utah Driver License or Utah Identification Card Number____________________________
Date of Birth ______________________________________________________
Street Address of Principal Place of Residence
____________________________________________________________________________
City County State Zip Code
Telephone Number (optional) _________________________
Last four digits of Social Security Number ______________________
Last former address at which I was registered to vote (if
known)__________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
City County State Zip Code
Political Party
(a listing of each registered political party, as defined in Section 
20A-8-101
 and maintained by
the lieutenant governor under Section 
67-1a-2
, with each party's name preceded by a checkbox)
◻Unaffiliated (no political party preference) ◻Other (Please specify)___________________
I do swear (or affirm), subject to penalty of law for false statements, that the
information contained in this form is true, and that I am a citizen of the United States and a
resident of the state of Utah, residing at the above address. Unless I have indicated above that I
am 
registering to vote as a student voter or
 preregistering to vote in a later election, I will be at
least 18 years [
of age
] 
old
 and will have resided in Utah for 30 days immediately before the
next election. I am not a convicted felon currently incarcerated for commission of a felony.
Signed and sworn
__________________________________________________________
Voter's Signature
_______________(month/day/year).
PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such
as your name and address, some information that is available only to government entities, and
some information that is available only to certain third parties in accordance with the
requirements of law.
Your driver license number, identification card number, social security number, email
address, and full date of birth are available only to government entities. Your year of birth is
available to political parties, candidates for public office, certain third parties, and their
contractors, employees, and volunteers, in accordance with the requirements of law.
You may request that all information on your voter registration records be withheld
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office,
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by indicating here:
_____ Yes, I request that all information on my voter registration records be withheld
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office,
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that all information on
your voter registration records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public
office, and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request
form, and any required verification, as described in the following paragraphs.
A person may request that all information on the person's voter registration records be
withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their contractors,
employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form with this registration
record, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the person is or is likely to be, or
resides with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating violence.
A person may request that all information on the person's voter registration records be
withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their contractors,
employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form and any required
verification with this registration form, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the
person is, or resides with a person who is, a law enforcement officer, a member of the armed
forces, a public figure, or protected by a protective order or a protection order.
CITIZENSHIP AFFIDAVIT
Name:
Name at birth, if different:
Place of birth:
Date of birth:
Date and place of naturalization (if applicable):
I hereby swear and affirm, under penalties for voting fraud set forth below, that I am a
citizen and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information above is true and
correct.
____________________________
Signature of Applicant
In accordance with Section 
20A-2-401
, the penalty for willfully causing, procuring, or
allowing yourself to be registered or preregistered to vote if you know you are not entitled to
register or preregister to vote is up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500.
NOTICE: IN ORDER TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE, YOU MUST PRESENT VALID
VOTER IDENTIFICATION TO THE POLL WORKER BEFORE VOTING, WHICH MUST
BE A VALID FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION THAT SHOWS YOUR NAME AND
PHOTOGRAPH; OR
TWO DIFFERENT FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION THAT SHOW YOUR NAME AND
CURRENT ADDRESS.
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Type of I.D. ____________________________
Voting Precinct _________________________
Voting I.D. Number _____________________
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(2) (a) Except as provided under Subsection (2)(b), the county clerk shall retain a copy
of each voter registration form in a permanent countywide alphabetical file, which may be
electronic or some other recognized system.
(b) The county clerk may transfer a superseded voter registration form to the Division
of Archives and Records Service created under Section 
63A-12-101
.
(3) (a) Each county clerk shall retain lists of currently registered voters.
(b) The lieutenant governor shall maintain a list of registered voters in electronic form.
(c) If there are any discrepancies between the two lists, the county clerk's list is the
official list.
(d) The lieutenant governor and the county clerks may charge the fees established
under the authority of Subsection 
63G-2-203
(10) to individuals who wish to obtain a copy of
the list of registered voters.
(4) (a) As used in this Subsection (4), "qualified person" means:
(i) a government official or government employee acting in the government official's or
government employee's capacity as a government official or a government employee;
(ii) a health care provider, as defined in Section 
26-33a-102
, or an agent, employee, or
independent contractor of a health care provider;
(iii) an insurance company, as defined in Section 
67-4a-102
, or an agent, employee, or
independent contractor of an insurance company;
(iv) a financial institution, as defined in Section 
7-1-103
, or an agent, employee, or
independent contractor of a financial institution;
(v) a political party, or an agent, employee, or independent contractor of a political
party;
(vi) a candidate for public office, or an employee, independent contractor, or volunteer
of a candidate for public office; or
(vii) a person, or an agent, employee, or independent contractor of the person, who:
(A) provides the year of birth of a registered voter that is obtained from the list of
registered voters only to a person who is a qualified person;
(B) verifies that a person, described in Subsection (4)(a)(vii)(A), to whom a year of
birth that is obtained from the list of registered voters is provided, is a qualified person;
(C) ensures, using industry standard security measures, that the year of birth of a
registered voter that is obtained from the list of registered voters may not be accessed by a
person other than a qualified person;
(D) verifies that each qualified person, other than a qualified person described in
Subsection (4)(a)(i), (v), or (vi), to whom the person provides the year of birth of a registered
voter that is obtained from the list of registered voters, will only use the year of birth to verify
the accuracy of personal information submitted by an individual or to confirm the identity of a
person in order to prevent fraud, waste, or abuse;
(E) verifies that each qualified person described in Subsection (4)(a)(i), to whom the
person provides the year of birth of a registered voter that is obtained from the list of registered
voters, will only use the year of birth in the qualified person's capacity as a government official
or government employee; and
(F) verifies that each qualified person described in Subsection (4)(a)(v) or (vi), to
whom the person provides the year of birth of a registered voter that is obtained from the list of
registered voters, will only use the year of birth for a political purpose of the political party or
candidate for public office.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection 
63G-2-302
(1)(j)(iv), and except as provided in
Subsection 
63G-2-302
(1)(k) or (l), the lieutenant governor or a county clerk shall, when
providing the list of registered voters to a qualified person under this section, include, with the
list, the years of birth of the registered voters, if:
(i) the lieutenant governor or a county clerk verifies the identity of the person and that
the person is a qualified person; and
(ii) the qualified person signs a document that includes the following:
(A) the name, address, and telephone number of the person requesting the list of
registered voters;
(B) an indication of the type of qualified person that the person requesting the list
claims to be;
(C) a statement regarding the purpose for which the person desires to obtain the years
of birth;
(D) a list of the purposes for which the qualified person may use the year of birth of a
registered voter that is obtained from the list of registered voters;
(E) a statement that the year of birth of a registered voter that is obtained from the list
of registered voters may not be provided or used for a purpose other than a purpose described
under Subsection (4)(b)(ii)(D);
(F) a statement that if the person obtains the year of birth of a registered voter from the
list of registered voters under false pretenses, or provides or uses the year of birth of a
registered voter that is obtained from the list of registered voters in a manner that is prohibited
by law, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and is subject to a civil fine;
(G) an assertion from the person that the person will not provide or use the year of
birth of a registered voter that is obtained from the list of registered voters in a manner that is
prohibited by law; and
(H) notice that if the person makes a false statement in the document, the person is
punishable by law under Section 
76-8-504
.
(c) The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose the year of birth of a
registered voter to a person that the lieutenant governor or county clerk reasonably believes:
(i) is not a qualified person or a person described in Subsection (4)(l); or
(ii) will provide or use the year of birth in a manner prohibited by law.
(d) The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose the voter registration
form of a person, or information included in the person's voter registration form, whose voter
registration form is classified as private under Subsection (4)(h) to a person other than:
(i) a government official or government employee acting in the government official's or
government employee's capacity as a government official or government employee; or
(ii) except as provided in Subsection (7) and subject to Subsection (4)(e), a person
described in Subsection (4)(a)(v) or (vi) for a political purpose.
(e) When disclosing a record or information under Subsection (4)(d)(ii), the lieutenant
governor or county clerk shall exclude the information described in Subsection
63G-2-302
(1)(j), other than the year of birth.
(f) The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose a withholding request
form, described in Subsections (7) and (8), submitted by an individual, or information obtained
from that form, to a person other than a government official or government employee acting in
the government official's or government employee's capacity as a government official or
government employee.
(g) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the person:
(i) obtains the year of birth of a registered voter from the list of registered voters under
false pretenses;
(ii) uses or provides the year of birth of a registered voter that is obtained from the list
of registered voters in a manner that is not permitted by law;
(iii) obtains a voter registration record described in Subsection 
63G-2-302
(1)(k) under
false pretenses;
(iv) uses or provides information obtained from a voter registration record described in
Subsection 
63G-2-302
(1)(k) in a manner that is not permitted by law;
(v) unlawfully discloses or obtains a voter registration record withheld under
Subsection (7) or a withholding request form described in Subsections (7) and (8); or
(vi) unlawfully discloses or obtains information from a voter registration record
withheld under Subsection (7) or a withholding request form described in Subsections (7) and
(8).
(h) The lieutenant governor or a county clerk shall classify the voter registration record
of a voter as a private record if the voter:
(i) submits a written application, created by the lieutenant governor, requesting that the
voter's voter registration record be classified as private;
(ii) requests on the voter's voter registration form that the voter's voter registration
record be classified as a private record; [
or
]
(iii) submits a withholding request form described in Subsection (7) and any required
verification[
.
]
; or
(iv) registers to vote as a student voter or preregisters to vote and is not yet 18 years
old.
(i) The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose to a person described in
Subsection (4)(a)(v) or (vi) a voter registration record, or information obtained from a voter
registration record, if the record is withheld under Subsection (7).
(j) In addition to any criminal penalty that may be imposed under this section, the
lieutenant governor may impose a civil fine against a person who violates a provision of this
section, in an amount equal to the greater of:
(i) the product of 30 and the square root of the total number of:
(A) records obtained, provided, or used unlawfully, rounded to the nearest whole
dollar; or
(B) records from which information is obtained, provided, or used unlawfully, rounded
to the nearest whole dollar; or
(ii) $200.
(k) A qualified person may not obtain, provide, or use the year of birth of a registered
voter, if the year of birth is obtained from the list of registered voters or from a voter
registration record, unless the person:
(i) is a government official or government employee who obtains, provides, or uses the
year of birth in the government official's or government employee's capacity as a government
official or government employee;
(ii) is a qualified person described in Subsection (4)(a)(ii), (iii), or (iv) and obtains or
uses the year of birth only to verify the accuracy of personal information submitted by an
individual or to confirm the identity of a person in order to prevent fraud, waste, or abuse;
(iii) is a qualified person described in Subsection (4)(a)(v) or (vi) and obtains,
provides, or uses the year of birth for a political purpose of the political party or candidate for
public office; or
(iv) is a qualified person described in Subsection (4)(a)(vii) and obtains, provides, or
uses the year of birth to provide the year of birth to another qualified person to verify the
accuracy of personal information submitted by an individual or to confirm the identity of a
person in order to prevent fraud, waste, or abuse.
(l) The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may provide a year of birth to a member
of the media, in relation to an individual designated by the member of the media, in order for
the member of the media to verify the identity of the individual.
(m) A person described in Subsection (4)(a)(v) or (vi) may not use or disclose
information from a voter registration record for a purpose other than a political purpose.
(5) When political parties not listed on the voter registration form qualify as registered
political parties under Title 20A, Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures, the
lieutenant governor shall inform the county clerks of the name of the new political party and
direct the county clerks to ensure that the voter registration form is modified to include that
political party.
(6) Upon receipt of a voter registration form from an applicant, the county clerk or the
clerk's designee shall:
(a) review each voter registration form for completeness and accuracy; and
(b) if the county clerk believes, based upon a review of the form, that an individual
may be seeking to register or preregister to vote who is not legally entitled to register or
preregister to vote, refer the form to the county attorney for investigation and possible
prosecution.
(7) The lieutenant governor or a county clerk shall withhold from a person, other than a
person described in Subsection (4)(a)(i), the voter registration record, and information obtained
from the voter registration record, of an individual:
(a) who submits a withholding request form, with the voter registration record or to the
lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if:
(i) the individual indicates on the form that the individual, or an individual who resides
with the individual, is a victim of domestic violence or dating violence or is likely to be a
victim of domestic violence or dating violence; or
(ii) the individual indicates on the form and provides verification that the individual, or
an individual who resides with the individual, is:
(A) a law enforcement officer;
(B) a member of the armed forces, as defined in Section 
20A-1-513
;
(C) a public figure; or
(D) protected by a protective order or protection order; [
or
]
(b) whose voter registration record was classified as a private record at the request of
the individual before May 12, 2020[
.
]
; or
(c) who registered to vote as a student voter or preregistered to vote and is not yet 18
years old.
(8) (a) The lieutenant governor shall design and distribute the withholding request form
described in Subsection (7) to each election officer and to each agency that provides a voter
registration form.
(b) An individual described in Subsection (7)(a)(i) is not required to provide
verification, other than the individual's attestation and signature on the withholding request
form, that the individual, or an individual who resides with the individual, is a victim of
domestic violence or dating violence or is likely to be a victim of domestic violence or dating
violence.
(c) The director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall make
rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,
establishing requirements for providing the verification described in Subsection (7)(a)(ii).
(9) An election officer or an employee of an election officer may not encourage an
individual to submit, or discourage an individual from submitting, a withholding request form.
Section 5. Section 
20A-2-204
 is amended to read:
20A-2-204.
Registering to vote when applying for or renewing a driver license.
(1) As used in this section, "voter registration form" means, when an individual named
on a qualifying form, as defined in Section 
20A-2-108
, answers "yes" to the question described
in Subsection 
20A-2-108
(2)(a), the information on the qualifying form that can be used for
voter registration purposes.
(2) A citizen who is qualified to vote may register to vote, and a citizen who is
qualified to preregister to vote may preregister to vote, by answering "yes" to the question
described in Subsection 
20A-2-108
(2)(a) and completing the voter registration form.
(3) The Driver License Division shall:
(a) assist an individual in completing the voter registration form unless the individual
refuses assistance;
(b) electronically transmit each address change to the lieutenant governor within five
days after the day on which the division receives the address change; and
(c) within five days after the day on which the division receives a voter registration
form, electronically transmit the form to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, including the
following for the individual named on the form:
(i) the name, date of birth, driver license or state identification card number, last four
digits of the social security number, Utah residential address, place of birth, and signature;
(ii) a mailing address, if different from the individual's Utah residential address; 
(iii) an email address and phone number, if available;
(iv) the desired political affiliation, if indicated;
(v) an indication of whether the individual requested that the individual's voter
registration record be classified as a private record under Subsection 
20A-2-108
(2)(b); and
(vi) a withholding request form described in Subsections 
20A-2-104
(7) and (8) and any
verification submitted with the form.
(4) Upon receipt of an individual's voter registration form from the Driver License
Division under Subsection (3), the lieutenant governor shall:
(a) enter the information into the statewide voter registration database; [
and
]
(b) if the individual requests on the individual's voter registration form that the
individual's voter registration record be classified as a private record or the individual submits a
withholding request form described in Subsections 20A-2-104(7) and (8) and any required
verification, classify the individual's voter registration record as a private record[
.
]
; and
(c) if the individual is registering to vote as a student voter, classify the individual's
voter registration record as a private record until the day on which the individual is 18 years
old.
(5) The county clerk of an individual whose information is entered into the statewide
voter registration database under Subsection (4) shall:
(a) ensure that the individual meets the qualifications to be registered or preregistered
to vote; and
(b) (i) if the individual meets the qualifications to be registered to vote:
(A) ensure that the individual is assigned to the proper voting precinct; and
(B) send the individual the notice described in Section 
20A-2-304
; or
(ii) if the individual meets the qualifications to be preregistered to vote, process the
form in accordance with the requirements of Section 
20A-2-101.1
.
(6) (a) When the county clerk receives a correctly completed voter registration form
under this section, the clerk shall:
(i) comply with the applicable provisions of this Subsection (6); or
(ii) if the individual is preregistering to vote, comply with Section 
20A-2-101.1
.
(b) If the county clerk receives a correctly completed voter registration form under this
section no later than 5 p.m. or, if submitting the form electronically, midnight, 11 calendar days
before the date of an election, the county clerk shall:
(i) accept the voter registration form; and
(ii) unless the individual is preregistering to vote:
(A) enter the individual's name on the list of registered voters for the voting precinct in
which the individual resides; and
(B) notify the individual that the individual is registered to vote in the upcoming
election; and
(iii) if the individual named in the form is preregistering to vote, comply with Section
20A-2-101.1
.
(c) If the county clerk receives a correctly completed voter registration form under this
section after the deadline described in Subsection (6)(b), the county clerk shall, unless the
individual named in the form is preregistering to vote:
(i) accept the application for registration of the individual;
(ii) process the voter registration form; and
(iii) unless the individual is preregistering to vote, and except as provided in
Subsection 
20A-2-207
(6), inform the individual that the individual will not be registered to
vote in the pending election, unless the individual registers to vote by provisional ballot during
the early voting period, if applicable, or on election day, in accordance with Section
20A-2-207
.
(7) (a) If the county clerk determines that an individual's voter registration form
received from the Driver License Division is incorrect because of an error, because the form is
incomplete, or because the individual does not meet the qualifications to be registered to vote,
the county clerk shall mail notice to the individual stating that the individual has not been
registered or preregistered because of an error, because the registration form is incomplete, or
because the individual does not meet the qualifications to be registered to vote.
(b) If a county clerk believes, based upon a review of a voter registration form, that an
individual, who knows that the individual is not legally entitled to register or preregister to
vote, may be intentionally seeking to register or preregister to vote, the county clerk shall refer
the form to the county attorney for investigation and possible prosecution.
Section 6. Section 
20A-2-302
 is amended to read:
20A-2-302.
Voter registration forms for high school students.
(1) (a) A county clerk may:
(i) contact each high school and each accredited nonpublic high school in the county;
(ii) determine the number of high school seniors; and
(iii) distribute voter registration forms to each accredited public or private high school
in an amount sufficient for distribution to each high school senior.
(b) The county clerk shall process a voter registration form received from an individual
under this section
:
(i) for an individual who is not eligible to register as a student voter,
 in accordance
with Section 
20A-2-101.1
[
.
]
; and
(ii) for an individual who is eligible to register as a student voter, in accordance with
Section 
20A-2-304
.
(2) Each public school and accredited nonpublic school may:
(a) include the voter registration form in the senior registration packet; and
(b) collect and forward completed voter registration forms to the county clerk.
Section 7. Section 
20A-2-304
 is amended to read:
20A-2-304.
County clerk's responsibilities -- Notice of disposition.
Each county clerk shall:
(1) register to vote each individual who meets the requirements for registration and
who:
(a) submits a completed voter registration form to the county clerk;
(b) submits a completed voter registration form, as defined in Section 
20A-2-204
, to
the Driver License Division;
(c) submits a completed voter registration form to a public assistance agency or a
discretionary voter registration agency; or
(d) mails a completed voter registration form to the county clerk; [
and
]
(2) within 30 days after the day on which the county clerk processes a voter registration
form, send a notice to the individual who submits the form that:
(a) (i) informs the individual that the individual's voter registration form has been
accepted and that the individual is registered to vote;
(ii) informs the individual of the procedure for designating or changing the individual's
political affiliation; and
(iii) informs the individual of the procedure to cancel a voter registration;
(b) informs the individual that the individual's voter registration form has been rejected
and the reason for the rejection; or
(c) (i) informs the individual that the individual's voter registration form is being
returned to the individual for further action because the form is incomplete; and
(ii) gives instructions to the individual on how to properly complete the form[
.
]
; and
(3) if the completed voter registration form is for an individual registering as a student
voter and the individual has not opted out of being preregistered to vote on the individual's
voter registration form, process the individual's preregistration under Section 
20A-2-101.1
 after
completing the individual's student voter registration under Subsections (1) and (2).
Section 8. Section 
20A-6-105
 is amended to read:
20A-6-105.
Provisional ballot envelopes.
(1) Each election officer shall ensure that provisional ballot envelopes are printed in
substantially the following form:
"AFFIRMATION
Are you a citizen of the United States of America? Yes No
Will you be 18 years old on or before election day? Yes No
If you checked "no" in response to either of the two above questions, do not complete this
form.
Name of Voter _________________________________________________________
First Middle Last
Driver License or Identification Card Number _________________________________
State of Issuance of Driver License or Identification Card Number _________________
Date of Birth ___________________________________________________________
Street Address of Principal Place of Residence
______________________________________________________________________
City County State Zip Code
Telephone Number (optional) ______________________________________________
Last four digits of Social Security Number ____________________________
Last former address at which I was registered to vote (if known)
______________________________________________________________________
City County State Zip Code
Voting Precinct (if known)
_________________________________________________
I, (please print your full name)__________________________do solemnly swear or
affirm:
That I am eligible to vote in this election; that I have not voted in this election in any
other precinct; that I am eligible to vote in this precinct; and that I request that I be permitted to
vote in this precinct; and
Subject to penalty of law for false statements, that the information contained in this
form is true, and that I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of Utah, residing at the
above address; and that I am at least 18 years old and have resided in Utah for the 30 days
immediately before this election.
Signed ______________________________________________________________________
Dated ______________________________________________________________________
In accordance with Section 
20A-3a-506
, wilfully providing false information above is a
class B misdemeanor under Utah law and is punishable by imprisonment and by fine.
PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such
as your name and address, some information that is available only to government entities, and
some information that is available only to certain third parties in accordance with the
requirements of law.
Your driver license number, identification card number, social security number, email
address, and full date of birth are available only to government entities. Your year of birth is
available to political parties, candidates for public office, certain third parties, and their
contractors, employees, and volunteers, in accordance with the requirements of law.
You may request that all information on your voter registration records be withheld
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office,
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by indicating here:
_____ Yes, I request that all information on my voter registration records be withheld
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office,
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that all information on
your voter registration records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public
office, and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request
form, and any required verification, as described in the following paragraphs.
A person may request that all information on the person's voter registration records be
withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their contractors,
employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form with this registration
record, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the person is or is likely to be, or
resides with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating violence.
A person may request that all information on the person's voter registration records be
withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their contractors,
employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form and any required
verification with this registration form, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the
person is, or resides with a person who is, a law enforcement officer, a member of the armed
forces, a public figure, or protected by a protective order or a protection order.
CITIZENSHIP AFFIDAVIT
Name:
Name at birth, if different:
Place of birth:
Date of birth:
Date and place of naturalization (if applicable):
I hereby swear and affirm, under penalties for voting fraud set forth below, that I am a
citizen and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information above is true and
correct.
____________________________
Signature of Applicant
In accordance with Section 
20A-2-401
, the penalty for willfully causing, procuring, or
allowing yourself to be registered to vote if you know you are not entitled to register to vote is
up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500."
(2) Each election officer shall ensure that student voter provisional ballot envelopes are
printed in substantially the following form:
"AFFIRMATION
Are you a citizen of the United States of America? Yes No
Will you be 16 or 17 years old on or before election day and are you voting as a student
voter in a local school board election? Yes No
If you checked "no" in response to either of the two above questions, do not complete
this form.
Name of Voter _________________________________________________________
First Middle Last
Driver License or Identification Card Number _________________________________
State of Issuance of Driver License or Identification Card Number _________________
Date of Birth ___________________________________________________________
Street Address of Principal Place of Residence
______________________________________________________________________
City County State Zip Code
Telephone Number (optional) ______________________________________________
Last four digits of Social Security Number ____________________________
Last former address at which I was registered to vote (if known)
______________________________________________________________________
City County State Zip Code
Voting Precinct (if known)
_________________________________________________
I, (please print your full name)__________________________do solemnly swear or
affirm:
That I am eligible to vote in this election; that I have not voted in this election in any
other precinct; that I am eligible to vote in this precinct; and that I request that I be permitted to
vote in this precinct; and
Subject to penalty of law for false statements, that the information contained in this
form is true, and that I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of Utah, residing at the
above address; and that I will be 16 or 17 years old on or before election day and have resided
in Utah for the 30 days immediately before this election.
Signed
______________________________________________________________________
Dated
______________________________________________________________________
In accordance with Section 
20A-3a-506
, wilfully providing false information above is a
class B misdemeanor under Utah law and is punishable by imprisonment and by fine.
PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such
as your name and address, some information that is available only to government entities, and
some information that is available only to certain third parties in accordance with the
requirements of law.
Your driver license number, identification card number, social security number, email
address, and full date of birth are available only to government entities. Your year of birth is
available to political parties, candidates for public office, certain third parties, and their
contractors, employees, and volunteers, in accordance with the requirements of law.
You may request that all information on your voter registration records be withheld
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office,
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by indicating here:
_____ Yes, I request that all information on my voter registration records be withheld
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office,
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that all information on
your voter registration records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public
office, and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request
form, and any required verification, as described in the following paragraphs.
A person may request that all information on the person's voter registration records be
withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their contractors,
employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form with this registration
record, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the person is or is likely to be, or
resides with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating violence.
A person may request that all information on the person's voter registration records be
withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their contractors,
employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form and any required
verification with this registration form, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the
person is, or resides with a person who is, a law enforcement officer, a member of the armed
forces, a public figure, or protected by a protective order or a protection order.
CITIZENSHIP AFFIDAVIT
Name:
Name at birth, if different:
Place of birth:
Date of birth:
Date and place of naturalization (if applicable):
I hereby swear and affirm, under penalties for voting fraud set forth below, that I am a
citizen and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information above is true and
correct.
____________________________
Signature of Applicant
In accordance with Section 
20A-2-401
, the penalty for willfully causing, procuring, or
allowing yourself to be registered to vote if you know you are not entitled to register to vote is
up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500."
[
(2) The
] 
(3) Each
 provisional ballot envelope shall include:
(a) a unique number;
(b) a detachable part that includes the unique number; and
(c) a telephone number, internet address, or other indicator of a means, in accordance
with Section 
20A-6-105.5
, where the voter can find out if the provisional ballot was counted.
Section 9. Section 
20A-6-306
 is enacted to read:
 20A-6-306.
Student voter ballots.
(1) If a local school board votes to allow student voters under Section 
20A-14-203
,
election officers within the local school board's boundaries shall prepare a student voter ballot
that will not allow a student voter to vote for any candidate or issue other than a local school
board candidate.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (1), student voter ballots shall comply with all
applicable requirements of this chapter.
Section 10. Section 
20A-14-203
 is amended to read:
20A-14-203.
Becoming a member of a local board of education -- Declaration of
candidacy -- Election -- Student voters.
(1) An individual may become a candidate for a local school board:
[
(a) (i) in the 2016 general election, by filing a declaration of candidacy with the
county clerk, in accordance with Section 
20A-9-202
, before 5 p.m. on March 17, 2016; or
]
[
(ii) in a general election held after 2016,
] 
(a)
 by filing a declaration of candidacy with
the county clerk on or after the second Friday in March, and before 5 p.m. on the third
Thursday in March, before the next regular general election; and
(b) by paying the fee described in Section 
20A-9-202
.
(2) (a) The term of office for an individual elected to a local board of education is four
years, beginning on the first Monday in January after the election.
(b) A member of a local board of education shall serve until a successor is elected or
appointed and qualified.
(c) A member of a local board of education is "qualified" when the member takes or
signs the constitutional oath of office.
(3) (a) A local school board may, by a majority vote, allow student voters to vote in the
local school board's elections.
(b) If a local school board votes to allow student voters to vote in the local school
board's elections, the local school board shall, as soon as is reasonably possible after the vote,
transmit notice of the vote to all election officers within the local school board's boundaries.
Section 11. Section 
63G-2-302
 is amended to read:
63G-2-302.
Private records.
(1) The following records are private:
(a) records concerning an individual's eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits,
social services, welfare benefits, or the determination of benefit levels;
(b) records containing data on individuals describing medical history, diagnosis,
condition, treatment, evaluation, or similar medical data;
(c) records of publicly funded libraries that when examined alone or with other records
identify a patron;
(d) records received by or generated by or for:
(i) the Independent Legislative Ethics Commission, except for:
(A) the commission's summary data report that is required under legislative rule; and
(B) any other document that is classified as public under legislative rule; or
(ii) a Senate or House Ethics Committee in relation to the review of ethics complaints,
unless the record is classified as public under legislative rule;
(e) records received by, or generated by or for, the Independent Executive Branch
Ethics Commission, except as otherwise expressly provided in Title 63A, Chapter 14, Review
of Executive Branch Ethics Complaints;
(f) records received or generated for a Senate confirmation committee concerning
character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual:
(i) if, prior to the meeting, the chair of the committee determines release of the records:
(A) reasonably could be expected to interfere with the investigation undertaken by the
committee; or
(B) would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair proceeding or
impartial hearing; and
(ii) after the meeting, if the meeting was closed to the public;
(g) employment records concerning a current or former employee of, or applicant for
employment with, a governmental entity that would disclose that individual's home address,
home telephone number, social security number, insurance coverage, marital status, or payroll
deductions;
(h) records or parts of records under Section 
63G-2-303
 that a current or former
employee identifies as private according to the requirements of that section;
(i) that part of a record indicating a person's social security number or federal employer
identification number if provided under Section 
31A-23a-104
, 
31A-25-202
, 
31A-26-202
,
58-1-301
, 
58-55-302
, 
61-1-4
, or 
61-2f-203
;
(j) that part of a voter registration record identifying a voter's:
(i) driver license or identification card number;
(ii) social security number, or last four digits of the social security number;
(iii) email address; or
(iv) date of birth;
(k) a voter registration record that is classified as a private record by the lieutenant
governor or a county clerk under Subsection 
20A-2-101.1
(5)(a), 
20A-2-104
(4)(h), or
20A-2-204
(4)(b) 
or (c)
;
(l) a voter registration record that is withheld under Subsection 
20A-2-104
(7);
(m) a withholding request form described in Subsections 
20A-2-104
(7) and (8) and any
verification submitted in support of the form;
(n) a record that:
(i) contains information about an individual;
(ii) is voluntarily provided by the individual; and
(iii) goes into an electronic database that:
(A) is designated by and administered under the authority of the Chief Information
Officer; and
(B) acts as a repository of information about the individual that can be electronically
retrieved and used to facilitate the individual's online interaction with a state agency;
(o) information provided to the Commissioner of Insurance under:
(i) Subsection 
31A-23a-115
(3)(a);
(ii) Subsection 
31A-23a-302
(4); or
(iii) Subsection 
31A-26-210
(4);
(p) information obtained through a criminal background check under Title 11, Chapter
40, Criminal Background Checks by Political Subdivisions Operating Water Systems;
(q) information provided by an offender that is:
(i) required by the registration requirements of Title 77, Chapter 41, Sex and Kidnap
Offender Registry or Title 77, Chapter 43, Child Abuse Offender Registry; and
(ii) not required to be made available to the public under Subsection 
77-41-110
(4) or
77-43-108
(4);
(r) a statement and any supporting documentation filed with the attorney general in
accordance with Section 
34-45-107
, if the federal law or action supporting the filing involves
homeland security;
(s) electronic toll collection customer account information received or collected under
Section 
72-6-118
 and customer information described in Section 
17B-2a-815
 received or
collected by a public transit district, including contact and payment information and customer
travel data;
(t) an email address provided by a military or overseas voter under Section
20A-16-501
;
(u) a completed military-overseas ballot that is electronically transmitted under Title
20A, Chapter 16, Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act;
(v) records received by or generated by or for the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review
Commission established in Section 
63A-15-201
, except for:
(i) the commission's summary data report that is required in Section 
63A-15-202
; and
(ii) any other document that is classified as public in accordance with Title 63A,
Chapter 15, Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission;
(w) a record described in Section 
53G-9-604
 that verifies that a parent was notified of
an incident or threat;
(x) a criminal background check or credit history report conducted in accordance with
Section 
63A-3-201
;
(y) a record described in Subsection 
53-5a-104
(7);
(z) the following portions of a record maintained by a county for the purpose of
administering property taxes, an individual's:
(i) email address;
(ii) phone number; or
(iii) personal financial information related to a person's payment method; and
(aa) a record concerning an individual's eligibility for an exemption, deferral,
abatement, or relief under:
(i) Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 11, Exemptions, Deferrals, and Abatements;
(ii) Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 12, Property Tax Relief;
(iii) Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 18, Tax Deferral and Tax Abatement; or
(iv) Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 19, Armed Forces Exemptions.
(2) The following records are private if properly classified by a governmental entity:
(a) records concerning a current or former employee of, or applicant for employment
with a governmental entity, including performance evaluations and personal status information
such as race, religion, or disabilities, but not including records that are public under Subsection
63G-2-301
(2)(b) or 
63G-2-301
(3)(o) or private under Subsection (1)(b);
(b) records describing an individual's finances, except that the following are public:
(i) records described in Subsection 
63G-2-301
(2);
(ii) information provided to the governmental entity for the purpose of complying with
a financial assurance requirement; or
(iii) records that must be disclosed in accordance with another statute;
(c) records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of those records would
conflict with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;
(d) other records containing data on individuals the disclosure of which constitutes a
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;
(e) records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state
that are given with the requirement that the records be managed as private records, if the
providing entity states in writing that the record would not be subject to public disclosure if
retained by it;
(f) any portion of a record in the custody of the Division of Aging and Adult Services,
created in Section 
62A-3-102
, that may disclose, or lead to the discovery of, the identity of a
person who made a report of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult; and
(g) audio and video recordings created by a body-worn camera, as defined in Section
77-7a-103
, that record sound or images inside a home or residence except for recordings that: 
(i) depict the commission of an alleged crime;
(ii) record any encounter between a law enforcement officer and a person that results in
death or bodily injury, or includes an instance when an officer fires a weapon;
(iii) record any encounter that is the subject of a complaint or a legal proceeding
against a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency;
(iv) contain an officer involved critical incident as defined in Subsection
76-2-408
(1)(f); or
(v) have been requested for reclassification as a public record by a subject or
authorized agent of a subject featured in the recording. 
(3) (a) As used in this Subsection (3), "medical records" means medical reports,
records, statements, history, diagnosis, condition, treatment, and evaluation.
(b) Medical records in the possession of the University of Utah Hospital, its clinics,
doctors, or affiliated entities are not private records or controlled records under Section
63G-2-304
 when the records are sought:
(i) in connection with any legal or administrative proceeding in which the patient's
physical, mental, or emotional condition is an element of any claim or defense; or
(ii) after a patient's death, in any legal or administrative proceeding in which any party
relies upon the condition as an element of the claim or defense.
(c) Medical records are subject to production in a legal or administrative proceeding
according to state or federal statutes or rules of procedure and evidence as if the medical
records were in the possession of a nongovernmental medical care provider.