Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 284 Second Substitute (2022GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Lisonbee, K.

Final action

House/ filed 3/4/2022

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• provides that, for certain primary races for offices where more than two candidates are seeking the nomination of the same political party for the same office, if one candidate does not receive more than a certain percentage of the votes cast in the race, the party shall, in accordance with the party's bylaws, choose a nominee from among the two candidates who received the highest number of votes; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

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Bill text

PRIMARY ELECTIONS MODIFICATIONS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Karianne Lisonbee
Senate Sponsor: 
____________
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions of the Election Code in relation to the manner of selecting a
political party nominee.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ provides that, for certain primary races for offices where more than two candidates
are seeking the nomination of the same political party for the same office, if one
candidate does not receive more than a certain percentage of the votes cast in the
race, the party shall, in accordance with the party's bylaws, choose a nominee from
among the two candidates who received the highest number of votes; 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-1-303
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 187
20A-1-304
, as repealed and reenacted by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 187
20A-4-304
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, First Special Session, Chapter 15
20A-9-101
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 344
20A-9-403
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 22
20A-9-406
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapters 22, 31, and 49
20A-9-407
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Second Special Session, Chapter 6
20A-9-408
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Second Special Session, Chapter 6
ENACTS:
20A-4-303.5
, 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) "Multi-candidate primary race" means a primary race for a political party
nomination:
(a) where only one individual is to be nominated;
(b) in which more than two candidates qualify for placement on the primary election
ballot for the same political party and for the same office; and
(c) where the race is for one of the following offices:
(i) a United States congressional office;
(ii) a state legislative office;
(iii) governor;
(iv) attorney general;
(v) state treasurer;
(vi) state auditor; or
(vii) a partisan, elected county office.
[
(38)
] 
(39)
 "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)
] 
(40)
 "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)
] 
(41)
 "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)
] 
(42)
 "Municipal office" means an elective office in a municipality.
[
(42)
] 
(43)
 "Municipal officers" means those municipal officers that are required by
law to be elected.
[
(43)
] 
(44)
 "Municipal primary election" means an election held to nominate
candidates for municipal office.
[
(44)
] 
(45)
 "Municipality" means a city, town, or metro township.
[
(45)
] 
(46)
 "Official ballot" means the ballots distributed by the election officer for
voters to record their votes.
[
(46)
] 
(47)
 "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)
] 
(48)
 "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)
] 
(49)
 "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)
] 
(50)
 (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)
] 
(51)
 "Pollbook" means a record of the names of voters in the order that they
appear to cast votes.
[
(51)
] 
(52)
 "Polling place" means a building where voting is conducted.
[
(52)
] 
(53)
 "Position" means a square, circle, rectangle, or other geometric shape on a
ballot in which the voter marks the voter's choice.
[
(53)
] 
(54)
 "Presidential Primary Election" means the election established in Chapter 9,
Part 8, Presidential Primary Election.
[
(54)
] 
(55)
 "Primary convention" means the political party conventions held during the
year of the regular general election.
[
(55)
] 
(56)
 "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)
] 
(57)
 "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)
] 
(58)
 "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)
] 
(59)
 "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)
] 
(60)
 (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)
] 
(61)
 "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)
] 
(62)
 "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)
] 
(63)
 "Registration form" means a form by which an individual may register to
vote under this title.
[
(63)
] 
(64)
 "Regular ballot" means a ballot that is not a provisional ballot.
[
(64)
] 
(65)
 "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)
] 
(66)
 "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)
] 
(67)
 "Resident" means a person who resides within a specific voting precinct in
Utah.
[
(67)
] 
(68)
 "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)
] 
(69)
 "Sample ballot" means a mock ballot similar in form to the official ballot
printed and distributed as provided in Section 
20A-5-405
.
[
(69)
] 
(70)
 "Special election" means an election held as authorized by Section
20A-1-203
.
[
(70)
] 
(71)
 "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)
] 
(72)
 "Statewide special election" means a special election called by the governor
or the Legislature in which all registered voters in Utah may vote.
[
(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-1-303
 is amended to read:
20A-1-303.
Determining results.
(1) (a) Except as provided in [
Title 20A,
] 
Section 
20A-4-303.5
 or
 Chapter 4, Part 6,
Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, when one person is to be elected or
nominated, the person receiving the highest number of votes at any:
(i) election for any office to be filled at that election is elected to that office; and
(ii) primary for nomination for any office is nominated for that office.
(b) Except as provided in [
Title 20A,
] Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting
Methods Pilot Project, when more than one person is to be elected or nominated, the persons
receiving the highest number of votes at any:
(i) election for any office to filled at that election are elected to that office; and
(ii) primary for nomination for any office are nominated for that office.
(2) Any ballot proposition submitted to voters for their approval or rejection:
(a) passes if the number of "yes" votes is greater than the number of "no" votes; and
(b) fails if:
(i) the number of "yes" votes equal the number of "no" votes; or
(ii) the number of "no" votes is greater than the number of "yes" votes.
Section 3. Section 
20A-1-304
 is amended to read:
20A-1-304.
Tie votes.
Except 
as provided in Section 
20A-4-303.5
, or
 for a race conducted by instant runoff
voting under [
Title 20A,
] Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project,
if two or more candidates for a position have an equal and the highest number of votes for any
office, the election officer shall, in a public meeting held within 30 days after the day on which
the canvass is completed, determine the candidate selected, by lot, in the presence of each
candidate subject to the tie.
Section 4. Section 
20A-4-303.5
 is enacted to read:
 20A-4-303.5.
 Determining nominee in multi-candidate primary race.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), in a multi-candidate primary race the
candidate who receives the highest number of votes is nominated.
(2) If the candidate who receives the highest number of votes in a multi-candidate
primary race does not receive more than 40% of the total votes cast in that race, the party shall,
within 30 days after the day on which the board of canvassers certifies the vote totals:
(a) in accordance with the party's bylaws, choose, as the party's nominee, one of the
two candidates who received the highest number of votes; and
(b) provide to the election officer for the next general election a certificate of
nomination stating the name of the candidate chosen.
Section 5. Section 
20A-4-304
 is amended to read:
20A-4-304.
Declaration of results -- Canvassers' report.
(1) Each board of canvassers shall:
(a) except as provided in 
Section 
20A-4-303.5
 or
 Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting
Methods Pilot Project, declare "elected" or "nominated" those persons who:
(i) had the highest number of votes; and
(ii) sought election or nomination to an office completely within the board's
jurisdiction;
(b) declare:
(i) "approved" those ballot propositions that:
(A) had more "yes" votes than "no" votes; and
(B) were submitted only to the voters within the board's jurisdiction;
(ii) "rejected" those ballot propositions that:
(A) had more "no" votes than "yes" votes or an equal number of "no" votes and "yes"
votes; and
(B) were submitted only to the voters within the board's jurisdiction;
(c) certify the vote totals for persons and for and against ballot propositions that were
submitted to voters within and beyond the board's jurisdiction and transmit those vote totals to
the lieutenant governor; and
(d) if applicable, certify the results of each local district election to the local district
clerk.
(2) As soon as the result is declared, the election officer shall prepare a report of the
result, which shall contain:
(a) the total number of votes cast in the board's jurisdiction;
(b) the names of each candidate whose name appeared on the ballot;
(c) the title of each ballot proposition that appeared on the ballot;
(d) each office that appeared on the ballot;
(e) from each voting precinct:
(i) the number of votes for each candidate;
(ii) for each race conducted by instant runoff voting under Part 6, Municipal Alternate
Voting Methods Pilot Project, the number of valid votes cast for each candidate for each
potential ballot-counting phase and the name of the candidate excluded in each canvassing
phase; and
(iii) the number of votes for and against each ballot proposition;
(f) the total number of votes given in the board's jurisdiction to each candidate, and for
and against each ballot proposition;
(g) the number of ballots that were rejected; and
(h) a statement certifying that the information contained in the report is accurate.
(3) The election officer and the board of canvassers shall:
(a) review the report to ensure that it is correct; and
(b) sign the report.
(4) The election officer shall:
(a) record or file the certified report in a book kept for that purpose;
(b) prepare and transmit a certificate of nomination or election under the officer's seal
to each nominated or elected candidate;
(c) publish a copy of the certified report in accordance with Subsection (5); and
(d) file a copy of the certified report with the lieutenant governor.
(5) Except as provided in Subsection (6), the election officer shall, no later than seven
days after the day on which the board of canvassers declares the election results, publicize the
certified report described in Subsection (2):
(a) (i) by publishing notice at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within
the jurisdiction;
(ii) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the
jurisdiction, in places within the jurisdiction that are most likely to give notice to the residents
of the jurisdiction, subject to a maximum of 10 notices; or
(iii) by mailing notice to each residence within the jurisdiction;
(b) by posting notice on the Utah Public Notice Website, created in Section
63A-16-601
, for one week; and
(c) if the jurisdiction has a website, by posting notice on the jurisdiction's website for
one week.
(6) Instead of including a copy of the entire certified report, a notice required under
Subsection (5) may contain a statement that:
(a) includes the following: "The Board of Canvassers for [indicate name of
jurisdiction] has prepared a report of the election results for the [indicate type and date of
election]."; and
(b) specifies the following sources where an individual may view or obtain a copy of
the entire certified report:
(i) if the jurisdiction has a website, the jurisdiction's website;
(ii) the physical address for the jurisdiction; and
(iii) a mailing address and telephone number.
(7) When there has been a regular general or a statewide special election for statewide
officers, for officers that appear on the ballot in more than one county, or for a statewide or two
or more county ballot proposition, each board of canvassers shall:
(a) prepare a separate report detailing the number of votes for each candidate and the
number of votes for and against each ballot proposition; and
(b) transmit the separate report by registered mail to the lieutenant governor.
(8) In each county election, municipal election, school election, local district election,
and local special election, the election officer shall transmit the reports to the lieutenant
governor within 14 days after the date of the election.
(9) In a regular primary election and in a presidential primary election, the board shall
transmit to the lieutenant governor:
(a) the county totals for multi-county races, to be telephoned or faxed to the lieutenant
governor not later than the second Tuesday after the election; and
(b) a complete tabulation showing voting totals for all primary races, precinct by
precinct, to be mailed to the lieutenant governor on or before the third Friday following the
primary election.
Section 6. Section 
20A-9-101
 is amended to read:
20A-9-101.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) (a) "Candidates for elective office" means persons who file a declaration of
candidacy under Section 
20A-9-202
 to run in a regular general election for a federal office,
constitutional office, multicounty office, or county office.
(b) "Candidates for elective office" does not mean candidates for:
(i) justice or judge of court of record or not of record;
(ii) presidential elector;
(iii) any political party offices; and
(iv) municipal or local district offices.
(2) "Constitutional office" means the state offices of governor, lieutenant governor,
attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer.
(3) "Continuing political party" means the same as that term is defined in Section
20A-8-101
.
(4) (a) "County office" means an elective office where the officeholder is selected by
voters entirely within one county.
(b) "County office" does not mean:
(i) the office of justice or judge of any court of record or not of record;
(ii) the office of presidential elector;
(iii) any political party offices;
(iv) any municipal or local district offices; and
(v) the office of United States Senator and United States Representative.
(5) "Federal office" means an elective office for United States Senator and United
States Representative.
(6) "Filing officer" means:
(a) the lieutenant governor, for:
(i) the office of United States Senator and United States Representative; and
(ii) all constitutional offices;
(b) for the office of a state senator or state representative, the lieutenant governor or the
applicable clerk described in Subsection (6)(c) or (d);
(c) the county clerk, for county offices and local school district offices;
(d) the county clerk in the filer's county of residence, for multicounty offices;
(e) the city or town clerk, for municipal offices; or
(f) the local district clerk, for local district offices.
(7) "Local district office" means an elected office in a local district.
(8) "Local government office" includes county offices, municipal offices, and local
district offices and other elective offices selected by the voters from a political division entirely
within one county.
(9) (a) "Multicounty office" means an elective office where the officeholder is selected
by the voters from more than one county.
(b) "Multicounty office" does not mean:
(i) a county office;
(ii) a federal office;
(iii) the office of justice or judge of any court of record or not of record;
(iv) the office of presidential elector;
(v) any political party offices; or
(vi) any municipal or local district offices.
(10) "Municipal office" means an elective office in a municipality.
(11) (a) "Political division" means a geographic unit from which an officeholder is
elected and that an officeholder represents.
(b) "Political division" includes a county, a city, a town, a local district, a school
district, a legislative district, and a county prosecution district.
(12) "Qualified political party" means a registered political party that:
(a) (i) permits a delegate for the registered political party to vote on a candidate
nomination in the registered political party's convention remotely; or
(ii) provides a procedure for designating an alternate delegate if a delegate is not
present at the registered political party's convention;
(b) does not hold the registered political party's convention before the fourth Saturday
in March of an even-numbered year;
(c) permits a member of the registered political party to seek the registered political
party's nomination for any elective office by the member choosing to seek the nomination by
either or both of the following methods:
(i) seeking the nomination through the registered political party's convention process,
in accordance with the provisions of Section 
20A-9-407
, including, as applicable, Section
20A-4-303.5
; or
(ii) seeking the nomination by collecting signatures, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 
20A-9-408
; and
(d) (i) if the registered political party is a continuing political party, no later than 5 p.m.
on September 30 of an odd-numbered year, certifies to the lieutenant governor that, for the
election in the following year, the registered political party intends to nominate the registered
political party's candidates in accordance with the provisions of Section 
20A-9-406
; or
(ii) if the registered political party is not a continuing political party, certifies at the
time that the registered political party files the petition described in Section 
20A-8-103
 that, for
the next election, the registered political party intends to nominate the registered political
party's candidates in accordance with the provisions of Section 
20A-9-406
.
Section 7. Section 
20A-9-403
 is amended to read:
20A-9-403.
Regular primary elections.
(1) (a) [
Candidates
] 
Except as provided in Section 
20A-4-303.5
, candidates
 for elective
office that are to be filled at the next regular general election shall be nominated in a regular
primary election by direct vote of the people in the manner prescribed in this section. The
regular primary election is held on the date specified in Section 
20A-1-201.5
. Nothing in this
section shall affect a candidate's ability to qualify for a regular general election's ballot as an
unaffiliated candidate under Section 
20A-9-501
 or to participate in a regular general election as
a write-in candidate under Section 
20A-9-601
.
(b) Each registered political party that chooses to have the names of the registered
political party's candidates for elective office featured with party affiliation on the ballot at a
regular general election shall comply with the requirements of this section and shall nominate
the registered political party's candidates for elective office in the manner described in this
section.
(c) A filing officer may not permit an official ballot at a regular general election to be
produced or used if the ballot denotes affiliation between a registered political party or any
other political group and a candidate for elective office who is not nominated in the manner
prescribed in this section or in Subsection 
20A-9-202
(4).
(d) Unless noted otherwise, the dates in this section refer to those that occur in each
even-numbered year in which a regular general election will be held.
(2) (a) Each registered political party, in a statement filed with the lieutenant governor,
shall:
(i) either declare the registered political party's intent to participate in the next regular
primary election or declare that the registered political party chooses not to have the names of
the registered political party's candidates for elective office featured on the ballot at the next
regular general election; and
(ii) if the registered political party participates in the upcoming regular primary
election, identify one or more registered political parties whose members may vote for the
registered political party's candidates and whether individuals identified as unaffiliated with a
political party may vote for the registered political party's candidates.
(b) (i) A registered political party that is a continuing political party shall file the
statement described in Subsection (2)(a) with the lieutenant governor no later than 5 p.m. on
November 30 of each odd-numbered year.
(ii) An organization that is seeking to become a registered political party under Section
20A-8-103
 shall file the statement described in Subsection (2)(a) at the time that the registered
political party files the petition described in Section 
20A-8-103
.
(3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(e), an individual who submits a
declaration of candidacy under Section 
20A-9-202
 shall appear as a candidate for elective
office on the regular primary ballot of the registered political party listed on the declaration of
candidacy only if the individual is certified by the appropriate filing officer as having submitted
a set of nomination petitions that was:
(i) circulated and completed in accordance with Section 
20A-9-405
; and
(ii) signed by at least 2% of the registered political party's members who reside in the
political division of the office that the individual seeks.
(b) (i) A candidate for elective office shall submit nomination petitions to the
appropriate filing officer for verification and certification no later than 5 p.m. on the final day
in March.
(ii) A candidate may supplement the candidate's submissions at any time on or before
the filing deadline.
(c) (i) The lieutenant governor shall determine for each elective office the total number
of signatures that must be submitted under Subsection (3)(a)(ii) or 
20A-9-408
(8) by counting
the aggregate number of individuals residing in each elective office's political division who
have designated a particular registered political party on the individuals' voter registration
forms on or before November 15 of each odd-numbered year.
(ii) The lieutenant governor shall publish the determination for each elective office no
later than November 30 of each odd-numbered year.
(d) The filing officer shall:
(i) verify signatures on nomination petitions in a transparent and orderly manner, no
later than 14 days after the day on which a candidate submits the signatures to the filing officer;
(ii) for all qualifying candidates for elective office who submit nomination petitions to
the filing officer, issue certifications referenced in Subsection (3)(a) no later than the deadline
described in Subsection 
20A-9-202
(1)(b);
(iii) consider active and inactive voters eligible to sign nomination petitions;
(iv) consider an individual who signs a nomination petition a member of a registered
political party for purposes of Subsection (3)(a)(ii) if the individual has designated that
registered political party as the individual's party membership on the individual's voter
registration form; and
(v) utilize procedures described in Section 
20A-7-206.3
 to verify submitted nomination
petition signatures, or use statistical sampling procedures to verify submitted nomination
petition signatures in accordance with rules made under Subsection (3)(f).
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Subsection (3), a candidate for
lieutenant governor may appear on the regular primary ballot of a registered political party
without submitting nomination petitions if the candidate files a declaration of candidacy and
complies with Subsection 
20A-9-202
(3).
(f) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
director of elections, within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, may make rules that:
(i) provide for the use of statistical sampling procedures that:
(A) filing officers are required to use to verify signatures under Subsection (3)(d); and
(B) reflect a bona fide effort to determine the validity of a candidate's entire
submission, using widely recognized statistical sampling techniques; and
(ii) provide for the transparent, orderly, and timely submission, verification, and
certification of nomination petition signatures.
(g) The county clerk shall:
(i) review the declarations of candidacy filed by candidates for local boards of
education to determine if more than two candidates have filed for the same seat;
(ii) place the names of all candidates who have filed a declaration of candidacy for a
local board of education seat on the nonpartisan section of the ballot if more than two
candidates have filed for the same seat; and
(iii) determine the order of the local board of education candidates' names on the ballot
in accordance with Section 
20A-6-305
.
(4) (a) Before the deadline described in Subsection 
20A-9-409
(4)(c), the lieutenant
governor shall provide to the county clerks:
(i) a list of the names of all candidates for federal, constitutional, multi-county, single
county, and county offices who have received certifications under Subsection (3), along with
instructions on how those names shall appear on the primary election ballot in accordance with
Section 
20A-6-305
; and
(ii) a list of unopposed candidates for elective office who have been nominated by a
registered political party under Subsection (5)(c) and instruct the county clerks to exclude the
unopposed candidates from the primary election ballot.
(b) A candidate for lieutenant governor and a candidate for governor campaigning as
joint-ticket running mates shall appear jointly on the primary election ballot.
(c) After the county clerk receives the certified list from the lieutenant governor under
Subsection (4)(a), the county clerk shall post or publish a primary election notice in
substantially the following form:
"Notice is given that a primary election will be held Tuesday, June ____,
________(year), to nominate party candidates for the parties and candidates for nonpartisan
local school board positions listed on the primary ballot. The polling place for voting precinct
____ is ____. The polls will open at 7 a.m. and continue open until 8 p.m. of the same day. 
Attest: county clerk."
(5) (a) [
A
] 
Except as provided in Section 
20A-4-303.5
, a
 candidate who, at the regular
primary election, receives the highest number of votes cast for the office sought by the
candidate is:
(i) nominated for that office by the candidate's registered political party; or
(ii) for a nonpartisan local school board position, nominated for that office.
(b) If two or more candidates are to be elected to the office at the regular general
election, those party candidates equal in number to positions to be filled who receive the
highest number of votes at the regular primary election are the nominees of the candidates'
party for those positions.
(c) (i) As used in this Subsection (5)(c), a candidate is "unopposed" if:
(A) no individual other than the candidate receives a certification under Subsection (3)
for the regular primary election ballot of the candidate's registered political party for a
particular elective office; or
(B) for an office where more than one individual is to be elected or nominated, the
number of candidates who receive certification under Subsection (3) for the regular primary
election of the candidate's registered political party does not exceed the total number of
candidates to be elected or nominated for that office.
(ii) A candidate who is unopposed for an elective office in the regular primary election
of a registered political party is nominated by the party for that office without appearing on the
primary election ballot.
(6) Except as provided in Section 
20A-4-303.5
:
[
(6)
] (a) [
When
] 
when
 a tie vote occurs in any primary election for any national, state,
or other office that represents more than one county, the governor, lieutenant governor, and
attorney general shall, at a public meeting called by the governor and in the presence of the
candidates involved, select the nominee by lot cast in whatever manner the governor
determines[
.
]
; and
(b) [
When
] 
when
 a tie vote occurs in any primary election for any county office, the
district court judges of the district in which the county is located shall, at a public meeting
called by the judges and in the presence of the candidates involved, select the nominee by lot
cast in whatever manner the judges determine.
(7) The expense of providing all ballots, blanks, or other supplies to be used at any
primary election provided for by this section, and all expenses necessarily incurred in the
preparation for or the conduct of that primary election shall be paid out of the treasury of the
county or state, in the same manner as for the regular general elections.
(8) An individual may not file a declaration of candidacy for a registered political party
of which the individual is not a member, except to the extent that the registered political party
permits otherwise under the registered political party's bylaws.
Section 8. Section 
20A-9-406
 is amended to read:
20A-9-406.
Qualified political party -- Requirements and exemptions.
The following provisions apply to a qualified political party:
(1) the qualified political party shall, no later than 5 p.m. on November 30 of each
odd-numbered year, certify to the lieutenant governor the identity of one or more registered
political parties whose members may vote for the qualified political party's candidates and
whether unaffiliated voters may vote for the qualified political party's candidates;
(2) the following provisions do not apply to a nomination for the qualified political
party:
(a) Subsections 
20A-9-403
(1) through (3)(b) and (3)(d) through (4)(a);
(b) Subsection 
20A-9-403
(5)(c); and
(c) Section 
20A-9-405
;
(3) 
except as provided in Section 
20A-4-303.5
,
 an individual may only seek the
nomination of the qualified political party by using a method described in Section 
20A-9-407
,
Section 
20A-9-408
, or both;
(4) the qualified political party shall comply with the provisions of Sections
20A-9-407
, 
20A-9-408
, and 
20A-9-409
;
(5) notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-6-301
(1)(a), (1)(e), or (2)(a), each election officer
shall ensure that a ballot described in Section 
20A-6-301
 includes each individual nominated
by a qualified political party:
(a) under the qualified political party's name , if any; or
(b) under the title of the qualified registered political party as designated by the
qualified political party in the certification described in Subsection (1), or, if none is
designated, then under some suitable title;
(6) notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-6-302
(1)(a), each election officer shall ensure, for
ballots in regular general elections, that each candidate who is nominated by the qualified
political party is listed by party;
(7) notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-6-304
(1)(e), each election officer shall ensure that
the party designation of each candidate who is nominated by the qualified political party is
displayed adjacent to the candidate's name on a mechanical ballot;
(8) "candidates for elective office," defined in Subsection 
20A-9-101
(1)(a), also
includes an individual who files a declaration of candidacy under Section 
20A-9-407
 or
20A-9-408
 to run in a regular general election for a federal office, constitutional office,
multicounty office, or county office;
(9) an individual who is nominated by, or seeking the nomination of, the qualified
political party is not required to comply with Subsection 
20A-9-201
(1)(c);
(10) notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-403
(3), the qualified political party is entitled
to have each of the qualified political party's candidates for elective office appear on the
primary ballot of the qualified political party with an indication that each candidate is a
candidate for the qualified political party;
(11) notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-403
(4)(a), the lieutenant governor shall include
on the list provided by the lieutenant governor to the county clerks:
(a) the names of all candidates of the qualified political party for federal, constitutional,
multicounty, and county offices; and
(b) the names of unopposed candidates for elective office who have been nominated by
the qualified political party and instruct the county clerks to exclude such candidates from the
primary-election ballot;
(12) notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-403
(5)(c), a candidate who is unopposed for an
elective office in the regular primary election of the qualified political party is nominated by
the party for that office without appearing on the primary ballot; and
(13) notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections 
20A-9-403
(1) and (2) and Section
20A-9-405
, the qualified political party is entitled to have the names of its candidates for
elective office featured with party affiliation on the ballot at a regular general election.
Section 9. Section 
20A-9-407
 is amended to read:
20A-9-407.
 Convention process to seek the nomination of a qualified political
party.
(1) This section describes the requirements for a member of a qualified political party
who is seeking the nomination of a qualified political party for an elective office through the
qualified political party's convention process.
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-201
(7)(a), the form of the declaration of
candidacy for a member of a qualified political party who is nominated by, or who is seeking
the nomination of, the qualified political party under this section shall be substantially as
described in Section 
20A-9-408.5
.
(3) Notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-202
(1)(a), and except as provided in Subsection
20A-9-202
(4), a member of a qualified political party who, under this section, is seeking the
nomination of the qualified political party for an elective office that is to be filled at the next
general election, shall:
(a) except as provided in Subsection 
20A-9-202
(1)(c), file a declaration of candidacy in
person with the filing officer:
(i) on or after 48 days after the day on which the Legislature's general session begins,
as provided in Section 
36-3-201
; and
(ii) before 5 p.m. 52 days after the day on which the Legislature's general session
begins, as provided in Section 
36-3-201
; and
(b) pay the filing fee.
(4) Notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-202
(2)(a), a member of a qualified political
party who, under this section, is seeking the nomination of the qualified political party for the
office of district attorney within a multicounty prosecution district that is to be filled at the next
general election shall:
(a) file a declaration of candidacy with the county clerk designated in the interlocal
agreement creating the prosecution district:
(i) on or after 48 days after the day on which the Legislature's general session begins,
as provided in Section 
36-3-201
; and
(ii) before 5 p.m. 52 days after the day on which the Legislature's general session
begins, as provided in Section 
36-3-201
; and
(b) pay the filing fee.
(5) Notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-202
(3)(a)(iii), a lieutenant governor candidate
who files as the joint-ticket running mate of an individual who is nominated by a qualified
political party, under this section, for the office of governor shall, before the deadline described
in Subsection 
20A-9-202
(1)(b), file a declaration of candidacy and submit a letter from the
candidate for governor that names the lieutenant governor candidate as a joint-ticket running
mate.
(6) (a) A qualified political party that nominates a candidate under this section shall
certify the name of the candidate to the lieutenant governor before the deadline described in
Subsection 
20A-9-202
(1)(b).
(b) The lieutenant governor shall include, in the primary ballot certification or, for a
race where a primary is not held because the candidate is unopposed, in the general election
ballot certification, the name of each candidate nominated by a qualified political party under
this section 
or Section 
20A-4-303.5
.
(7) Notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-701
(2), the ballot shall, for each candidate who
is nominated by a qualified political party under this section, designate the qualified political
party that nominated the candidate.
Section 10. Section 
20A-9-408
 is amended to read:
20A-9-408.
Signature-gathering process to seek the nomination of a qualified
political party.
(1) This section describes the requirements for a member of a qualified political party
who is seeking the nomination of the qualified political party for an elective office through the
signature-gathering process described in this section.
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-201
(7)(a), the form of the declaration of
candidacy for a member of a qualified political party who is nominated by, or who is seeking
the nomination of, the qualified political party under this section shall be substantially as
described in Section 
20A-9-408.5
.
(3) Notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-202
(1)(a), and except as provided in Subsection
20A-9-202
(4), a member of a qualified political party who, under this section, is seeking the
nomination of the qualified political party for an elective office that is to be filled at the next
general election shall:
(a) within the period beginning on January 1 before the next regular general election
and ending at 5 p.m. 52 days after the day on which the Legislature's general session begins, as
provided in Section 
36-3-201
, and before gathering signatures under this section, file with the
filing officer on a form approved by the lieutenant governor a notice of intent to gather
signatures for candidacy that includes:
(i) the name of the member who will attempt to become a candidate for a registered
political party under this section;
(ii) the name of the registered political party for which the member is seeking
nomination;
(iii) the office for which the member is seeking to become a candidate;
(iv) the address and telephone number of the member; and
(v) other information required by the lieutenant governor;
(b) except as provided in Subsection 
20A-9-202
(1)(c), file a declaration of candidacy,
in person, with the filing officer:
(i) on or after 48 days after the day on which the Legislature's general session begins,
as provided in Section 
36-3-201
; and
(ii) before 5 p.m. 52 days after the day on which the Legislature's general session
begins, as provided in Section 
36-3-201
; and
(c) pay the filing fee.
(4) Notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-202
(2)(a), a member of a qualified political
party who, under this section, is seeking the nomination of the qualified political party for the
office of district attorney within a multicounty prosecution district that is to be filled at the next
general election shall:
(a) on or after January 1 before the next regular general election, and before gathering
signatures under this section, file with the filing officer on a form approved by the lieutenant
governor a notice of intent to gather signatures for candidacy that includes:
(i) the name of the member who will attempt to become a candidate for a registered
political party under this section;
(ii) the name of the registered political party for which the member is seeking
nomination;
(iii) the office for which the member is seeking to become a candidate;
(iv) the address and telephone number of the member; and
(v) other information required by the lieutenant governor;
(b) except as provided in Subsection 
20A-9-202
(1)(c), file a declaration of candidacy,
in person, with the filing officer:
(i) on or after 48 days after the day on which the Legislature's general session begins,
as provided in Section 
36-3-201
; and
(ii) before 5 p.m. 52 days after the day on which the Legislature's general session
begins, as provided in Section 
36-3-201
; and
(c) pay the filing fee.
(5) Notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-202
(3)(a)(iii), a lieutenant governor candidate
who files as the joint-ticket running mate of an individual who is nominated by a qualified
political party, under this section, for the office of governor shall, before the deadline described
in Subsection 
20A-9-202
(1)(b), file a declaration of candidacy and submit a letter from the
candidate for governor that names the lieutenant governor candidate as a joint-ticket running
mate.
(6) The lieutenant governor shall ensure that the certification described in Subsection
20A-9-701
(1) also includes the name of each candidate nominated by a qualified political party
under this section 
or Section 
20A-4-303.5
.
(7) Notwithstanding Subsection 
20A-9-701
(2), the ballot shall, for each candidate who
is nominated by a qualified political party under this section 
or Section 
20A-4-303.5
, designate
the qualified political party that nominated the candidate.
(8) A member of a qualified political party may seek the nomination of the qualified
political party for an elective office by:
(a) complying with the requirements described in this section; and
(b) collecting signatures, on a form approved by the lieutenant governor, during the
period beginning on January 1 of an even-numbered year and ending at 5 p.m. 14 days before
the day on which the qualified political party's convention for the office is held, in the
following amounts:
(i) for a statewide race, 28,000 signatures of registered voters in the state who are
permitted by the qualified political party to vote for the qualified political party's candidates in
a primary election;
(ii) for a congressional district race, 7,000 signatures of registered voters who are
residents of the congressional district and are permitted by the qualified political party to vote
for the qualified political party's candidates in a primary election;
(iii) for a state Senate district race, 2,000 signatures of registered voters who are
residents of the state Senate district and are permitted by the qualified political party to vote for
the qualified political party's candidates in a primary election;
(iv) for a state House district race, 1,000 signatures of registered voters who are
residents of the state House district and are permitted by the qualified political party to vote for
the qualified political party's candidates in a primary election;
(v) for a State Board of Education race, the lesser of:
(A) 2,000 signatures of registered voters who are residents of the State Board of
Education district and are permitted by the qualified political party to vote for the qualified
political party's candidates in a primary election; or
(B) 3% of the registered voters of the qualified political party who are residents of the
applicable State Board of Education district; and
(vi) for a county office race, signatures of 3% of the registered voters who are residents
of the area permitted to vote for the county office and are permitted by the qualified political
party to vote for the qualified political party's candidates in a primary election.
(9) (a) In order for a member of the qualified political party to qualify as a candidate
for the qualified political party's nomination for an elective office under this section, the
member shall:
(i) collect the signatures on a form approved by the lieutenant governor, using the same
circulation and verification requirements described in Sections 
20A-7-204
 and 
20A-7-205
; and
(ii) submit the signatures to the election officer before 5 p.m. no later than 14 days
before the day on which the qualified political party holds the party's convention to select
candidates, for the elective office, for the qualified political party's nomination.
(b) An individual may not gather signatures under this section until after the individual
files a notice of intent to gather signatures for candidacy described in this section.
(c) An individual who files a notice of intent to gather signatures for candidacy,
described in Subsection (3)(a) or (4)(a), is, beginning on the day on which the individual files
the notice of intent to gather signatures for candidacy:
(i) required to comply with the reporting requirements that a candidate for office is
required to comply with; and
(ii) subject to the same enforcement provisions, and civil and criminal penalties, that
apply to a candidate for office in relation to the reporting requirements described in Subsection
(9)(c)(i).
(d) Upon timely receipt of the signatures described in Subsections (8) and (9)(a), the
election officer shall, no later than the earlier of 14 days after the day on which the election
officer receives the signatures, or one day before the day on which the qualified political party
holds the convention to select a nominee for the elective office to which the signature packets
relate:
(i) check the name of each individual who completes the verification for a signature
packet to determine whether each individual is a resident of Utah and is at least 18 years old;
(ii) submit the name of each individual described in Subsection (9)(d)(i) who is not a
Utah resident or who is not at least 18 years old to the attorney general and the county attorney;
(iii) determine whether each signer is a registered voter who is qualified to sign the
petition, using the same method, described in Section 
20A-7-206.3
, used to verify a signature
on a petition; and
(iv) certify whether each name is that of a registered voter who is qualified to sign the
signature packet.
(e) Upon timely receipt of the signatures described in Subsections (8) and (9)(a), the
election officer shall, no later than one day before the day on which the qualified political party
holds the convention to select a nominee for the elective office to which the signature packets
relate, notify the qualified political party and the lieutenant governor of the name of each
member of the qualified political party who qualifies as a nominee of the qualified political
party, under this section, for the elective office to which the convention relates.
(f) Upon receipt of a notice of intent to gather signatures for candidacy described in
this section, the lieutenant governor shall post the notice of intent to gather signatures for
candidacy on the lieutenant governor's website in the same location that the lieutenant governor
posts a declaration of candidacy.