Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 20A-5-102 - Voting instructions(1) Each election officer shall: (a) print instructions for voters;(b) ensure that the instructions are printed in English, and any other language required under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, in large clear type; and(c) ensure that the instructions inform voters:(i) about how to obtain ballots for voting;(ii) about special political party affiliation requirements for voting in a regular primary election or presidential primary election;(iii) about how to prepare ballots for deposit in the ballot box;(iv) about how to record write-in votes;(v) about how to obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake;(vi) about how to obtain assistance in marking ballots;(vii) about obtaining a new ballot if the voter's ballot is defaced;(viii) that identification marks or the spoiling or defacing of a ballot will make it invalid;(ix) about how to obtain and vote a provisional ballot;(x) about whom to contact to report election fraud;(xi) about applicable federal and state laws regarding: (A) voting rights and the appropriate official to contact if the voter alleges that the voter's rights have been violated; and(B) prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation;(xii) about procedures governing mail-in registrants and first-time voters; and(xiii) about the date of the election and the hours that the polls are open on election day.(2) Each election officer shall: (a) provide the election judges of each voting precinct with sufficient instruction cards to instruct voters in the preparation of the voters' ballots; and(b) direct the election judges to post: (i) general voting instructions in each voting booth;(ii) at least three instruction cards at other locations in the polling place; and(iii) at least one sample ballot at the polling place.Amended by Chapter 170, 2022 General Session ,§ 8, eff. 5/4/2022.Amended by Chapter 18, 2022 General Session ,§ 14, eff. 3/3/2022.Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session ,§ 78, eff. 5/12/2020.Amended by Chapter 433, 2019 General Session ,§ 15, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 116, 2003 General Session.