20A-5-102 - Voting instructions.
20A-5-102. Voting instructions.
(1) Each election officer shall:
(a) print instruction cards for voters;
(b) ensure that the cards are printed in English in large clear type; and
(c) ensure that the cards instruct voters:
(i) about how to obtain ballots for voting;
(ii) about special political party affiliation requirements for voting in the Western StatesPresidential Primary or in a regular 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 his rights havebeen 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 toinstruct voters in the preparation of their ballots;
(b) direct the election judges to post:
(i) general voting instructions in each voting booth; and
(ii) at least three instruction cards and at least one sample ballot elsewhere in and aboutthe polling place.
Amended by Chapter 116, 2003 General Session