20A-7-605 - Obtaining signatures -- Verification -- Removal of signature.
20A-7-605. Obtaining signatures -- Verification -- Removal of signature.
(1) Any Utah voter may sign a local referendum petition if the voter is a legal voter andresides in the local jurisdiction.
(2) The sponsors shall ensure that the person in whose presence each signature sheet wassigned:
(a) is at least 18 years old and meets the residency requirements of Section 20A-2-105;and
(b) verifies each signature sheet by completing the verification printed on the back of eachsignature sheet.
(3) (a) Any voter who has signed a referendum petition may have his signature removedfrom the petition by submitting a notarized statement to that effect to the local clerk.
(b) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(c), upon receipt of the statement, the local clerkshall remove the signature of the person submitting the statement from the referendum petition.
(c) A local clerk may not remove signatures from a referendum petition after the petitionhas been submitted to the county clerk to be certified.
Amended by Chapter 3, 2000 General Session