§ UCA § 20A-5-401.1Voting instructions

Effective 5/6/2026

20A-5-401.1. 
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, and how to return, 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 cast at a polling place for deposit in the ballot box;





(iv)
about how to prepare a mailed ballot for return;





(v)
about how to record write-in votes;





(vi)
about how to obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake;





(vii)
about how to obtain assistance in marking ballots;





(viii)
about obtaining a new ballot if the voter's ballot is defaced;





(ix)
that identification marks or the spoiling or defacing of a ballot will make it invalid;





(x)
about how to obtain and vote a provisional ballot;





(xi)
about whom to contact to report election fraud;





(xii)
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;








(xiii)
about procedures governing mail-in registrants and first-time voters; and





(xiv)
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.









Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 329, 2026 General Session