EAdIElection Administration Index

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section UCA § 20A-1-608.1 addresses criminal penalties for electronic communications abuse related to elections. It contains no statutory requirement for commissioners or senior election staff to disclose financial interests, vendor relationships, party positions, or candidate connections. The section references conflict-of-interest disclosure only as a source of information that may be misused by a criminal actor, not as a mandatory disclosure regime for election officials themselves.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section defines technical redistricting standards and analytical tests (ensemble analysis, partisan bias tests, mean-median difference tests) but contains no provisions regarding judicial review of election-authority decisions, standing, timelines, or venue. It is a substantive redistricting methodology statute, not an accountability or judicial-review provision.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: The commission is created by statute (UCA § 20A-20-201), not by constitutional provision. While this satisfies the threshold for statutory grounding, COMM.1 specifically asks whether the commission is grounded in the *constitution* rather than statute alone. Utah's redistricting commission is established legislatively, scoring 1 (statute) rather than 2 (constitution).

The statute explicitly distributes appointment authority across the executive branch (governor), majority and minority leadership in both legislative chambers, and joint appointments. No single branch controls composition; the governor appoints one of seven, while the legislature controls six of seven seats through majority, minority, and joint mechanisms. This multi-branch structure is constitutionally grounded and codified, preventing unilateral capture.

The statute establishes fixed four-year terms for State Board of Education members (with limited transition provisions for realignment), defined by statute rather than administrative discretion. Terms are staggered across electoral cycles (2022 and 2024 General Elections for different districts), creating a rotating appointment structure. Statutory grounds for removal are implied through the electoral process and the explicit prohibition on concurrent employment with the State Board of Education.

“voters in the following districts, as designated in the Senate block equivalency file, shall elect a State Board of Education member for a term of four years”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section governs financial reporting requirements for school board candidates. It contains no provisions regarding commission composition, political balance, multi-branch appointment, or any institutional structure for an election administration body. It is purely procedural regulation of candidate campaign finance disclosure and does not address the criterion.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section is a definitional provision for campaign finance regulation of labor organizations and political funds under Utah Code § 20A-11. It contains no language addressing election authority budgeting, funding lines, or protection from mid-cycle reallocation. It does not engage with the structural question of how election administration is funded.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses Congressional redistricting and district boundaries based on census data; it contains no provisions regarding election infrastructure budgets or multi-year funding cycles. The criterion FUND.2 evaluates whether election administration funding is insulated from annual political renegotiation through multi-year appropriations or dedicated revenue streams. This statute is silent on election funding altogether.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 20A-12-301 defines terms used in judicial campaign finance reporting (contributions, expenditures, corporations, etc.) but contains no statutory prohibition on foreign-source funding of election authorities or vendors. This section addresses campaign finance disclosure for judges, not election administration funding or foreign-source restrictions.

No matching sections in corpus.

The statute mandates that the lieutenant governor design and provide training to election officers and government workers performing election functions. Section (3) specifies training content (administrator course with multiple sessions and worker modules for individual processes), Section (4) sets mandatory timelines (administrators must begin by July 1, 2024 or within one year of hire, and complete within four years), and Section (6) prohibits performance of election processes without completion of required training modules. This satisfies the criterion by establishing statutory requirements for training content and frequency.

The statute codifies certification criteria (accuracy, reliability, access controls, fraud detection, ballot secrecy) and designates the lieutenant governor as the certifying authority, but does not codify evaluators (beyond allowing deference to EAC-accredited labs), timeline, or public-comment procedures. The criteria are partially specified; the process structure is incomplete.

No matching sections in corpus.

No matching sections in corpus.