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Utah Code § 20A-16-403

Transmission of unvoted ballots

Amended by Chapter 448, 2025 General Session

(1) For an election for which the state has not received a waiver pursuant to the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, 52 U.S.C. Sec. 20302(g)(2), not later than 45 calendar days before the day of the election or, notwithstanding Section 20A-1-104, if the 45th calendar day before the day of the election is a weekend or holiday, not later than the business day preceding the 45th calendar day before the day of the election, the election official in each jurisdiction charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit a ballot and balloting materials to all covered voters who by that date submit a valid military-overseas ballot application.

(2)

(a) A covered voter who requests that a ballot and balloting materials be sent to the voter by electronic transmission may choose:

(i) facsimile transmission;

(ii) email delivery; or

(iii) if offered by the voter's jurisdiction, Internet delivery.

(b) The election official in each jurisdiction charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit the ballot and balloting materials to the voter using the means of transmission chosen by the voter.

(3) If a ballot application from a covered voter arrives after the jurisdiction begins transmitting ballots and balloting materials to voters, the official charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit the ballot and balloting materials to the voter no later than two business days after the day on which the application arrives.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.