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Utah Code § 20A-5-404

Election forms -- Preparation and contents

Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session

(1)

(a) For each election, the election officer shall prepare, for each polling place:

(i) forms for poll workers to record and verify security seals, ballots cast, and the number of voters who voted; and

(ii) an official register or pollbook.

(b) For each election, the election officer shall:

(i) provide a copy of each form to each of those precincts using paper ballots; and

(ii) provide a copy of the ballot disposition form and a pollbook to each of those voting precincts using an automated voting system.

(2) The election officer shall ensure that the forms described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) include:

(a) a space for the judges to identify:

(i) the number of ballots voted;

(ii) the number of registered voters listed in the official register or pollbook; and

(iii) the total number of voters voting according to the official register or pollbook; and

(b) a certification, in substantially the following form: "We, the undersigned, judges of an election held at ______ voting precinct, in _______ County, state of Utah, on __________(month\day\year), having first been sworn according to law, certify that the information in this form is a true statement of the number and names of the individuals voting in the voting precinct at the election, and that the total number of individuals voting at the election was ____. _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Judges of Election".

(3) The election officer shall ensure that the official register or pollbook:

(a) identifies the voting precinct number on the face of the official register or pollbook; and

(b) contains:

(i) a section to record individuals voting on election day; and

(ii) a section in which to record voters who are challenged.

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