(1) The director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall, in consultation with county clerks, make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, establishing minimum requirements that a vendor must meet to be eligible to print ballots to be used in an election.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), an election officer shall ensure that, when the bulk of ballots are initially mailed to voters, the ballots are mailed from a location in Utah.
(3) If the election officer's jurisdiction is located in an area that is assigned to a United States Postal Service area distribution center located outside of Utah, the election officer may deliver ballots directly to the assigned area distribution center for delivery to voters.