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17-9-11
Section 17-9-11 Voter to sign name on poll list; exceptions. In every election held in this
state, the voter shall sign his or her name on one of the poll lists or lists of persons who
vote in the election, required by law to be maintained at each voting place; and no person
shall record on this list the name of any voter for him or her, except where the voter, because
of a physical disability, is unable to write his or her own name on the poll list; in which
case an election official shall write the name of such voter on the list and shall sign his
or her own name on the poll list on the same line with the name of the voter. If the voter
is unable to sign his or her name because of illiteracy, his or her name shall be written
for him or her and the voter shall make his or her mark upon the poll list, in the presence
of any of the election officials, and the election official witnessing the act shall record
his or her name, as witness, on the same line with the name of the voter. (Acts...
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11-46-63
Section 11-46-63 Failure of returning officer to deliver statement of votes and poll list.
Any returning officer of the ward who fails to deliver the statement of votes and poll list
of a municipal election to the municipal clerk within the time required by law must, on conviction,
be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and must also be imprisoned in the county
jail for not more than six months. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §43.)...
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11-46-4
Section 11-46-4 Identification of electors eligible to vote; municipality, county contracts;
official poll list. (a) The incorporated municipalities of this state are hereby authorized
to enter into contracts with the counties of this state and their boards of registrars to
conduct an identification program of electors eligible to vote in municipal elections. The
said municipalities are authorized to expend public funds in payment of services rendered
by such counties and boards of registrars in such identification program. Such contracts shall
be authorized by appropriate resolution of the governing body of the municipality. It shall
be the duty of the various boards of registrars to conduct an identification program of electors
residing in the municipality and eligible to vote in municipal elections upon adoption of
an appropriate resolution of the governing body of the municipality and upon approval of a
contract between the municipality and the county and its board of registrars....
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17-9-12
Section 17-9-12 Poll list to be sealed. The signed voter poll list shall be sealed in an envelope
before the inspectors begin to count the vote and shall not be opened. (Code 1907, §367;
Code 1923, §457; Code 1940, T. 17, §140; §17-7-16; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570,
p. 1331, §44.)...
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11-16-40
Section 11-16-40 Penalties for failure to perform duties required by chapter, etc. Any officer
or person who shall willfully or corruptly fail to perform any duty required of him under
any of the provisions of this chapter; or shall fraudulently alter or change the ballot of
any elector after it has been cast; or shall make any false or fraudulent count of votes;
or shall place in the receptacle for ballots any ballot not actually cast by an elector; or
shall take therefrom any ballot cast by an elector, with the intention of unlawfully changing
or affecting the result of the election; or shall make any false poll list or any false count
of the ballots or any false certificate to a poll list or to the result of the count of the
ballots; or shall wrongfully open the returns from any precinct or ward; or shall change,
secrete, destroy, or mutilate the returns from any precinct or ward or attempt to do so; or
shall prevent or attempt to prevent any such return from being made as required...
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17-6-28
Section 17-6-28 Requirements for write-in votes. (a) Write-in votes shall be permitted only
in non-municipal general elections and shall be counted as provided in this section based
on one of the following: (1) Upon a determination that the number of write-in votes for a
specific office is greater than or equal to the difference in votes between the two candidates
receiving the greatest number of votes for the specific office. (2) Upon a written request
satisfying the requirements in subsection (i). (b) The ballot for a non-municipal general
election must be constructed so that the voter can mark a write-in vote for each office in
the same manner that votes are registered for regular candidates. In order to cast a valid
write-in vote, the voter must (1) write the name on the ballot and (2) register the vote by
a mark in the space designated for that office. A write-in vote that is not registered as
provided above shall not be considered a valid write-in vote and shall not be included...
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17-13-14
Section 17-13-14 Counting of ballots; materials to be sealed; delivery and retention of materials;
posting of certificate of result. (a) No ballot shall be counted until the polls are closed;
and, before counting any ballot or examining the same, the voters' poll list, as provided
in Section 17-9-15, shall be securely sealed in an envelope designated to the appropriate
political party chair and the inspector shall write his or her name across every fold at which
the envelope, if fastened, could be opened. After the counting of the votes is finished and
certificates of the result have been prepared and signed, the inspector shall seal in a separate
voted ballots container all the ballots cast at such election. The following items shall be
placed into a records of election container, which shall then be securely sealed: (1) One
certificate of the results. (2) The spoiled ballot envelope. (3) Clerk's poll list. (4) All
partial ballot pads. (5) Stubs of ballot pads. The inspector shall...
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17-8-5
Section 17-8-5 Political parties furnish lists from which appointments are made. Each political
party or organization having made nominations, by the chair of its state or county executive
committee or nominees for office, may furnish the appointing board a list of names of recommended
poll workers from qualified electors for each voting place not later than 45 days before the
election. From the lists provided, one inspector and at least three clerks shall be appointed
for each voting place from members of opposing political parties, if practicable. If there
are more than two lists filed, the appointments shall be made from the lists presented by
the two political parties having received the highest number of votes in the state in the
next preceding regular election, if each of the parties presents a list. If no lists are furnished,
the appointing board shall appoint an inspector and at least three clerks for each voting
place from the qualified electors of the precinct from members of...
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45-48-111.01
Section 45-48-111.01 Voting by electors; voting machines numbered. No elector shall vote at
any voting place other than the voting place of which he or she is a qualified elector, but
any elector whose name appears on the qualified voter's list at a voting place may vote on
any voting machine maintained at such voting place, upon presentation of the identification
card issued to him or her by an election officer serving at such voting place and upon signing
the poll list maintained at the voting machine at which he or she proposes to vote. The voting
machines at any such voting place shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number 1,
and each machine shall display a card indicating the number of that machine. The numbers on
such cards shall be clearly visible from the registration table. (Acts 1971, No. 1899, p.
3088, § 2.)...
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17-16-47
Section 17-16-47 Statement of grounds of contest. When any elector chooses to contest the election
of any person declared to be elected to the office of senator or representative in the Legislature,
judge of the circuit court or district court, any office which is filled by the vote of a
single county, or constable, he or she must make a statement in writing setting forth specifically:
(1) The name of the party contesting and that he or she was a qualified voter when the election
was held. (2) The office which the election was held to fill and the time of holding the same.
(3) The particular grounds of the contest. This statement must be verified by the affidavit
of such contesting party to the effect that the same is believed to be true. If the reception
of illegal votes is alleged as a cause of contest, it is a sufficient statement of cause to
allege that illegal votes were given to the person whose election is contested, which, if
taken from that person, will reduce the number of...
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