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17-11-9
Section 17-11-9 Materials furnished with ballot; delivery of ballot to absentee election manager.
Each prospective absentee voter who meets the requirements of this chapter shall be furnished
with the absentee ballot herein provided for, together with two envelopes for returning his
or her marked ballot and instructions for completing and returning the absentee ballot as
well as instructions for correcting mistakes in completing ballots or obtaining a replacement
ballot. One envelope shall be a plain envelope in which the ballot shall be sealed by the
voter after he or she has marked it. The second envelope shall have the voter's affidavit
printed on the back and shall be large enough to seal the plain ballot envelope inside. The
second envelope shall also be a return mail envelope. Such return mail envelope shall be addressed
on the front to the absentee election manager and shall be endorsed on the left-hand upper
corner thereof as follows: "Absent Voter's Ballot. State, County,...
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17-13-8.1
Section 17-13-8.1 Instant runoff primary elections in certain situations. (a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 17-6-23 and Section 17-13-18, in a primary election or second primary
election, this section shall apply only to voters who are voting by absentee ballot pursuant
to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act in any county or portion thereof
in which the nomination for a federal office other than the office of President which is contested
by three or more candidates. (b) The judge of probate shall prepare each of the following:
(1) A special federal ballot to be used in a federal instant runoff primary election. The
special federal ballot shall contain a list of all federal offices, other than the office
of President, contested by three or more candidates and the candidates qualifying for the
election for each office. (2) A special state ballot for the primary election shall contain
the office of President in presidential election years, any federal...
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17-16-32
Section 17-16-32 Procedure for counting of ballots and returning results of election; posting
of certificate of results at polling place. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION
17-13-14 BY ACT 2006-570. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §28.)...
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17-11-6
Section 17-11-6 Form of absentee ballots. The official ballots for any election to which this
chapter pertains shall be in the same form as the official regular ballots for the election,
except that they shall have printed thereon the words, "Official Absentee Ballot."
(Acts 1975, No. 1147, p. 2251, §4; Acts 1980, No. 80-732, p. 1478, §3; §17-10-6; amended
and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §52.)...
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17-12-13
Section 17-12-13 Procedure; improperly marked ballots. Except where precinct ballot counters
are used in counting the ballots, the inspector must take the ballots, one by one, from the
box in which they have been deposited, at the same time reading aloud the names of the persons
voted for and the office for which such persons are voted for; the inspector must separately
keep a calculation of the number of votes each person receives and for what office he or she
receives them; if the elector has marked more names than there are persons to be elected to
an office, or if for any reason it is impossible to determine the elector's choice for any
office to be filled, the ballot shall not be counted for such office, but this shall not vitiate
the ballot so far as properly marked, nor shall any ballot be rejected for any technical error
which does not make it impossible to determine the elector's choice, and nothing in the election
law shall be construed so as to prevent any elector from...
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17-11-42
Section 17-11-42 Rules; requirements; minimum criteria. (a) If the committee determines a secure
electronic means may be established for conducting overseas absentee voting, the Secretary
of State shall promulgate rules proposed by the committee to provide that option to eligible
overseas voters. The Secretary of State may veto any rule proposed by the committee, may resubmit
any vetoed proposed rule to the committee, and may provide an alternative rule for consideration
by the committee. In the event that the Secretary of State and the committee are unable to
jointly recommend a rule, or are unable to agree on a rule, the Secretary of State shall submit
both the proposed rule of the committee and the proposed rule of the Secretary of State to
the Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review for comment. The Joint Committee on
Administrative Regulation Review, after review, shall return the proposed rules, with comments,
to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall...
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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply
for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier, as determined
by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9, in any primary,
general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in writing therefor
not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires to vote and meets
one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be out of the county
or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day. (2) The person
has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance at the polls, whether
he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election. (3) The person expects
to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open
at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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17-7-25
Section 17-7-25 Implementation of article. (a) It shall be the duty of the committee to recommend
procedures to be implemented by the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedure
Act where appropriate to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness and impartiality
of voting, counting, tabulating, and recording votes, by electronic vote counting systems
provided by this article. (b) To the extent practicable, statutes and procedures implemented
by the Secretary of State pursuant to this chapter shall apply in all municipal elections
that are conducted using automatic tabulating equipment or an electronic official vote counting
system. The duties assigned in the rules and statutes to a state or county election official
shall be performed by the corresponding municipal official. Where there is no corresponding
municipal official, the duties shall be performed by the municipal clerk or other election
official appointed by the municipal governing body where the clerk is...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal governing
body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any municipal
election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting districts
officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning officer
for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place and, where
voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant clerk
for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are established,
then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of election officials.
In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must reside within the
municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality. An election official
appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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