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17-6-24
Section 17-6-24 Printing and design. (a) All ballots shall be in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter and shall contain a party emblem for each political party represented on the
ticket. The arrangement of the ballot shall in general conform substantially to the plan hereinafter
given, and in all cases the party columns must be placed in alphabetical order, beginning
on the left of the ballot. The list of candidates of the several parties shall be printed
in parallel and perpendicular columns, each column to be headed by the chosen device of such
party and the party name or other designation in such order as the Secretary of State may
direct. The number of columns shall exceed by one the number of separate tickets of candidates
to be voted for at the polling place for which the ballot is provided, and in the appropriate
place the words vote for one (or two or other number, as the case may be) to indicate the
number which may be elected to each office. On the right of each...
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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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17-13-8
Section 17-13-8 Ballots, stationery, and supplies; pledge printed on ballot; spoiling of ballot.
Separate official ballots and other election stationery and supplies for each political party
shall be printed and furnished for use at each election district or precinct and shall be
of a different color for each of the political parties participating in such primary election.
All ballots for the same political party shall be alike, except as herein otherwise provided,
printed in plain type and upon paper so thick that the printing cannot be distinguished from
the back. Across the top of the ballot shall be printed the party's emblem, if any, and the
words, "Official Primary Election Ballot." Beneath this heading shall be printed
the year in which the election is held and the words "Democratic Party" or "Republican
Party" or other proper party designation. Each group of candidates to be voted on shall
be preceded by the designation of the office for which the candidates seek nomination,...
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17-10-2
Section 17-10-2 Provisional ballots; certification; tabulation; identification of ballots.
(a) A voter shall be required to cast a provisional ballot when: (1) The name of the individual
does not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the precinct or polling place
in which the individual seeks to vote, and the individual's registration cannot be verified
while at the polling place by the registrar or the judge of probate. (2) An inspector has
knowledge that the individual is not entitled to vote at that precinct and challenges the
individual. (3) The individual is required to comply with the voter identification provisions
of Section 17-10-1 but is unable to do so. If the voter's ballot becomes a provisional ballot
due to lack of identification, the identification, including the address and telephone number
of the voter, must be provided to the board of registrars no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday
following the election. If the voter fails to provide identification to...
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17-6-27
Section 17-6-27 Write-in votes; listing of independent candidates; form of ballots. The elector
may write in the column under the title of the office the name of any person whose name is
not printed upon the ballot for whom the elector may desire to vote. In case of nomination
by independent bodies, the ballot shall be so arranged that at the right of the last column
for party nomination the several tickets of the names of the independent candidates shall
be printed in one or more columns according to the space required, having above each of the
tickets the political or other names selected to designate such independent nominations. The
ballot form shall be designated by rule promulgated by the Secretary of State under the Administrative
Procedure Act. (Code 1907, §380; Code 1923, §470; Code 1940, T. 17, §155; §17-8-5; amended
and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §31.)...
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17-6-23
Section 17-6-23 Uniform ballots at each polling place; electors for President and Vice President.
There shall be provided at each polling place at each election at which public officers are
voted for, but one form of ballot for all the candidates for public office, and every ballot
shall contain the names of all candidates whose nominations for any office specified on the
ballot have been duly made and not withdrawn, as provided in this chapter, together with the
title of the office, arranged in tickets under the titles of the respective political parties
or independent bodies as certified in the certificates of nomination. When electors for the
President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected, the names of the candidates
for President and Vice President shall be listed on the ballot, but not the names of the electors.
(Code 1907, §378; Code 1923, §468; Code 1940, T. 17, §153; §17-8-3; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §29.)...
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17-9-3
Section 17-9-3 Persons entitled to have names printed on ballots; failure of Secretary of State
to certify nominations. (a) The following persons shall be entitled to have their names printed
on the appropriate ballot for the general election, provided they are otherwise qualified
for the office they seek: (1) All candidates who have been put in nomination by primary election
and certified in writing by the chair and secretary of the canvassing board of the party holding
the primary and filed with the judge of probate of the county, in the case of a candidate
for county office, and the Secretary of State in all other cases, on the day next following
the last day for contesting the primary election for that office if no contest is filed. If
a contest is filed, then the certificate for the contested office must be filed on the day
next following the date of settlement or decision of the contest. (2) All candidates who have
been put in nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting,...
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17-6-39
Section 17-6-39 Procedure when straight party ticket does not contain names of all candidates.
If the ballot marked for a straight party ticket does not contain the names of candidates
for all offices for which the elector may vote, the elector may vote for candidates for such
offices so omitted by marking the names of candidates for such offices on other tickets, or
by writing the names, if they are not printed, upon the ballot in the blank column under the
title of the office. (Code 1907, §385; Code 1923, §475; Code 1940, T. 17, §161; §17-8-19;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)...
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17-6-26
Section 17-6-26 Order of arrangement; content requirements; secrecy envelopes or folders. (a)
Ballots, so far as practicable, shall be in the same order of arrangement as required by Section
17-6-24, except that they shall be of the size and design required by the precinct ballot
counters and may be printed upon one or more separate pages or cards. Ballots for precinct
ballot counters shall be manufactured with one detachable stub and numbered sequentially within
each county with the sequence number printed on the stub but not on the ballot itself. There
shall be printed on each absentee ballot and ballot for precinct ballot counters the ballot
style number. This ballot style number shall represent the political race makeup of the ballot.
(b) In primary elections, constitutional amendments may be printed on party ballots, provided
that sufficient ballots containing only the constitutional amendments are available for those
voters who do not wish to sign the pledge for a party ballot....
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11-46-25
Section 11-46-25 Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. (a) In all municipal
elections on any subject which may be submitted by law to a vote of the people of the municipality
and for any municipal officers, if paper ballots are used, the voting shall be by official
ballot printed and distributed as provided in subsections (c) and (d), and no ballot shall
be received or counted in any election unless it is provided as prescribed by law. (b) There
shall be but one form of ballot for all the candidates for municipal office and every ballot
provided for use at any polling place in a municipal election shall contain the names of all
candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),
together with the title of the office for which they are candidates. (c) All ballots shall
be printed in black ink on clear book paper. At the bottom of each ballot and at a point an
equal distance from the sides thereof there shall be printed a...
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