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11-42-207
Section 11-42-207 Question submitted; conduct of election generally; form, marking,
etc., of ballots; appointment, etc., of clerks, inspectors, and returning officer; ascertainment,
etc., of election results; entry of order as to adoption of proposed corporate limits, etc.
(a) The election shall be to determine whether or not the proposed corporate limits shall
be established, and such election must be conducted in all respects as provided by the general
election laws and under the same sanctions and penalties, except as changed by the provisions
of this article and except that no official ballot need be provided. (b) Each voter may furnish
his own ballot with the following words written or printed thereon: "For adoption of
the proposed corporate limits," if he desires to vote in favor of proposed corporate
limits or "Against the adoption of proposed corporate limits," if he desires to
vote against the adoption of proposed corporate limits. It shall not be necessary for the
ballot to...
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17-11-47
Section 17-11-47 Instructions. The committee and the Secretary of State may draft instructions
to be included when an absentee ballot is sent to an overseas voter, including, but not limited
to, the following instructions: "(1) To ensure that your absentee ballot is counted,
it should be completed and returned to the absentee election manager of the county of registration
as soon as possible, and not later than 12:00 noon on the day of the election. "(2) The
ballot should be marked in secret. "(3) Only the number of candidates or issue choices
indicated on the ballot should be marked. If the ballot instructs a voter to "vote for
one" candidate, and you vote for more than one candidate, your vote in that race will
not be counted. "(4) For your ballot to be counted, you must also complete an overseas
voter certificate, which includes your signature. Failure to include your signature will result
in your ballot not being counted. "(5) An overseas voted absentee ballot may be returned
to...
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17-6-4
Section 17-6-4 Designating and equipping voting places; county voting centers. (a) Except
as may be provided further by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes,
the county governing bodies shall designate the places of holding elections in the precincts
established hereunder, and, whenever the county has alphabetically divided the list of registered
qualified voters of a precinct into groups, it shall designate not only the voting place but
also the number of electronic voting machines at each voting place in the precinct, being
sure that it designates an electronic voting machine for each group of qualified voters. The
county governing body is specifically authorized to provide for installing as many electronic
voting machines as are needed in each precinct, and the electronic voting machines may be
installed at one designated voting place or there may be more than one voting place designated
and such number of electronic voting machines installed at each place...
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11-46-48
Section 11-46-48 Provision of election materials and supplies; preparation of lighting
facilities; posting and placement of diagrams and models. The municipal clerk shall furnish
and deliver with each voting machine: Lighting facilities which shall give sufficient light
to enable voters while in the voting machine booth to read the ballot labels and suitable
for the use of election officers in examining the counters; a model and two diagrams or sample
ballots of suitable size, representing such part of the face of such voting machine as will
be in use in the election, and accompanied by directions for voting on the machine; a seal
or seals for sealing the machine after the polls are closed; an envelope for the return of
the keys, if the construction of the voting machine shall permit their separate return; and
such other election materials and supplies as may be necessary. The lighting facilities above
mentioned shall be prepared and in good order for use before the opening of the...
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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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11-46-32
Section 11-46-32 Election supplies. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of
the municipality shall at the expense of the municipality procure and superintend and insure
the delivery to the election officers at each polling place within the corporate limits of
the municipality of the necessary election supplies and shall also procure and deliver or
cause to be delivered to the municipal clerk a sufficient number of the absentee ballots and
the envelopes therefor prescribed by general laws and other supplies needed for the handling
of absentee ballots in such election in the manner prescribed by general law. In the event
the municipal clerk is a candidate in the election, he or she shall immediately upon receipt
of the absentee ballots and other supplies deliver the same to the person appointed pursuant
to Section 11-46-55 to act in his or her stead. (b) When paper ballots are used, such
supplies shall consist of: At least 100 ballots for each 50 registered electors at each...
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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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45-31-110.05
Section 45-31-110.05 Inspector, chief clerk, and assistant clerks; duties. (a) For each
voting center where only one voting machine is to be used, the election officials shall consist
of an inspector, a chief clerk, and two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more
than one voting machine is to be used there shall be appointed one chief inspector who shall
supervise the conduct of the other officials and the operation of the voting center, one inspector
and one chief clerk, and for each voting machine to be used at such center there shall be
appointed two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than four voting machines
are to be used there may be appointed two additional assistant clerks for each group of four
voting machines or fraction thereof. (b) The election officers provided for herein shall be
appointed by the same officers that appoint other election officers as provided for in Section
17-13-48. They shall perform all duties imposed on election officers...
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11-46-33
Section 11-46-33 Duties of clerk as to voting machines. (a) Whenever voting machines
are to be used in any municipal election the municipal clerk shall: (1) Cause the proper ballot
labels to be placed on the voting machines; (2) Cause the machines to be placed in proper
working order for voting; (3) Examine all voting machines in the presence of authorized watchers
for any interested persons before they are sent out to the polling places; (4) See that all
the registering counters are set at zero; (5) Lock, in the presence of authorized watchers,
all voting machines so that the counting machinery cannot be operated; and (6) Seal each one
with a numbered seal, a list of which numbered seals and the number on the protective counters,
together with the number of the voting place to which it was sent shall be kept as a permanent
record in such clerk's office, open to any citizen. (b) The inspection and sealing of voting
machines shall begin not later than 9:00 A.M., of the Monday before any...
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45-19-110.06
Section 45-19-110.06 Restoration of names to list of qualified electors. Any qualified
elector of the county who shall have his or her name omitted or removed from the list of qualified
electors in the county by failure to appear and reidentify himself or herself as herein provided
shall be entitled to have his or her name restored to the list of qualified electors by appearing
in person at the office of the board of registrars, or at the office of the judge of probate,
and answering such questions and submitting such proof, under oath, as the board may require
to establish the voter's identity, place of legal residence, and the fact that the voter has
not become disqualified from voting in the county. Provided, however, every qualified elector
shall have reidentified himself or herself at least 10 days prior to the election at which
he or she offers to vote; provided further, however, that this part shall not be construed
or applied to impair or deny the right to vote in person or by...
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