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11-16-21
Section 11-16-21 Provision of certified lists of registered voters for inspectors; qualifications
for voting. The judge of probate must furnish to the board of commissioners provided for in
this chapter a duly certified list of the registered voters in each precinct or ward in the
county on request of said commissioners or either of them and the payment of one cent for
each name contained in such list, to be paid out of the county treasury on order of the commissioners.
The commissioners aforesaid shall cause said lists to be placed in the hands of the inspectors
of the respective precincts or wards or other voting places prior to the day of said election,
and no person shall be entitled to vote in said election whose name does not appear as that
of a duly registered elector on said list, unless he shall produce to the inspectors a certificate
of registration showing his right to vote therein. (Code 1907, §193; Code 1923, §285; Code
1940, T. 12, §248.)...
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17-8-1
Section 17-8-1 Appointment of election officials; duties. (a) The appointing board, or a majority
of them acting as an appointing board, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the holding
of any election in their county, shall appoint from the qualified electors of the respective
precinct, necessary precinct election officials, which shall include at least one inspector,
to act at each voting place in each precinct. The appointing board may appoint the number
of precinct election officials necessary for each precinct, provided that, absent consent
of the county commission, the total number of precinct election officials appointed in a county
shall not exceed the total number of precinct election officials who were paid by the county
for the general election held November 2004. In the event that the number of precincts or
voting places utilized in an election within a county is increased or decreased, the total
number of officials who may be appointed without consent of the...
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17-12-12
Section 17-12-12 Returns of election - Sealing, delivery, and disposition of records. After
completing and signing the certificate of result, the election officials shall seal the ballots,
certificates, and other records as follows: (1) Where precinct ballot counters are used: a.
The list of registered voters shall be delivered to the judge of probate for transmittal to
the board of registrars for use by the board of registrars in updating their records. b. The
ballot accounting certificate and the first copy of the certificates of result shall be placed
in an envelope addressed to the judge of probate who shall keep them for public inspection
or election contest, or both. c. All voted ballots shall be placed in a voted ballot box and
sealed. All spoiled ballots, unused ballots, and ballot stubs, one copy of the certificate
of results, and the clerk's poll list (already sealed in a separate envelope) shall be placed
in the records of election container which shall be sealed and signed...
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17-4-2
Section 17-4-2 State voter registration lists. The board of registrars, when registration is
closed before a primary, general, or special election, shall certify to the Secretary of State
any additions, deletions, corrections, or changes to the state voter registration list. Except
as provided in Section 17-4-2.1, after registration has closed and within the 10-day period
before an election, the judge of probate and municipal election officials shall prepare and
print a report from the state voter registration list of the correct alphabetical lists of
the qualified electors registered by precincts, districts, or subdivisions of a precinct where
the precinct has been divided or subdivided, if not within a city or incorporated town, and
by wards and other subdivisions, if within a city or incorporated town, and no others. An
electronic archive in the database for the state voter registration list shall be recorded
simultaneously with the printing of each county's list of qualified...
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17-1-2
Section 17-1-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following terms shall have
the definitions ascribed to them: (1) APPOINTING BOARD. In all elections the appointing board
consists of the judge of probate, circuit clerk, and sheriff of the county. (2) BALLOT. The
term includes paper ballots and electronic ballots. (3) BALLOT CONFIGURATION. The particular
combination and arrangement of offices, candidates, and questions for a precinct or subdivision
thereof. (4) BEAT. Has the same meaning as precinct. (5) BOX. The voting place in a precinct
or subdivision of a precinct for voting purposes. (6) CANVASSING BOARD. In all elections except
primary elections, the canvassing board consists of the judge of probate, circuit clerk, and
sheriff of the county. In primary elections, the county executive committee of the party is
the canvassing board for the primary of the party. (7) CENSUS BUREAU. The Bureau of the Census
of the United States Department of Commerce, or any successor...
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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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11-46-52
Section 11-46-52 Closing of polls; locking of machines; announcement of results; statements
of canvass; proclamation; disposition of voting materials. (a) When the time arrives for closing
the polls, all qualified voters who are then waiting within the voting room to vote shall
be permitted by the election officers to do so. As soon as the last voter has voted and the
poll closed, the election officials shall immediately lock the machines against voting. (b)
The election officials shall then sign a certificate stating that the machine was locked and
sealed, giving the exact time. Such certificate shall also state the number of voters shown
on the public counters, which shall be the total number of votes cast on such machine in that
ward, the number on the seal, and the number registered on the protective counter. (c) The
election officials shall then open the counting compartment in the presence of the watchers
and of at least one representative of any newspaper or press association...
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11-46-28
Section 11-46-28 Polling place hours; duties of election officers; challenger; deletion of
absentee voter applicants from voter list; preservation of order. (a) Every polling place
shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M. and shall remain open for
voting for not less than 12 consecutive hours. All polling places in areas operating on eastern
time may open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time. The election officers
at voting places shall meet at the respective places of holding elections for which they have
been appointed 30 minutes before the hour established by the municipal governing body to open
the polls and shall at the designated hour open the several polling places as designated and
keep them open without adjournment or recess until the hour established by the municipal governing
body to close the polls and no longer. (b) Any qualified elector entitled to vote at a polling
place who has identified himself or herself with the election...
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45-37-110
Section 45-37-110 Chairs; clerks; deputies; meetings of board. (a) This section shall apply
to counties of this state having a population of 500,000 or more according to the last or
any subsequent federal census and to no other county. (b) As herein used, these words and
terms have the meanings hereby given them: (1) CHAIR. The chair of the board of registrars.
(2) COUNTY. Any county to which this section applies. (c) In every county wherein this section
applies the governing body of the county shall appoint the chair of the board of registrars
and such governing body may remove the chair; provided, however, that the appointment and
removal of the chair shall be subject to the merit system of the county; and the chair shall
otherwise be subject to and entitled to the benefits of the law establishing such merit system.
The chair shall serve full time, and he, or she, shall receive compensation from the general
funds of the county in an amount to be determined by the county governing...
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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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