17-10-3
Section 17-10-3 Voting in precinct, etc., where elector's name does not appear on official
list. It shall be unlawful for any elector to cast his or her ballot during any general election,
primary election, municipal election or special election in any precinct, any district, any
ward, or any other subdivision where his or her name does not duly appear upon the official
list of the precinct, district, ward, or subdivision. All ballots cast in any election contrary
to this section are hereby declared illegal and, upon a contest duly instituted, the ballots
shall be excluded in determining the final result of any election; provided, that nothing
in this section shall prevent any qualified elector residing in the precinct, ward, or voting
district from voting after presenting a proper certificate from the board of registrars, or
from voting a provisional ballot or a provisional ballot in municipal elections when his or
her name does not duly appear upon the official list of the precinct,...
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11-42-46
Section 11-42-46 Appointment of inspectors and returning officers; duty of inspectors generally.
The probate judge shall appoint three inspectors of election and one returning officer for
each voting place. The inspectors shall manage the election at the respective voting places
at which they are appointed inspectors. (Code 1907, §1081; Code 1923, §1775; Code 1940,
T. 37, §144.)...
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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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17-16-45
Section 17-16-45 Examination of ballots, voting equipment, etc. In all election contests other
than political party primaries or runoffs, any person or candidate involved in the contest
is entitled to make an examination of the ballots cast, given, or rejected in the election,
to make an examination of the voting equipment used in the election, and to make an examination
of voting machine computations or printouts. (Acts 1989, No. 89-877, p. 1757, §1; §17-8-45;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)...
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17-8-10
Section 17-8-10 Returning officer. The sheriff of each county or the person discharging the
duties of such office is the returning officer for the county. The inspector for each voting
place is charged with the duty of returning the ballots and sealed election materials from
the voting place to the county returning officer. (Code 1876, §260; Code 1886, §353; Code
1896, §1589; Code 1907, §356; Code 1923, §446; Code 1940, T. 17, §129; §17-6-11; amended
and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §41.)...
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11-46-50
Section 11-46-50 Identification of voters where voting machines used; voting procedure; assistance
of voters; provisional ballot. (a) The election officials, where voting machines are used,
shall ascertain whether each applicant to vote is entitled to vote, and each applicant found
to be entitled to vote shall be permitted to vote in the manner provided in this article.
Each applicant to vote shall identify himself or herself to the chief clerk, who shall examine
the list of qualified electors furnished by the municipal clerk and, if such voter's name
appears on such list, the chief clerk shall mark the applicant's name off the list. The applicant,
unless unable to write his or her own name because of physical handicap or illiteracy, shall
then sign his or her name on the poll list on the line numbered to indicate the order in which
the voters cast their ballots, and the clerk shall record the voter's name on a second poll
list on the line numbered to indicate the order in which the...
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17-6-5
Section 17-6-5 List of voters for each voting place. The judge of probate shall prepare a separate,
correct alphabetical list of all the names of qualified electors or voters for each voting
place from the state voter registration list, pursuant to Sections 17-4-1 and 17-4-2, for
all elections hereafter held in this state, whether primary, general, or special, or federal,
state, district, or county, and, except for municipal elections, shall certify separately
for each voting place, to the election officials appointed for holding the election, which
election official shall be an elector qualified to vote only in the box at the place for which
he or she is chosen to serve, a list containing only the names of the voters or qualified
electors entitled to vote at the voting place. Nothing in this section shall prevent a series
of lists of names of voters or electors of other voting places from being certified by the
judge of probate on the same general list for information. A vote cast at...
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11-16-11
Section 11-16-11 Inspectors, clerks, and returning officers - Appointment. Between 10 and 30
days prior to the day appointed for such election the said board of commissioners shall appoint
three inspectors, two clerks, and one returning officer to hold and conduct said election
for each of the voting places in the county. One of said inspectors and one of said clerks
for each voting place shall be appointed as recommended for that purpose by qualified electors
favoring such removal and one of said inspectors and one of said clerks for each voting place
shall be appointed as recommended for that purpose by qualified electors opposing removal
and the third inspector and returning officers for each voting place shall be selected by
the board of commissioners. If there shall be a bona fide organization of electors favoring
such removal or such organization opposing such removal, one or both, the chairman or head
of such organization shall have the superior right to thus recommend persons...
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17-12-2
Section 17-12-2 Statements of results. The authority charged with the holding of an election
or primary election shall cause to be prepared a statement of results on a form to be designated
by the Secretary of State. The statement of results shall conform with the type of electronic
voting machine to be used, and the designating number and letter, if the construction of the
electronic voting machine is such as to require a designating number and letter, of each candidate
(or proposition) shall be printed next to the candidate's name on the statement of results.
The statements of results shall be preserved by the judge of probate for use in the event
of contests. (Acts 1939, No. 292, p. 443; Code 1940, T. 17, §113; §17-9-34; amended and
renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §54.)...
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11-43-63
Section 11-43-63 Division of municipality into single-member districts. Any city or town council
of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to
state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal election, by
ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality
into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven districts (wards).
Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality
may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered only after two weeks
public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration.
The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where
the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the boundaries of said district
(ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to...
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