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1. The tenth Tuesday before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November. If the political subdivision holds a primary or first election and a
general or runoff election is either required or optional for that political
subdivision, the first election shall be held on this date, without regard to
whether the political subdivision designates the election a primary election, a
first election, a preliminary election or any other descriptive term.
2. The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. If the political
subdivision holds a general election or a runoff election, the second election
held shall be held on this date. If the political subdivision holds only a single
election and no preliminary or primary or other election is ever held for the
purpose of reducing the number of candidates, or receiving a partisan
nomination or designation or for any other purpose for that political subdivision,
the single election shall be held on this date.
F. Beginning with elections held in 2014 and later that are not candidate
elections, an election held for or on behalf of any political subdivision of this
state, and including a special election to fill a vacancy or a recall election, may
only be held on the following dates:
1. The second Tuesday in March.
2. The third Tuesday in May.
3. The tenth Tuesday before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November.
4. The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Notwithstanding any
other law, an election must be held on this date for the approval of an obligation
or other authorization requiring or authorizing the assessment of secondary
property taxes by a county, city, town, school district, community college district
or special taxing district, except as provided by title 48.
G. Notwithstanding any other law, for an election administered by a county
recorder or other officer in charge of elections on behalf of a city, town or school
district and that is an all mail ballot election for that city, town or school district,
the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections may use a unified
ballot format that combines all of the issues applicable to the voters in the city,
town or school district requesting the all mail ballot election.
H. For the purposes of this section, "political subdivision" means any
governmental entity operating under the authority of this state and governed by
an elected body, including a city, town, county, school district, community
college district or any other district organized under state law but not including
a special taxing district.
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Definitions
Driver license voter registration
Qualifications for Voting
Eligibility to vote
Qualified elector; definition
Requirements for proper registration
Registration and records prerequisite to voting
Public officer residing in county of post of duty
Change of residence to different county during twenty-nine day period
preceding election
Authority to vote in presidential election after moving from state
Registration Officers and Procedures
Registration of electors; deputy registrars
Return of registrations made outside office of county recorder; incomplete
or illegible forms
Change of residence from one address to another
Change of political party
Change of name
Registration expenses as county charge
Voter registration assistance agencies; definitions
Armed forces recruiting offices; voter registration assistance
Secretary of state; national voter registration act; uniformed and overseas
citizens; voter fraud hotline
Forms
Forms for registration supplied by county recorder and secretary of state
Registration form
Voter registration; confidentiality; definitions
Registration Rolls
Official record of registration
Retention of registration forms and record of cancellation
Assignment of registrations to general county register; exception;
notification to elector; electronic storage of registration forms
Change of registration on new registration form effecting change of
precinct, party, address or name
Causes for cancellation
Verification of registration
Precinct registers; date of preparation; contents; copies; reports;
statewide database; violation; classification
Disposition and use of precinct registers; signature roster; form
Transmittal of signature roster to county recorder; comparison of names
by recorder
Preservation of signature rosters as permanent records
Use of county registration rolls by political subdivisions
County recorder to file data processing system or program
Penal Provisions
Return of registration; violation; classification
False registration; classification; cancellation of registration
Violations; classification
Additional violations; classification
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
Applicability
Applicability
Use of state, special district resources to influence elections; prohibition;
civil penalties; definitions
ELECTION DATES
Primary Election
Primary elections
Notice of offices for which candidates are to be nominated at primary
Primary election for nomination of candidates in municipalities
Declaration of statewide concern; consolidated election dates; definition
Election dates; notice; administration
Election day
General Election
General election
Election of presidential electors
Election of United States senator
Issuance of proclamation for general election by governor; publication by
boards of supervisors
Other Elections; Special Provisions Relating to Election of Certain
Officers
Special election to fill vacancy in Congress
Vacancy in the office of United States senator or representative
Issuance of proclamation for special election by governor; publication by
boards of supervisors
Proclamation by governor; time for electing delegates to convention for
ratification of amendment to the Constitution of the United States
Special district election dates
Nonpartisan elections; time of calling; definition
Publication of call of election for nonpartisan elections
Notice of election for nonpartisan elections
Affidavit of compliance
Vacancy in certain state or county offices; election
Presidential Preference Election
Presidential preference election; conduct of election
Qualifications for ballot; nomination paper
National convention delegates; vote for candidates
Representation on ballot
Form and content of ballot
Early balloting; satellite locations; additional procedures
Write-in candidates prohibited
Designation of polling places
Certification of election to parties; automatic recount inapplicable;
tabulation
Expenses of election
NOMINATING PROCEDURES
Party Nomination Requirements
Nomination of candidates for printing on official ballot of general or
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special election
Failure to nominate candidate in primary election
Filing and Forms
Nomination papers; filing; definitions
Filing of nomination papers for write-in candidates
Filing of nomination paper and petitions for special primary election
Filing and form of nomination petitions; definition
Form of petitions; registration of circulators
Secure online signature collection; candidate petitions; five dollar
contributions; statewide and legislative candidates
Signature Requirements
Signing and certification of nomination petition
Number of signatures required on nomination petitions
Judicial Offices
Election of superior court judges by declared divisions of court
Election of justices of supreme court or judges of court of appeals by
declared terms
Preparation and filing of nominating petition for certain judicial offices
Nomination Other Than by Primary
Nomination petition; method and time of filing; form; qualifications and
number of petitioners required
Special election nominations by delegate convention
Filling vacancy caused by death or incapacity or withdrawal of candidate
Office of presidential elector; appointment by state committee chairman
Challenge of Nomination Petitions
Limitations on appeals of validity of nomination petitions; disqualification
of candidate
Nomination challenges; expenses
CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
General Provisions
Definition of mark
Applicability of general election law to primary elections
Absence from employment for purpose of voting; application therefor;
violation; classification
City or town primaries; duties of officers
Preparation of polling place; voting booths; ballot boxes for paper ballots
Preparation for elections
Public display of voting equipment
Election officers; qualifications; certificates; certification programs; plan;
exemption; election training fund
Election officer education, training and certification advisory committee
Elections training classes; statement; water; registration form
Cost of special district elections; bond
Certain cities, towns and school districts; mail ballot elections; report
Cancellation of certain elections; appointment to office; filling vacancies
Election Precincts and Polling Places
Designation of election precincts and polling places; voting centers;
electioneering; wait times
Effective date of new precincts
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Termination statement
Reporting of contributions by committees acting on ballot measures; civil
penalty; definition
Reporting independent expenditures of corporations, limited liability
companies and labor organizations; statement; disclaimer and disclosure;
civil action; civil penalty; violation; classification; definitions
Contents of campaign finance reports
Disposal of surplus monies; transfer of debt
Filing statements of contributions and expenditures; public inspection
Electronic filing; statements of contributions and expenditures
Independent expenditures; in-kind contribution; civil penalty
Campaign finance reports; notice; civil penalty; prohibition on candidacy
Prohibition of contributions by corporations, limited liability companies or
labor organizations; exemption; classification; definitions
Permitted expenditures by corporations and labor organizations; federal
law; definitions
Unlawful contributions by corporations and labor organizations from a
fund; procedures; definitions
Religious assembly or institution not required to register
Volunteering services for expected compensation; classification
Civil penalties; attorney general; county, city or town attorney
Deceptive mailings; civil penalty
Citizens Clean Elections Act
Findings and declarations
Limits on spending and contributions for political campaigns
Civil penalties and forfeiture of office
Criminal violations and penalties
Limits on early contributions
Qualifying contributions
Certification as a participating candidate
Controls on participating candidates' campaign accounts
Controls on spending from citizens clean elections fund
Qualification for clean elections funding
Clean elections funding
One-party-dominant legislative district
Return of monies to the citizens clean elections fund
Disposition of excess monies
Citizens clean election commission; structure
Voter education and enforcement duties
Enforcement procedure
Manner of filing reports
Inflationary and other adjustments of dollar values
Severability
Definitions
PENAL PROVISIONS
General Provisions
Applicability of penal provisions
Counterfeiting or distributing unlawful ballots; classification
False endorsement, knowing destruction or delay in delivery of ballot;
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classification
Interference with or corruption of election officer; interference with voting
equipment; classification
Ballot abuse; violation; classification
Changing vote of elector by corrupt means or inducement; classification
Election officer ascertaining or disclosing elector's vote; classification
Election officer changing vote of elector by menace or reward;
classification
Failure or refusal to perform duty by election officer; classification
Refusal by election officer to perform duty; violation of election law;
classification
Counterfeiting election returns; classification
Intimidation of elector by employer; classification
Coercion or intimidation of elector; classification
Corruption of electors; classification
Election wagers; classification
Illegal voting; pollution of ballot box; removal or destruction of ballot box,
poll lists or ballots; classification
Unlawful acts by voters with respect to voting; classification
Additional unlawful acts by persons with respect to voting; classification
Political signs; printed materials; tampering; classification
Signing of petitions; violation; classification
Enforcement by attorney general and county, city or town attorney
ESTABLISHMENT OF LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS
In General
Legislative and congressional redistricting; census enumeration