20A-1-606 - Wagering on elections forbidden. - Utah Statutes

20A-1-606. Wagering on elections forbidden.
(1) (a) A candidate may not, before or during any primary or election campaign:
(i) make any bet or wager anything of pecuniary value on the result of the primary orelection, or on any event or contingency relating to any pending primary or election;
(ii) become a party to any bet or wager on the result of a primary or election or on anyevent or contingency relating to any pending primary or election; and
(iii) provide money or any other valuable thing to be used by any other person in bettingor wagering upon the results of any impending primary or election.
(b) In addition to the penalties established in Section 20A-1-609, a person who commitsan offense under Subsection (1) is guilty of a third degree felony.
(2) (a) A person who is not a candidate may not make any bet or wager anything ofpecuniary value on the result of any primary or election, or on any event or contingency relatingto any primary or election.
(b) In addition to the penalties established in Section 20A-1-609, a person who commitsan offense under Subsection (2)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(3) (a) A person may not directly or indirectly make a bet or wager with any voter that isdependent upon the outcome of any primary or election with the intent to subject that voter to thepossibility of challenge at a primary or election or to prevent the voter from voting at a primaryor election.
(b) In addition to the penalties established in Section 20A-1-609, a person who commitsan offense under Subsection (3)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Amended by Chapter 276, 2008 General Session