20A-3-306 - Voting ballot -- Returning ballot. - Utah Statutes

20A-3-306. Voting ballot -- Returning ballot.
(1) (a) To vote a mail-in absentee ballot, the absentee voter shall:
(i) complete and sign the affidavit on the envelope;
(ii) mark his votes on the absentee ballot;
(iii) place the voted absentee ballot in the envelope;
(iv) securely seal the envelope; and
(v) attach postage and deposit the envelope in the mail or deliver it in person to the electionofficer from whom the ballot was obtained.
(b) To vote an absentee ballot in person at the office of the election officer, the absent votershall:
(i) complete and sign the affidavit on the envelope;
(ii) mark his votes on the absent-voter ballot;
(iii) place the voted absent-voter ballot in the envelope;
(iv) securely seal the envelope; and
(v) give the ballot and envelope to the election officer.
(2) An absentee ballot is not valid unless:
(a) in the case of an absentee ballot that is voted in person, it is applied for and cast in person atthe office of the appropriate election officer no later than the Friday before election day; or
(b) in the case of an absentee ballot that is returned by mail or transmitted electronically underSection 20A-3-408.5, it is:
(i) clearly postmarked or electronically transmitted before election day; and
(ii) received in the office of the election officer before noon on the day of the official canvassfollowing the election.

Amended by Chapter 191, 2009 General Session