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State poll opening and closing times
Early voting
Absentee/mail-in voting
All-mail voting
Voter ID laws
Recount laws
Ballot access for major and minor party candidates

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The policies governing voter participation are enacted and enforced primarily at the state level. These policies, which include voter identification requirements, early on voting provisions, online voter registration systems, and more than, dictate the atmospheric condition nether which American citizens cast their ballots in their respective states.

This article includes the post-obit data about voting policies in Utah:

  • Voter registration details, including deadlines and eligibility requirements.
  • In-person voting details, including identification requirements, poll times, and early voting provisions.
  • Absentee/mail-in voting deadlines and rules.
  • Details about convicted felons' voting rights.
  • Contact information ballot agencies.
  • Summaries of noteworthy policy-related events.

See Election assistants in Utah for more boosted data about election assistants in the state, including voter listing maintenance policies, conditional ballot rules, and post-election auditing practices.

Voter registration

The table below displays voter registration data specific to Utah'due south 2022 primary ballot.

Voter registration in Utah
Registration URL Link
Registration status URL Link
Registration update URL Link
In-person registration borderline June 28, 2022
Mail registration deadline June 17, 2022
Post postmark or receipt borderline Received
Online registration deadline June 17, 2022
Same-day registration Yeah
Early voting same-day registration Yep

Eligibility and registration details

To register to vote in Utah, an applicant must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of Utah for at least xxx days prior to the election, and at to the lowest degree 18 years old by the side by side general election. Xvi- and 17-year-olds may preregister to vote, and 17-year-olds may vote in master elections when they will turn 18 by the full general election.[1] [two] Registration tin can be completed online or past mailing in a course.[three] The deadline to register is eleven days before the election.[4] [i] [5]

In-person voting

The table beneath displays in-person voting data specific to Utah'due south 2022 primary ballot.

In-person voting in Utah
All voters required to prove ID Yes
ID types

Hover or tap here to see valid forms of voter ID One primary grade of ID that is valid (not expired), has your name, and has your photo. These types of IDs include: Utah driver license; ID menu issued by the state of Utah or the US Regime; Utah concealed carry permit; United states passport; Tribal ID bill of fare (does not crave a photograph). OR, TWO forms of ID that, when combined, prove your name and electric current residence. These types of IDs may include: Utility nib dated within 90 days of the election; Bank or other financial account argument; Certified birth certificate; Valid Social Security card; Bank check issued by the state or federal government; Currently valid Utah hunting or fishing license; Currently valid US military ID card; Certified naturalization documents (NOT a light-green carte); Certified copy of court records showing the voter'due south adoption or proper noun change; Bureau of Indian Affairs card; Tribal treaty card; Medicaid or Medicare or Electronic Benefits Transfer menu; Currently valid ID card issued by a local authorities inside Utah; Currently valid ID card issued by an employer; Currently valid ID carte issued by a college, university, technical school, or professional person schoolhouse in Utah; Current Utah vehicle registration.

ID source URL Link
Early on voting start appointment Due north/A
Early voting end date N/A
Weekend voting? N/A
Early voting source URL Northward/A
Election Day poll times seven a.m. to eight p.yard.

Poll times

See as well: State poll opening and endmost times

In Utah, all polling places are open from 7 a.thousand. to 8 p.k. An individual who is in line at the time polls shut must be allowed to vote.[6]

Voter identification

See likewise: Voter identification laws past land

Utah requires voters to present identification while voting.[vii]

The following list of accepted ID was electric current as of November 2019. Click here for the Utah Country Legislature's statute regulating accustomed ID to ensure you lot have the nigh current information.

  • Valid Utah driver's license
  • Valid identification carte that is issued by the state; a branch, department, or agency of the United States
  • Valid Utah permit to acquit a concealed weapon
  • Valid Us passport
  • Valid Us military identification bill of fare
  • Valid tribal identification carte
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs card
  • Tribal treaty card

If a voter does not take 1 of the forms of identification listed above, he or she tin can provide two forms of identification that state the voter's name and address listed below:[8]

  • Current utility nib or a legible copy dated within the xc days before the election
  • Banking concern or another financial account statement, or a legible copy
  • Certified birth certificate
  • Valid social security card
  • Check issued past the land or the federal regime or a legible copy
  • Paycheck from the voter'due south employer or a legible copy
  • Currently valid Utah hunting or fishing license
  • Certified naturalization documentation
  • Currently valid license issued by an authorized agency of the United states
  • Certified copy of court records showing the voter's adoption or name modify
  • Valid Medicaid card, Medicare carte du jour, or Electronic Benefits Transfer Card
  • Currently valid identification bill of fare issued by a local government inside the state
  • Currently valid identification card issued by an employer
  • Currently valid identification card issued by a college, university, technical school, or professional school located inside the land
  • Current Utah vehicle registration

Mail-in and early voting

See also: Absentee/mail-in voting and All-post voting

Utah conducts what are ordinarily referred to as all-mail elections. In Utah, voting is conducted primarily, although not necessarily exclusively, by mail. Election officials automatically distribute mail-in ballots to eligible electors.

Convicted felons' voting rights

See also: Voting rights for convicted felons

In Utah, individuals bedevilled of a felony regain their right to vote when they accept completed their sentence of incarceration, or are granted parole or probation. Click here for Utah's rules and procedure on restoring voting rights for individuals with felony convictions.

Voting rights for bedevilled felons vary from state to state. In the bulk of states, convicted felons cannot vote while they are incarcerated but may regain the right to vote upon release from prison house or at some point thereafter.[nine] [x]

Election agencies

Seal of the U.Due south. Election Assistance Commission

See also: State ballot agencies

Individuals seeking boosted information well-nigh voting provisions in Utah can contact the following state and federal agencies.

Utah Lieutenant Governor

Utah State Capitol Complex
Suite 220
P.O. Box 142325
Common salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2325
Telephone: 800-995-8683

U.S. Election Assistance Commission

1335 East Westward Highway, Suite 4300
Argent Leap, Maryland 20910
Telephone: 866-747-1471

Noteworthy events

2018

On March seven, 2018, HB 218 cleared the Utah Land Legislature. The legislation established procedures for same-day voter registration and opt-in registration during transactions with country driver's license agencies. The bill was introduced in the Utah House of Representatives on January 24, 2018. On February 5, 2018, a substitute beak cleared the Firm by a vote of lxx to 0, with five members absent or not voting. The Utah State Senate passed an amended version of the bill on March 7, 2018, past a vote of 24 to 0, with five members absent or not voting. The House approved the amended version of the nib on the aforementioned twenty-four hour period past a vote of 70 to 0, with five members absent or not voting. The pecker was signed into police force on March 19, 2018.[eleven] [12]

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Run across also

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External links

  • Official state ballot website

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 i.1 Utah Lieutenant Governor: Elections, "Country of Utah Voter Registration Form," accessed October viii, 2019
  2. Utah State Legislature, "Department 101.5 Historic period requirements for principal elections -- 17-year-olds may vote," accessed Oct 8, 2019
  3. Vote.Utah.gov, "Acquire how to register to vote," accessed Oct eight, 2019
  4. Utah Lieutenant Governor, "Welcome to the Utah Voter Registration Website," accessed October 8, 2019
  5. Vote.Utah.gov, "Country of Utah Voter Registration Form," accessed July 16, 2020
  6. Salt Lake County Clerk, "Election Twenty-four hours Vote Centers," accessed October 17, 2019
  7. Utah State Legislature, "Utah §20A-3-104," accessed Oct vii, 2019
  8. Utah State Legislature, "Utah §20A-1-102(83)," accessed October vii, 2019
  9. National Conference of State Legislatures, "Felon Voting Rights," accessed July 15, 2014
  10. American Civil Liberties Union, "State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws," accessed September thirteen, 2019
  11. The Salt Lake Tribune, "Practise you lot desire to register to vote? Utah enacts widespread election law changes, including Ballot-Solar day registration. Here are all the changes," March viii, 2018
  12. Utah Land Legislature, "H.B. 218 Modifications to Ballot Police," accessed March xv, 2018