S.B. 32 Enrolled

VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION IN
HIGH SCHOOLS
1997 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: R. Mont Evans
AN ACT RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION; PROVIDING VOTER REGISTRATION
FORMS TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS; AND THE RETENTION OF VOTER
REGISTRATION FORMS BY THE COUNTY CLERK.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
20A-2-302, as enacted by Chapter 1, Laws of Utah 1993
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 20A-2-302 is amended to read:
20A-2-302. Voter registration forms for high school students.
(1) [In September and March of each year] Annually, the school board of each local public
school district and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school shall provide to
the county clerk an estimate of how many students are [18 years old or who within six months will
be 18] 17 years old.
(2) (a) The county clerk shall [provide the public]:
(i) contact each high school [district] and accredited nonpublic high schools of the county[,
free of charge, a sufficient number of by-mail voter registration forms for distribution to the
students who are eligible to register or are about to become eligible to register to vote.];
(ii) determine the number of high school seniors; and
(iii) distribute an equal number of by-mail voter registration forms to each accredited
public or private high school.
(b) The county clerk shall keep on file the returned high school student by-mail voter
registration forms until the applicant turns 18 years old and then register the applicant to vote.
(3) Each public school and accredited nonpublic school shall [make the]:
(a) include the by-mail voter registration [forms available to any unregistered student who

is or who within six months will be 18 years old.] form in the senior registration packet; and
(b) collect and forward completed by-mail voter registration forms to the county clerk.

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