Second Substitute H.B. 282

Senator Kevin T. Van Tassell proposes the following substitute bill:


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AMENDMENTS TO ELECTION LAWS

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2014 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Kraig Powell

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Senate Sponsor: Kevin T. Van Tassell

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill allows an individual who is 16 or 17 years of age to serve as a poll worker in
             10      an election and prohibits a candidate's family member from serving as a poll worker.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    allows an individual who is 16 or 17 years of age to serve as a receiving judge in a
             14      regular primary and a regular general election;
             15          .    prohibits a county legislative body from appointing a candidate's family member as
             16      a poll worker in a precinct where the candidate appears on the ballot;
             17          .    allows an individual who is 16 or 17 years of age to work as a poll worker in a local
             18      election;
             19          .    prohibits a municipal legislative body or local district board from appointing a
             20      candidate's family member as a poll worker in a precinct where the candidate
             21      appears on the ballot; and
             22          .    makes technical changes.
             23      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             24          None
             25      Other Special Clauses:


             26          This bill coordinates with S.B. 116, Poll Worker Amendments, by providing
             27      substantive and technical amendments.
             28      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             29      AMENDS:
             30           20A-5-601 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 75
             31           20A-5-602 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 75, 256, and 329
             32      Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
             33           20A-5-602 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 75, 256, and 329
             34     
             35      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             36          Section 1. Section 20A-5-601 is amended to read:
             37           20A-5-601. Poll workers -- Appointment for regular general elections and
             38      primary elections.
             39          (1) (a) By March 1 of each even-numbered year, each county clerk shall provide to the
             40      county chair of each registered political party a list of the number of poll workers that the party
             41      must nominate for each voting precinct.
             42          (b) (i) By April 1 of each even-numbered year, the county chair and secretary of each
             43      registered political party shall file a list with the county clerk containing, for each voting
             44      precinct, the names of [registered voters] individuals in the county who are willing to [be]
             45      serve as poll workers, who are qualified to serve as poll workers in accordance with this
             46      section, and who are competent and trustworthy.
             47          (ii) The county chair and secretary shall submit, for each voting precinct, names equal
             48      in number to the number required by the county clerk plus one.
             49          (2) Each county legislative body shall provide for the appointment of [persons]
             50      individuals to serve as poll workers at the regular primary election, the regular general election,
             51      and the Western States Presidential Primary.
             52          (3) For regular general elections, each county legislative body shall provide for the
             53      appointment of:
             54          (a) (i) three registered voters, or one individual who is 16 or 17 years of age and two
             55      registered voters, one of whom is at least 21 years of age, from the list to serve as receiving
             56      judges for each voting precinct when ballots will be counted after the polls close; or


             57          (ii) three registered voters, or one individual who is 16 or 17 years of age and two
             58      registered voters, one of whom is at least 21 years of age, from the list to serve as receiving
             59      judges in each voting precinct and three registered voters from the list to serve as counting
             60      judges in each voting precinct when ballots will be counted throughout election day; and
             61          (b) three registered voters from the list for each 100 absentee ballots to be counted to
             62      serve as canvassing judges.
             63          [(4) For regular primary elections and for the Western States Presidential Primary
             64      election, each county legislative body shall provide for the appointment of:]
             65          [(a) (i) two or three registered voters, or one or two registered voters and one person 17
             66      years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the next regular general election, from the list
             67      to serve as receiving judges for each voting precinct when ballots will be counted after the
             68      polls close; or]
             69          [(ii) two or three registered voters, or one or two registered voters and one person 17
             70      years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the next regular general election, from the list
             71      to serve as receiving judges in each voting precinct and two or three registered voters, or one or
             72      two registered voters and one person 17 years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the
             73      next regular general election, from the list to serve as counting judges in each voting precinct
             74      when ballots will be counted throughout election day; and]
             75          (4) For each precinct in which ballots are counted after the polls close, in a regular
             76      primary election and for the Western States Presidential Primary election, each county
             77      legislative body shall provide for the appointment of two or three individuals from the list to
             78      serve as receiving judges:
             79          (a) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             80          (b) (i) the first of whom is a registered voter and at least 21 years of age;
             81          (ii) the second of whom is 16 or 17 years of age; and
             82          (iii) if three individuals are appointed, the third of whom is a registered voter.
             83          (5) For each precinct in which ballots are counted throughout election day, in a regular
             84      primary election and for the Western States Presidential Primary election, each county
             85      legislative body shall provide for the appointment of:
             86          (a) two or three individuals from the list to serve as receiving judges:
             87          (i) each of whom is a registered voter; or


             88          (ii) (A) the first of whom is a registered voter and at least 21 years of age;
             89          (B) the second of whom is 16 or 17 years of age; and
             90          (C) if three individuals are appointed, the third of whom is a registered voter; and
             91          (b) two or three individuals from the list to serve as counting judges:
             92          (i) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             93          (ii) (A) one of whom is 17 years of age and will be 18 years of age by the date of the
             94      next regular general election; and
             95          (B) each of the rest of whom is a registered voter; and
             96          [(b)] (c) two or three registered voters, or one or two registered voters and one [person]
             97      individual 17 years [old] of age who will be 18 years [old] of age by the date of the next regular
             98      general election, from the list for each 100 absentee ballots to be counted to serve as
             99      canvassing judges.
             100          [(5)] (6) Each county legislative body may provide for the appointment of:
             101          (a) three registered voters from the list to serve as inspecting judges at the regular
             102      general election to observe the clerk's receipt and deposit of the ballots for safekeeping; and
             103          (b) two or three registered voters, or one or two registered voters and one [person]
             104      individual 17 years [old] of age who will be 18 years [old] of age by the date of the next regular
             105      general election, from the list to serve as inspecting judges at the regular primary election to
             106      observe the clerk's receipt and deposit of the ballots for safekeeping.
             107          [(6)] (7) (a) For each set of three counting or receiving judges to be appointed for each
             108      voting precinct for the regular primary election, the regular general election, and the Western
             109      States Presidential Primary election, the county legislative body shall ensure that:
             110          (i) two judges are appointed from the political party that cast the highest number of
             111      votes for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer,
             112      excluding votes for unopposed candidates, in the voting precinct at the last regular general
             113      election before the appointment of the election judges; and
             114          (ii) one judge is appointed from the political party that cast the second highest number
             115      of votes for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer,
             116      excluding votes for unopposed candidates, in the voting precinct at the last regular general
             117      election before the appointment of the election judges.
             118          (b) For each set of two counting or receiving judges to be appointed for each voting


             119      precinct for the regular primary election and Western States Presidential Primary election, the
             120      county legislative body shall ensure that:
             121          (i) one judge is appointed from the political party that cast the highest number of votes
             122      for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer, excluding
             123      votes for unopposed candidates, in the voting precinct at the last regular general election before
             124      the appointment of the election judges; and
             125          (ii) one judge is appointed from the political party that cast the second highest number
             126      of votes for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer,
             127      excluding votes for unopposed candidates, in the voting precinct at the last regular general
             128      election before the appointment of the election judges.
             129          [(7)] (8) When the voting precinct boundaries have been changed since the last regular
             130      general election, the county legislative body shall ensure that:
             131          (a) for the regular primary election and the Western States Presidential Primary
             132      election, when the county legislative body is using three receiving, counting, and canvassing
             133      judges, and regular general election, not more than two of the judges are selected from the
             134      political party that cast the highest number of votes for the offices of governor, lieutenant
             135      governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer in the territory that formed the
             136      voting precinct at the time of appointment; and
             137          (b) for the regular primary election and the Western States Presidential Primary
             138      election, when the county legislative body is using two receiving, counting, and canvassing
             139      judges, not more than one of the judges is selected from the political party that cast the highest
             140      number of votes for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor,
             141      and state treasurer in the territory that formed the voting precinct at the time of appointment.
             142          [(8)] (9) The county legislative body shall provide for the appointment of any qualified
             143      county voter as an election judge when:
             144          (a) a political party fails to file the poll worker list by the filing deadline; or
             145          (b) the list is incomplete.
             146          [(9)] (10) A registered voter of the county may serve as a poll worker in any voting
             147      precinct of the county.
             148          (11) A county legislative body may not appoint a candidate's parent, sibling, spouse,
             149      child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, or


             150      son-in-law to serve as a poll worker in a precinct where the candidate appears on the ballot.
             151          [(10)] (12) If [a person] an individual serves as a poll worker outside the voting
             152      precinct where the [person] individual is registered, that [person] individual may vote an
             153      absentee voter ballot.
             154          [(11)] (13) The county clerk shall fill all poll worker vacancies.
             155          [(12)] (14) If a conflict arises over the right to certify the poll worker lists for any
             156      political party, the county legislative body may decide between conflicting lists, but may only
             157      select names from a properly submitted list.
             158          [(13)] (15) The county legislative body shall establish compensation for poll workers.
             159          [(14)] (16) The county clerk may appoint additional poll workers to serve in the polling
             160      place as needed.
             161          Section 2. Section 20A-5-602 is amended to read:
             162           20A-5-602. Poll workers -- Appointment for local elections.
             163          [(1) At least 15 days before the date scheduled for any local election, the municipal
             164      legislative body or local district board shall appoint or provide for the appointment of:]
             165          [(a) in jurisdictions using paper ballots:]
             166          [(i) three registered voters, or two registered voters and one person 17 years old who
             167      will be 18 years old by the date of the regular municipal election, who reside within the county
             168      to serve as poll workers for each voting precinct when the ballots will be counted after the polls
             169      close; or]
             170          [(ii) three registered voters, or two registered voters and one person 17 years old who
             171      will be 18 years old by the date of the regular municipal election, who reside within the county
             172      to serve as receiving judges in each voting precinct and three registered voters, or two
             173      registered voters and one person 17 years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the
             174      regular municipal election, who reside within the county to serve as counting judges in each
             175      voting precinct when ballots will be counted throughout election day;]
             176          [(b) in jurisdictions using automated tabulating equipment, three registered voters, or
             177      two registered voters and one person 17 years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the
             178      regular municipal election, who reside within the county to serve as poll workers for each
             179      voting precinct;]
             180          [(c) in jurisdictions using voting machines, four registered voters, or three registered


             181      voters and one person 17 years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the regular
             182      municipal election, who reside within the county to serve as poll workers for each voting
             183      precinct; and]
             184          [(d) in all jurisdictions:]
             185          (1) A municipal legislative body or local district board appointing, or providing for the
             186      appointment of, a poll worker for a local election under this section shall appoint the poll
             187      worker at least 15 days before the date of the local election.
             188          (2) For each precinct that uses a paper ballot, and where the ballots are counted after
             189      the polls close, the municipal legislative body or local district board shall appoint, or provide
             190      for the appointment of, three individuals who reside within the county to serve as poll workers:
             191          (a) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             192          (b) (i) the first of whom is a registered voter;
             193          (ii) the second of whom is a registered voter and at least 21 years of age; and
             194          (iii) the third of whom is 16 or 17 years of age.
             195          (3) For each precinct that uses a paper ballot, and where the ballots are counted
             196      throughout the day, the municipal legislative body or local district board shall appoint, or
             197      provide for the appointment of:
             198          (a) three individuals who reside within the county to serve as receiving judges;
             199          (i) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             200          (ii) (A) the first of whom is a registered voter;
             201          (B) the second of whom is a registered voter and at least 21 years of age; and
             202          (C) the third of whom is 16 or 17 years of age; and
             203          (b) three individuals who reside within the county to serve as counting judges;
             204          (i) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             205          (ii) (A) one of whom is 17 years of age and will be 18 years of age by the date of the
             206      next regular municipal election; and
             207          (B) each of the rest of whom is a registered voter.
             208          (4) For each precinct using automated tabulating equipment, the municipal legislative
             209      body or local district board shall appoint, or provide for the appointment of, three individuals
             210      who reside within the county to serve as poll workers:
             211          (a) each of whom is a registered voter; or


             212          (b) (i) the first of whom is a registered voter;
             213          (ii) the second of whom is a registered voter and at least 21 years of age; and
             214          (iii) the third of whom is 16 or 17 years of age.
             215          (5) For each precinct using voting machines, the municipal legislative body or local
             216      district board shall appoint, or provide for the appointment of, four individuals who reside
             217      within the county to serve as poll workers:
             218          (a) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             219          (b) (i) the first of whom is a registered voter and at least 21 years of age;
             220          (ii) the second of whom is 16 or 17 years of age; and
             221          (iii) each of the rest of whom is a registered voter.
             222          (6) In all jurisdictions, the municipal legislative body or local district board shall
             223      appoint, or provide for the appointment of:
             224          [(i)] (a) at least one registered voter who resides within the county to serve as
             225      canvassing judge, if necessary; and
             226          [(ii)] (b) as many alternate poll workers as needed to replace appointed poll workers
             227      who are unable to serve.
             228          [(2)] (7) The municipal legislative body and local district board may not appoint any
             229      candidate's parent, sibling, spouse, child, or [in-law] mother-in-law, father-in-law,
             230      sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law to serve as a poll worker [in the
             231      voting precinct where the candidate resides] in a precinct where the candidate appears on the
             232      ballot.
             233          [(3)] (8) The clerk shall:
             234          (a) prepare and file a list containing the name, address, voting precinct, and telephone
             235      number of each [person] individual appointed; and
             236          (b) make the list available in the clerk's office for inspection, examination, and copying
             237      during business hours.
             238          [(4)] (9) (a) The municipal legislative body and local district board shall compensate
             239      poll workers for their services.
             240          (b) The municipal legislative body and local district board may not compensate their
             241      poll workers at a rate higher than that paid by the county to its poll workers.
             242          Section 3. Coordinating H.B. 282 with S.B. 116 -- Substantive and technical


             243      amendments.
             244          If this H.B. 282 and S.B. 116, Poll Worker Amendments, both pass and become law, it
             245      is the intent of the Legislature that Section 20A-5-602 be amended to read:
             246           "20A-5-602. Poll workers -- Appointment for local elections.
             247          [(1) At least 15 days before the date scheduled for any local election, the municipal
             248      legislative body or local district board shall appoint or provide for the appointment of:]
             249          [(a) in jurisdictions using paper ballots:]
             250          [(i) three registered voters, or two registered voters and one person 17 years old who
             251      will be 18 years old by the date of the regular municipal election, who reside within the county
             252      to serve as poll workers for each voting precinct when the ballots will be counted after the polls
             253      close; or]
             254          [(ii) three registered voters, or two registered voters and one person 17 years old who
             255      will be 18 years old by the date of the regular municipal election, who reside within the county
             256      to serve as receiving judges in each voting precinct and three registered voters, or two
             257      registered voters and one person 17 years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the
             258      regular municipal election, who reside within the county to serve as counting judges in each
             259      voting precinct when ballots will be counted throughout election day;]
             260          [(b) in jurisdictions using automated tabulating equipment, three registered voters, or
             261      two registered voters and one person 17 years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the
             262      regular municipal election, who reside within the county to serve as poll workers for each
             263      voting precinct;]
             264          [(c) in jurisdictions using voting machines, four registered voters, or three registered
             265      voters and one person 17 years old who will be 18 years old by the date of the regular
             266      municipal election, who reside within the county to serve as poll workers for each voting
             267      precinct; and]
             268          [(d) in all jurisdictions:]
             269          (1) A county legislative body, a municipal legislative body, or a local district board
             270      appointing, or providing for the appointment of, a poll worker for a local election under this
             271      section shall appoint the poll worker at least 15 days before the date of the local election.
             272          (2) For each precinct that uses a paper ballot, and where the ballots are counted after
             273      the polls close, the county legislative body, the municipal legislative body, or the local district


             274      board shall appoint, or provide for the appointment of, three individuals who reside within the
             275      county to serve as poll workers:
             276          (a) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             277          (b) (i) the first of whom is a registered voter;
             278          (ii) the second of whom is a registered voter and at least 21 years of age; and
             279          (iii) the third of whom is 16 or 17 years of age.
             280          (3) For each precinct that uses a paper ballot, and where the ballots are counted
             281      throughout the day, the county legislative body, the municipal legislative body, or the local
             282      district board shall appoint, or provide for the appointment of:
             283          (a) three individuals who reside within the county to serve as receiving judges;
             284          (i) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             285          (ii) (A) the first of whom is a registered voter;
             286          (B) the second of whom is a registered voter and at least 21 years of age; and
             287          (C) the third of whom is 16 or 17 years of age; and
             288          (b) three individuals who reside within the county to serve as counting judges;
             289          (i) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             290          (ii) (A) one of whom is 17 years of age and will be 18 years of age by the date of the
             291      next local election; and
             292          (B) each of the rest of whom is a registered voter.
             293          (4) For each precinct using automated tabulating equipment, the county legislative
             294      body, the municipal legislative body, or the local district board shall appoint, or provide for the
             295      appointment of, three individuals who reside within the county to serve as poll workers:
             296          (a) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             297          (b) (i) the first of whom is a registered voter;
             298          (ii) the second of whom is a registered voter and at least 21 years of age; and
             299          (iii) the third of whom is 16 or 17 years of age.
             300          (5) For each precinct using voting machines, the county legislative body, the municipal
             301      legislative body, or the local district board shall appoint, or provide for the appointment of,
             302      four individuals who reside within the county to serve as poll workers:
             303          (a) each of whom is a registered voter; or
             304          (b) (i) the first of whom is a registered voter and at least 21 years of age;


             305          (ii) the second of whom is 16 or 17 years of age; and
             306          (iii) each of the rest of whom is a registered voter.
             307          (6) In all jurisdictions, the county legislative body, the municipal legislative body, or
             308      local district board shall appoint, or provide for the appointment of:
             309          [(i)] (a) at least one registered voter who resides within the county to serve as
             310      canvassing judge, if necessary; and
             311          [(ii)] (b) as many alternate poll workers as needed to replace appointed poll workers
             312      who are unable to serve.
             313          [(2)] (7) The county legislative body, the municipal legislative body, and the local
             314      district board may not appoint any candidate's parent, sibling, spouse, child, [or in-law]
             315      mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law to
             316      serve as a poll worker [in the voting precinct where the candidate resides] in a precinct where
             317      the candidate appears on th ballot.
             318          [(3)] (8) The clerk shall:
             319          (a) prepare and file a list containing the name, address, voting precinct, and telephone
             320      number of each [person] individual appointed; and
             321          (b) make the list available in the clerk's office for inspection, examination, and copying
             322      during business hours.
             323          [(4)] (9) (a) The county legislative body, the municipal legislative body, and the local
             324      district board shall compensate poll workers for their services.
             325          (b) The municipal legislative body and local district board may not compensate their
             326      poll workers at a rate higher than that paid by the county to its poll workers."


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