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| (a) | Each county clerk shall use substantially the following form to notify voters whose addresses have changed:
| (i) | the first part of the form shall include the following:
"VOTER REGISTRATION NOTICE
We have been notified that your residence has changed. Please read, complete, and return this form so that we can update our voter registration records. What is your current street address?
___________________________________________________________________________
Street City County State Zip
What is your current phone number (optional)?________________________________
What is your current email address (optional)?_________________________________"; |
| (ii) | beginning on January 1, 2027, immediately following the portion of the form described in Subsection (3)(a)(i), the form shall include the following:
"Do you consent to the election officer providing the following information to the political party with which you affiliate? (optional):
The email address you provided above? Yes No
The phone number you provided above? Yes No"; and |
| (iii) | following the portions of the form required under Subsections (3)(a)(i) and (ii), the form shall include the following:
"If you have not changed your residence, or have moved but stayed within the same county, you must complete and return this form to the county clerk so that it is received by the county clerk before 5 p.m. no later than 30 calendar days before the date of the election. If you fail to return this form within that time:
- you may be required to show evidence of your address to the poll worker before being allowed to vote in either of the next two regular general elections; or
- if you fail to vote at least once, from the date this notice was mailed until the passing of two regular general elections, you will no longer be registered to vote. If you have changed your residence and have moved to a different county in Utah, you may register to vote by contacting the county clerk in your county.
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Signature of Voter
PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such as your name, address, and age range. Your date of birth, driver license number, state identification card number, and social security number are available only to an authorized government entity. Your email address and phone number are also only available to an authorized government entity, unless you have consented, above, to disclose them to the political party with which you choose to affiliate.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that your voter registration record be withheld from public disclosure if you are, or reside with:
an individual who is a victim of, or is threatened with, domestic violence or dating violence;
a law enforcement officer;
a member of the armed forces;
a public figure; or
an individual who is protected by a court order.
To make this request for additional privacy protection, you must prove that you qualify by submitting an at-risk designation request form, and any required proof, to your county clerk. You may obtain the form, and information on the proof required, from your county clerk or at the following website [insert the website address specified by the lieutenant governor]." |
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| (b) | The form described in Subsection (3)(a) shall also include:
| (i) | a section in substantially the following form:
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BALLOT NOTIFICATIONS
Do you consent to receive communications about the status of your ballot and other official communications, by text, at the phone number you provided above? Yes No
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| (ii) | the following, immediately after the question described in Subsection (3)(b)(i):
"Indicate below how you want to vote in upcoming elections:
_____ Mail a ballot to me.
_____ Do not mail a ballot to me. I will vote in person." |
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