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H.B. 72 Ballot Publishing Amendments

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Bill Sponsor: Rep. Knotwell, John

Floor Sponsor: Sen. Jackson, Alvin B.

• Substitute Sponsor: Rep. Knotwell, John

• Drafting Attorney: Thomas R. Vaughn
• Fiscal Analyst: Clare Tobin Lence

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  • Last Action: 23 Mar 2015, Governor Signed
  • Last Location: Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
  • Effective Date: 12 May 2015
  • Session Law Chapter: 055

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H.B. 72

1     BALLOT PUBLISHING AMENDMENTS
2     2015 GENERAL SESSION
3     STATE OF UTAH
4     Chief Sponsor: John Knotwell
5     Senate Sponsor: Alvin B. Jackson
6     

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends provisions of the Election Code relating to taking a photograph of a
10     ballot.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     makes it a class C misdemeanor to take a photograph of a ballot, other than the
14     voter's own ballot, at a polling place;
15          ▸     allows an individual to take, share, or publish a photograph of the individual's
16     ballot; and
17          ▸     makes technical changes.
18     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19          None
20     Other Special Clauses:
21          None
22     Utah Code Sections Affected:
23     AMENDS:
24          20A-3-504, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 38
25     

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26     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27          Section 1. Section 20A-3-504 is amended to read:
28          20A-3-504. Violations -- Penalties.
29          (1) Except as allowed by Subsection (3) or Section 20A-3-108, [a person] an individual

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30     is guilty of a class C misdemeanor if the individual:
31          (a) [he] allows [his] the individual's ballot to be seen by [any other person] another
32     with [an] the intent to reveal how [he] the individual is about to vote;
33          (b) [he] states falsely that [he] the individual is unable to mark [his] the individual's
34     ballot;
35          (c) [he] interferes or attempts to interfere with any [person] individual who is inside the
36     voting booth or who is marking a ballot; [or]
37          (d) [he] induces or attempts to induce any voter who is inside a voting booth or who is
38     marking a ballot to vote to show how [he] the voter marked [his] the voter's ballot[.]; or
39          (e) takes a photograph of a ballot, other than the individual's own ballot, at a polling
40     place.
41          (2) The election judges and clerks shall report any [person violating] individual who
42     violates this section to the county attorney or district attorney having state criminal jurisdiction
43     for prosecution.
44          (3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit an individual from transferring a photograph of the
45     individual's own ballot in a manner that allows the photograph to be viewed by the individual
46     or another.