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7 LONG TITLE
8 Committee Note:
9 The Government Operations Interim Committee recommended this bill.
10 Legislative Vote: 13 voting for 0 voting against 3 absent
11 General Description:
12 This bill amends provisions relating to voting history.
13 Highlighted Provisions:
14 This bill:
15 ▸ requires an election officer to, when reporting voting history for an election,
16 anonymously include certain information for a voter whose voter registration is
17 classified as private.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19 None
20 Other Special Clauses:
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22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 AMENDS:
24 20A-5-410, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 20A-5-410 is amended to read:
28 20A-5-410. Election officer to provide voting history information and status.
29 (1) As used in this section, "voting history record" means the information about the
30 existence and status of absentee ballot requests required by this section.
31 (2) (a) Each election officer shall maintain, in the election officer's office, a voting
32 history record of those voters registered to vote in the election officer's jurisdiction.
33 (b) Except as it relates to a voter whose voter registration record is classified as private
34 under Subsection 63G-2-302(1)(k), the voting history record is a public record under Title 63G,
35 Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
36 (3) (a) When an election officer reports voting history for an election, the election
37 officer shall anonymously include in the report, for each voter whose voter registration is
38 classified as private under Subsection 20A-2-104(4)(h), the following for that election only:
39 (i) for voting by mail, the information described in Subsection (4)(a);
40 (ii) for early voting, the date the individual voted; and
41 (iii) for voting on election day, the date the individual voted.
42 (b) In relation to the information of a voter whose voter registration is classified as
43 private under Subsection 20A-2-104(4)(h), a report described in Subsection (3)(a) may not
44 disclose, by itself or in conjunction with any other public information, the identity or any other
45 personal identifying information of the voter.
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48 (a) for voting by mail:
49 (i) the date that the manual ballot was mailed to the voter; and
50 (ii) the date that the voted manual ballot was received by the election officer;
51 (b) for early voting:
52 (i) the name and address of each individual who participated in early voting; and
53 (ii) the date the individual voted; and
54 (c) for voting on election day, the name and address of each individual who voted on
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57 Section 63G-2-204 or the time limits for a request for records established in any ordinance, the
58 election officer shall ensure that the information required by this section is recorded and made
59 available to the public no later than one business day after its receipt in the election officer's
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61 (b) Notwithstanding the fee requirements of Section 63G-2-203 or the fee requirements
62 established in any ordinance, the election officer shall make copies of the voting history record
63 available to the public for the actual cost of production or copying.