This bill addresses voting precincts.
This bill:
- increases, to 3,000, the maximum allowable number of active voters in a voting precinct;
- subject to an exception, authorizes the county clerk to adjust the boundaries of a voting precinct in order to:
match the current boundaries of a local political subdivision; ormatch the resulting boundaries of a local subdivision that expands, divides, alters, or changes the local political subdivision's boundaries;
- requires a county clerk who adjusts the boundaries of a voting precinct to:file a notice with the Utah Geospatial Resource Center at least 65 days before the date of an election; andprovide a copy of the notice to the county legislative body;
- prohibits a county clerk from adjusting a voting precinct's boundaries if the number of active voters in the resulting precinct is more than 3,000; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.
Recommended by: Political Subdivisions Interim CommitteeStatutes affected:
Introduced: 20A-5-303