Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

This bill amends provisions related to election records.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- establishes retention and disposition requirements for certain election records;
- authorizes an election officer to share with certain individuals the record of voters contacted to cure a ballot;
- establishes and modifies provisions related to who, and the circumstances under which, an individual may view the video recordings of the processing of ballots and unattended ballot drop boxes;
- modifies the data reporting requirements and deadlines for ballot statistics published on an election officer's website during an election;
- eliminates certain ballot reconciliation reporting requirements;
- classifies certain election records as public records;
- for the board of canvassers' report that an election officer submits to the board of canvassers after an election:specifies certain election-related data that the election officer must include in the report's statement of votes cast; andrequires the election officer to include in the report certain data from the election results database;
- establishes a process for an election officer who does not count ballots using automatic tabulating equipment to include certain data from the election results database in the board of canvassers' report;
- requires an election officer to: publish a notice of the board of canvasser's report as a class A notice;include with the notice a copy of the board of canvasser's report on the Utah Public Notice Website and the election officer's jurisdiction's website; and make the board of canvassers' report available to the public in certain electronic file formats;
- requires the lieutenant governor to ensure that all voting equipment has the capability of generating an election results database;
- specifies the data that must be contained in an election results database; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 20A-1-102, 20A-4-104, 20A-4-106, 20A-4-107, 20A-4-109, 20A-4-202, 20A-4-304, 20A-4-401, 20A-5-403.5, 20A-5-905