Utah Covid Legal Information
We drew these resources principally from Justin Levitt's list of COVID-19 election cases, Standford-MIT Healthy Elections Project COVID-Related Election Litigation Tracker, and the National Center for State Legislatures' COVID-19 and 2020 Primary Elections page.
Litigation Tracker
Executive Actions
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Executive Order
Topics
Ballot Access; Signature Requirements; Electronic Petitions
Date Filed
26/03/2020
Description
Utah's Governor issued an executive order suspending requirements relating to candidate petitions in order to allow campaigns to distribute petitions electronically and voters to return physically signed petitions by electronic means.
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Executive Order
Topics
Ballot Access; Signature Requirements; Electronic Petitions
Date Filed
01/04/2020
Description
Utah's Governor issued an executive order suspending requirements related to referendum petitions in order to allow campaigns to distribute petitions electronically and voters to return physically signed petitions by electronic means.
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Legislative Actions
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UT HB 3006
Topics
Vote by Mail
Date Filed
22/04/2020
Description
Makes temporary changes to the Election Code relating to the 2020 primary, including conducting the primary entirely by mail, with some exceptions.
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