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

  • 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

  • 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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