Utah State Legislature

            The lieutenant governor shall:

            (1) implement this chapter and the state's responsibilities under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973ff et seq.;

            (2) make available to covered voters information regarding voter registration procedures for covered voters and procedures for casting military-overseas ballots;

            (3) establish an electronic transmission system through which a covered voter may apply for and receive voter registration materials, military-overseas ballots, and other information under this chapter;

            (4) (a) develop standardized absentee-voting materials, including privacy and transmission envelopes and electronic equivalents of the envelopes, authentication materials, and voting instructions, to be used with the military-overseas ballot of a voter authorized to vote in any jurisdiction in the state; and

            (b) to the extent reasonably possible, coordinate with other states on the development required by Subsection (4)(a); and

            (5) prescribe the form and content of a declaration:

            (a) for use by a covered voter to swear or affirm specific representations pertaining to the voter's identity, eligibility to vote, status as a covered voter, and timely and proper completion of an overseas-military ballot;

            (b) that is based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a federal write-in absentee ballot, as modified to be consistent with this chapter; and

            (c) that is a prominent part of all balloting materials for which the declaration is required, including an indication of the date of execution of the declaration.

Enacted by Chapter 327, 2011 General Session