Utah Code § 20A-5-401

Official register -- Preparation -- Contents
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(1)
(a) Before the registration days for each regular general, municipal general, regular primary,
municipal primary, or presidential primary election, each county clerk shall prepare an official
register of all voters that will participate in the election.
(b) The county clerk shall ensure that the official register is prepared and contains the following
for each registered voter:
(i) name;
(ii) party affiliation;
(iii) an entry field for a voter challenge, including the name of the individual making the
challenge and the grounds for the challenge;

(iv) election name and date;
(v) date of birth;
(vi) place of current residence;
(vii) street address of current residence;
(viii) zip code;
(ix) identification and provisional ballot information as required under Subsection (1)(d); and
(x) space for the voter to sign the voter's name for the election.
(c) When preparing the official register for the presidential primary election, the county clerk shall
include:
(i) an entry field to record the name of the political party whose ballot the voter voted; and
(ii) an entry field for the poll worker to record changes in the voter's party affiliation.
(d) When preparing the official register for any regular general election, municipal general
election, statewide special election, local special election, regular primary election, municipal
primary election, special district election, or election for federal office, the county clerk shall
include:
(i) an entry field for the poll worker to record the type of identification provided by the voter;
(ii) a space for the poll worker to record the provisional envelope ballot number for voters who
receive a provisional ballot; and
(iii) a space for the poll worker to record the type of identification that was provided by voters
who receive a provisional ballot.
(2)
(a)
(i) For regular and municipal elections, primary elections, regular municipal elections, special
district elections, and bond elections, the county clerk shall make an official register only for
voting precincts affected by the primary, municipal, special district, or bond election.
(ii) If a polling place to be used in a bond election serves both voters residing in the local
political subdivision calling the bond election and voters residing outside of that local political
subdivision, the official register shall designate whether each voter resides in or outside of
the local political subdivision.
(iii) Each county clerk, with the assistance of the clerk of each affected special district, shall
provide a detailed map or an indication on the registration list or other means to enable a
poll worker to determine the voters entitled to vote at an election of special district officers.
(b) Municipalities shall pay the costs of making the official register for municipal elections.

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