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20A-2-101. Eligibility for registration.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), any person may apply to register to vote in anelection who:
(a) is a citizen of the United States;
(b) has been a resident of Utah for at least the 30 days immediately before the election;
(c) will be at least 18 years old on the day of the election; and
(d) currently resides within the voting district or precinct in which the person applies toregister to vote.
(2) (a) (i) A person who is involuntarily confined or incarcerated in a jail, prison, or otherfacility within a voting precinct is not a resident of that voting precinct and may not register tovote in that voting precinct unless the person was a resident of that voting precinct before theconfinement or incarceration.
(ii) A person who is involuntarily confined or incarcerated in a jail or prison is residentof the voting precinct in which the person resided before the confinement or incarceration.
(b) A person who has been convicted of a felony whose right to vote has not beenrestored as provided by law may not register to vote.
(3) A person who is eligible to vote and who resides within the geographic boundaries ofthe entity in which the election is held may register to vote in a:
(a) regular general election;
(b) regular primary election;
(c) municipal general election;
(d) municipal primary election;
(e) statewide special election;
(f) local special election;
(g) local district election; and
(h) bond election.

Amended by Chapter 276, 2008 General Session