Definitions.

1. Law
2. Utah Code
3. Election Code
4. Election Returns and Election Contests
5. Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project
6. Definitions.

• (1) "Candidate amplifier" means the product of:
  • (a) two less than the total number of candidates in a given canvassing phase of a multi-candidate race; and
  • (b) .02%.

• (2) "Multi-candidate race" means a nonpartisan municipal race where:
  • (a) for the election of at-large officers, the number of candidates who qualify for the race exceeds the total number of seats to be filled; or
  • (b) for the election of an officer other than an at-large officer, more than two candidates qualify to run for one office.

• (3) "Participating municipality" means a municipality that is participating in the pilot project, in accordance with Subsection 20A-4-602(3).

• (4) "Pilot project" means the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project created in Section 20A-4-602.

• (5) "Recount threshold" means the sum of the candidate amplifier and the following:
  • (a) for a canvassing phase in which fewer than 100 valid votes are counted, 0.21%;
  • (b) for a canvassing phase in which at least 100, but fewer than 500, valid votes are counted, 0.19%;
  • (c) for a canvassing phase in which at least 500, but fewer than 1,000, valid votes are counted, 0.17%;
  • (d) for a canvassing phase in which at least 1,000, but fewer than 5,000, valid votes are counted, 0.15%;
  • (e) for a canvassing phase in which at least 5,000, but fewer than 10,000, valid votes are counted, 0.13%; and
  • (f) for a canvassing phase in which 10,000 or more valid votes are counted, 0.11%.

• (6) "Valid" means that the ballot is marked in a manner that permits the vote to be counted during the applicable ballot-counting phase.

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