Utah Admin. Code R623-2-3 - Definitions

In addition to the terms defined in Utah Code Section 20A-1-102, the following definitions apply:

A. "Blank Ballot" means a ballot on which the voter has made no marks in any voting position, or has been marked with an unreadable marker, or is one which has been consistently marked outside of the "read" area of the scanner.

B. "Chad" means the small piece of paper or cardboard produced from a punch card ballot when a voter pierces a hole in a perforated, designated position on the ballot with a marking device to record the voter's candidate, question, or issue choice.

C. "Counter" means automatic tabulating equipment or other electronic voting equipment upon which ballots are counted.

D. "Damaged Ballot" means a ballot that has been torn, bent, or otherwise mutilated or rendered unreadable so that it cannot be processed by automatic tabulating equipment.

E. "Duplicate Ballot" means a ballot for which a duplicate is made in order to be properly processed and counted due to damage, improper marking or some other reason which would prevent a counter from accurately counting the ballot in accordance with the voter's intent.

F. "Overvote" means a race, question or issue which contains votes for more than the maximum number of candidates or responses for a ballot question or issue allowed.

G. "Optical Scan Ballot" means a paper ballot that contains blank ovals or arrows that are to be filled in by the voters using a readable marker.

H. "Punch Card Ballot" means a ballot card that contains small perforated designated positions that a marking device must pierce to form a hole that records a voter's candidate, question, or issue choice.

I. "Resolution Board" means election judges who inspect the optical scan ballots.

J. "Undervote" means a race, question or issue which contains no votes or when more than one choice is available, less than the maximum number of votes allowed.

K. "Zero tape" means a paper record that no votes have been cast or counted on any automatic tabulating equipment or voting machine.

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Utah Admin. Code R623-2-3