§45-18-70.09. Identification of unassigned voters.

An unassigned voter may identify himself or herself for assignment in any one of the following ways:

(1) He or she may identify himself or herself for assignment by appearing in person at the office of the board of registrars or before a deputy registrar, and answering such questions and submitting such proof as may be reasonably required by the registrars or their deputies to establish the voter's identity and place of legal residence, and that he or she has not become disqualified from voting in the county or election district.

(2) He or she may identify himself or herself by filling in and mailing to the board of registrars the completed answers to such questions as may reasonably be needed and mailed to him or her in a written questionnaire by the board of registrars, or on a form which the board of registrars shall cause to be printed in all newspapers of general circulation published in the county, or on forms distributed throughout the county in every precinct and made available at places such as stores, schools, banks, and city halls in Evergreen, Repton, and Castleberry. Such questionnaire may contain such questions as are necessary to establish the identity of the person signing the questionnaire, the place of his or her legal residence, and that he or she has not become disqualified from voting in the county or election district. All answers to such questionnaires shall be signed by the elector in the presence of a registrar or deputy registrar, or at least two witnesses who shall sign as attesting witnesses.

(3) He or she may identify himself or herself for assignment at the General Election of 1988, or at any election at he or she votes during 1988, by filling out and signing answers to the questionnaire prepared by the board of registrars in the presence of a clerk, manager, or returning officer, who shall sign the answers of such voter as an attesting witness. The returning officer shall transmit all such filled in and signed answers to questionnaires to the board of registrars but such vote shall be cast and counted in all respects as a challenged ballot.

(4) Any voter on the separate list and not assigned to an election precinct may identify himself or herself for assignment on any election day at the office of the board of registrars or judge of probate or before a deputy registrar by appearing in person and submitting such proof as may be reasonably required to establish his or her identity and place of legal residence and that he or she has not become disqualified from voting in the county or election district. He or she shall be given a certificate to take to the polls in order on that day as an assigned voter. Otherwise, he or she can vote a challenged ballot.

(Act 86-322, p. 480, §14.)