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Voter Guide

Everything you need to know to register to vote and cast your ballot in Utah.

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Requirements to Register to Vote

  • U.S. citizenship
  • Resident of Utah for at least 30 calendar days before the election
  • Currently resides within the voting district or precinct where registering to vote
  • At least 18 years old on the day of the election

👉 Reregistration is required for anyone who has moved, had a legal name change or wants to change party affiliation.

đź’» You can check your voter registration status at vote.utah.gov.

đź‘Ž You can’t vote if you are incarcerated in a jail or prison.

đź‘Ť You can vote if you have a misdemeanor or felony conviction or if you are on probation or parole.

How to Register to Vote

Register to Vote Online

Online voter registration is available for Utah residents with a valid driver’s license or state ID by visiting the Utah Voter Registration website. Registration forms submitted online must be received by the county clerk by 5:00pm at least 11 calendar days before the election.

Note that if the voting address is not the same as the driver’s license address, the license must be updated with the Driver License Division before registering.

Download the State of Utah Voter Registration Form

Mail-in voter registration is available by filling out the State of Utah Voter Registration form found here. The form must be postmarked at least 30 days before an election, or delivered in person to the county clerk by 5 p.m. eleven days before an election.

Note that one of the following is required: 

  • Utah driver’s license number;
  • Utah state identification number; or
  • Last four digits of your Social Security number.

Find Your County Clerk’s Office

In-person voter registration is available at the county clerk’s office in your county, as well as at the Utah Department of Motor Vehicles, Utah Department of Workforce Services, and Utah State Department of Health and Human Services. In-person registration must be completed at least eleven days before an election.

Election day voter registration is available at early voting locations or Election Day polling locations for those who have a photo ID and can provide proof of residency, such as a utility bill. Voters complete provisional ballots, which are verified by county clerks. Learn more here.

How to Check your Voter Status

Always double-check your voter registration to make sure you are registered to vote and your ballot is sent to the correct address.

Voters can find their current registration status, update registration, request a mail-in ballot, track their mail and provisional ballots, and find polling and drop-box locations by visiting vote.utah.gov.

The earlier you check your voter registration, the easier it is for the County Clerk to make any necessary changes.

Options for Voting in Utah

Currently, every registered voter receives a ballot in the mail. Voters have the option of casting that ballot by mail, placing the ballot in a drop box, or going to a polling location in person. Drop box and polling locations are available by entering your address in the “How can I vote?” section of vote.utah.gov.

Before sealing the ballot to be returned, voters must sign the ballot envelope. Your county election official will compare the signature on your ballot envelope with the signature on your previous ballots and your voter registration form. If your signature does not match, your county clerk will notify you. You will be given an opportunity to submit an affidavit called a “cure letter” that allows you to affirm that your signature is correct. Once your county election official receives your affidavit, the ballot will be counted.

Note: By 2029, signature verification procedures will be phased-out. Instead, voters will have to provide the last four digits of their driver’s license, state identification card, or social security number on their ballot.

You don’t need a stamp to mail your ballot, the Postal Service will still deliver your ballot to your county clerk’s office.

Whether returned by mail or drop box, ballots must be received by county clerks by 8:00pm on election day to be counted. Find drop box locations near you.

Absentee voting is most often used by deployed military members, students studying abroad, and those serving LDS missions. However, anyone who is registered to vote in Utah may vote by absentee ballot.

Absentee ballots can be requested online. Your absentee voting application must be received by your county clerk’s office no later than 5:00 pm 11 calendar days before the election.

Early voting allows Utah residents to cast ballots in person prior to an election. The early voting period runs from 14 days prior to the election and ends 4 days before the election, but dates and hours may vary based on where you live. Check your local County Clerk’s website for more info.

Voters can also find their polling location, with the date and times polls will be open, at vote.utah.gov.

Election-day voting requires one form of currently valid photo ID or two forms of currently valid non-photo ID that establish the voter’s name and residence within the voting district. Voters can find polling locations with operation times at vote.utah.gov.

Party Affiliation

Party affiliation is selected as part of the voter registration process. Voters wishing to change their party affiliation must reregister.

Party affiliation is not required to vote in Utah. In fact, 37 percent of Utah voters are unaffiliated. Note that in Utah, saying you are “independent” can refer to either being “unaffiliated” or belonging to the “Independent American Party,” so be sure you’re correctly affiliating or un-affiliating! 

You can learn about delegates and how to become one here.

Voter ID Requirements

At the polls, voters are required to present one form of currently valid identification containing their name and photograph, such as a driver’s license, passport, tribal ID card, or other type of ID listed at voteinfo.utah.gov. 

Voters without a current photo ID may vote if they provide two documents containing their name and showing that they live in the voting precinct, such as a bank statement, paycheck, certified birth certificate, or other type of ID listed at voteinfo.utah.gov.

For ballots that have been mailed, voters will have to provide the last four digits of their driver’s license, state identification card, or social security number on the ballot envelope to be counted.

How to Track Your Ballot

Track your ballot to make sure it is received and guarantee your vote is counted.

You can track your ballot or provisional ballot at vote.utah.gov.

Special Voting Situations

Members of the military can register online or register and request an absentee ballot by using the Federal Post Card Application from the Federal Voter Assistance Program.

Homeless persons can register to vote without a home address, by identifying a place of residence (which might be a street corner or park) and a mailing address (which might be a shelter or outreach center).

College students must register using a permanent address, which can be either a home or school address. Out-of-state students who register to vote in Utah will be forfeiting home-state residency.

If you are incarcerated for a misdemeanor, or if you are a person in pre trial-detention, you are still eligible to vote.

If you are currently incarcerated for a felony conviction, you are NOT eligible to vote.

Convicted felons’ voting rights are automatically restored upon receiving parole or probation, or being released from incarceration.

Youths ages 16 and 17 may preregister to vote online or by submitting a State of Utah Voter Registration Form. Voting in primary elections is permitted for 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the general election.

Questions or Voting Trouble

Call the Election Protection Hotline at
866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).

H.B. 300 FAQ

H.B. 300 is a law passed by the Utah State Legislature during the 2025 General Session that gradually ends Utah’s universal vote-by-mail system by 2029, replacing it with an opt-in system where voters have to sign up to receive mail-in ballots with additional voter identification restrictions. Additionally, it changes the deadline for ballots to be counted from a “postmark” deadline to an “in-hand” deadline, meaning they must be received by the county clerk (either by mail, in a drop box, or at a voting center) by the close of polls on election day.

You can find the full text of H.B. 300 here.

All registered voters will continue to receive their ballots through mail until 2029. To continue receiving mail-in ballots after 2029, voters will need to opt-in to the vote by mail system.

Voters will be able to request their ballots through mail by the end of 2025. This can be done when applying or renewing a driver’s licence or state identification card. Voters can also request a mail in ballot online, though voter identification will be required.

After opting into the vote by mail system, voters will receive their ballots for 8 years unless the voter requests to stop receiving a ballot by mail or does not vote in an election over a two-year period. After that 8 year time-frame, voters must opt-in to receive ballots by mail once again.

From now until 2029, voters that have a drivers license, state identification card, or social security number must provide the last four digits of one of those identification methods on their ballots. Voters that do not have one of those identification types will still be able to sign their ballot and have their ballot counted after the signature is verified.

Starting in 2029, voters without identification will no longer be able to sign their ballot and have their signature verified to have their ballot counted. All voters will be expected to include the last four digits of their identification or a photocopy of an accepted form of identification to have their ballot counted.

If a voter has a valid driver license or a valid Utah state identification card, the last four digits of that identification must be provided to have the ballot counted.

If a voter does not have a driver license or state identification card, then voters must provide the last four digits of their social security number or include a photocopy of one of the following in the return envelope:  

  • A currently valid identification card issued by the state or a branch, department, or agency of the United States
  • A currently valid Utah permit to carry a concealed weapon
  • A currently valid United States passport
  • A currently valid United States military identification card
  • A currently valid tribal identification card, Bureau of Indian Affairs card, or tribal treaty card

Mail-in ballots that are returned by mail must be received by the county clerk by 8 p.m. on election day. Otherwise, ballots must be returned to a ballot box at a polling place, a ballot drop box, or otherwise received by the county clerk by 8 p.m. on election day.

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