Section 607 - Inducing attendance at polls -- Payment of workers.

UT Code § 20A-1-607 (2019) (N/A)

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(1) (a) It is unlawful for a person to pay another for a loss incurred because an individual voted or registered to vote. (b) Subsection (1)(a) does not permit an employer to make a deduction from the usual salary or wages of an employee who takes a leave of absence as authorized under Section 20A-3-103 for the purpose of voting.

(a) It is unlawful for a person to pay another for a loss incurred because an individual voted or registered to vote.

(b) Subsection (1)(a) does not permit an employer to make a deduction from the usual salary or wages of an employee who takes a leave of absence as authorized under Section 20A-3-103 for the purpose of voting.

(2) (a) A person may not pay for personal services performed or to be performed on the day of a caucus, primary, convention, or election, or for any purpose connected with a caucus, primary, convention, or election that directly or indirectly affect the result of the caucus, primary, convention, or election. (b) Subsection (2)(a) does not prohibit a person from hiring a person to act as a watcher.

(a) A person may not pay for personal services performed or to be performed on the day of a caucus, primary, convention, or election, or for any purpose connected with a caucus, primary, convention, or election that directly or indirectly affect the result of the caucus, primary, convention, or election.

(b) Subsection (2)(a) does not prohibit a person from hiring a person to act as a watcher.

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