If you are under the age of 18 but will be 18 by the date of the general election, you may participate in caucus. Because your voter preregistration status is confidential before your 18th birthday, we will have you fill out a new voter registration form and affiliate with the Republican Party at your precinct caucus before you can participate.

Not anymore. State law closes voter affiliation changes after a certain date each year; this year it’s January 9, 2024. You can find more information about this here. If you are registered with any other party besides Republican, you will not be able to change your party affiliation to participate in the Republican Party caucus. We encourage you to attend the caucus night of the party with which you are registered, which may be on the same night or a different night. (As an example, the Democrat party of Utah will be holding their caucus on the same night of March, 5th.)

If you are not affiliated with any party or not registered to vote, then you may register as a Republican at any time up until the night of caucus and still participate in the Republican party’s neighborhood caucuses. 

Anyone may attend and observe the neighborhood caucus election as long as they do not commit a breach of decorum. However, individuals not eligible to participate as registered Utah Republicans would not be eligible to vote. 

If instances of disruption or breaches of decorum occur, a person may be asked to leave by the Precinct Host (usually the “Precinct Chair”). 

Residents living within precinct boundaries, who will be at least 18 by the general election and are not registered Republicans, can complete the voter registration form and affiliate as a Republican during the neighborhood caucus election. The Precinct Host will collect the registration forms and forward them to the County Party with the precinct packet at the end of the meeting.

Caucus is on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 starting at 7pm. It will last approximately until 9pm. We encourage folks to arrive early.

Yes. We strongly encourage all interested caucus participants to preregister for caucus. This will significantly speed up the time for you to be determined to be a qualified participant. If you do not preregister you will not get early election results emailed to you and you will have to register in person.

Your caucus is likely at a local school or other public building near where you live. Some counties are still working on the location of their caucuses. We anticipate having all caucus location information by the beginning of February at http://utgop.org/caucus.

You may give your ballot to another registered Republican in your precinct to bring to the caucus on your behalf. You will need to provide that neighbor or family member a photocopy of your government issued ID, such as a Utah Driver’s License. If the address on your license does not match your current address, make sure that your neighbor is aware of the discrepancy. We will use the address on your voter registration (not your license, if they don’t match) to verify that you are eligible to vote in that precinct. Please note that you will submit two ballots. The first ballot will be for the Presidential Preference Poll. The second ballot will be for your state and county delegates and precinct officers.

The Utah Republican Party will permit registered Republican voters from Utah to participate in the caucus by voting absentee under the same rights and processes available to UOCAVA voters in normal Utah elections. Such covered voters may request to vote via email absentee ballot similar to the UOCAVA process. You will submit your ballot to the State Party who will distribute the ballot to the relevant precinct. Please note that you will submit two ballots. The first ballot will be for the Presidential Preference Poll. The second ballot will be for your state and county delegates and precinct officers. 

Yes. You will receive your absentee ballot in your email after you preregister. Further, preregistering will speed up the process to verify your ballot brought in by someone else or submitted through the UOCAVA process. You will be able to mark during the preregistration process that you plan to vote absentee.

For the presidential preference poll, the ballot will be emailed to you after you preregister. All eligible candidates will be listed on the ballot. No write-in candidates will be accepted. This ballot should be sealed in an envelope with your signature on the back. 

To vote remotely for your state delegates or precinct leadership, you should clearly write the first and last name of the chosen candidate on a piece of paper. It is your responsibility to inform yourself who is running to be a delegate or precinct leadership in your precinct. You may also vote for your neighbor to be a delegate who has not “officially” decided to run in advance, but if that person declines to run, we will not elect them without their permission. This ballot should be sealed in an envelope with your signature on the back. 

If you are attending in person, ballots will be available onsite. 

You may use any piece of paper as an alternative way to write down your choice in the Presidential Preference Poll and your preferences for local officers and delegates and submit that as your absentee ballot. This piece of paper should be sealed in an envelope you have signed on the back.

No. You must give your ballot to someone in your precinct.

Yes. You may drop off your ballot at your caucus and then leave under the absentee provisions for other voters who are not able to attend.

No. You must bring your ballot to your caucus.

Yes. You will be registered for the caucus, which includes verifying your voter registration as a Republican who lives in that precinct, just like you would if you were attending in person. After you have completed this process, your ballot will be accepted.  

The state party is providing each caucus location with a system to look up your voter status in the Lieutenant Governor’s database. The LG’s office is where your official voter registration status as well as your party affiliation is documented. You may check out your own voter registration status in advance at vote.utah.gov.

You can find this information at vote.utah.gov. 

You can update your voter information at vote.utah.gov. However, please note that some updates to your voter registration information, and particularly party affiliation, may not be able to be updated since we have passed the January 9, 2024 deadline, as prescribed by law.

Any registered Republican who is a resident of their precinct may stand for election as a state delegate. A person cannot be a simultaneous officer, delegate, candidate or registered affiliated voter of any other rival political party. If you are under the age of 18 but will be 18 by the date of the general election in November and you have successfully registered to participate in the caucus, you may also run to be a state delegate.

The same qualifications for state delegates apply to county delegates and precinct leadership. There may be some additional requirements in your county Republican Party’s bylaws. Please consult your county Republican Party for more information.

There are several methodologies that counties use to choose delegates per the state party’s bylaws. It is up to your county Republican party to determine which voting method they will use.

These elections will be determined by majority vote. Ties will be determined by a coin toss. Precinct Hosts will designate two or more non-candidate ballot counters and inform each candidate they may provide a poll watcher. Violations of these procedural rules will not be a basis for challenging delegate credentials. This does not prohibit county parties from disciplining party officers for such violations.

Alternate state and county delegates may be elected if allowed by the respective county party’s governing documents.

The State Party sets the agenda. The individual precincts do not adopt or amend the agenda. If multiple precincts meet in the same location they may complete all required business in one body prior to the Nominations and Elections section of the agenda. Only the business set forth in the agenda may be conducted at this meeting. Each meeting will follow the following format:

1. Welcome/Introductions 
2. Prayer 
3. Pledge 
4. Reading of the State or County Platform 
5. Review of Rules, Procedures, Duties of Precinct and Delegate Positions 
6. Nominations and Elections for: 
   1. Precinct Chair 
   2. Precinct Vice Chair 
   3. Precinct Secretary and/or Treasurer 
   4. State Delegate 
   5. County Delegate 
   6. Presidential Preference Poll
7. Other Business as directed by State and/or County Parties 
8. Select Election Judges 
9. Adjournment of the Meeting

The Precinct Host is the person who administers the caucus. They are chosen by the county party through a process that is outlined in that county party’s bylaws. The newly elected Precinct Chair will take office at the conclusion of the meeting. The Precinct Host will be responsible for processing the meeting results as instructed by the State Party.

The State Party, through its governing documents, sets the rules to ensure a standardized procedure and a fair playing field for all attendees. The rules cannot be suspended in whole or in part. Robert’s Rules of Order apply in specific cases, but won't be used if they conflict with the Neighborhood Caucus Election Rules. The State Party will also provide each precinct a packet with all needed materials and extra instructions for a successful caucus.

Robert’s Rules of Order will apply in limited situations as follows: 

1. Only the business contained in the call to the meeting can be taken up. 
2. The provisions of the call, specifying the meeting’s purpose and those invited to attend it, have a force equivalent to bylaws of an organized society; that is, they define the subject matter within which motions are in order, and determine who has the right to participate as members. 
3. The State Party has the sole right to set the agenda and the business to be conducted. 
4. The State Party shall select the criteria for the meetings and create the rules.
5. The State Party documents define who can be a participant. 
6. Other rules are seldom necessary unless it is desirable to modify the general rules as to allowable length and number of speeches.
7. Any person at a mass meeting who, after being advised, persists in an obvious attempt to divert the meeting to a different purpose from that for which it was called, or who otherwise tries to disrupt the proceedings, becomes subject to the disciplinary procedure. 
8. The participants have the right to conduct the business. 
9. The purpose of the meeting shall be read to all participants. 
10. Only motions that pertain to the purpose of the meeting are in order.
11. There is no appeal from the ruling of the chair’s decision in assigning the floor.
12. Debate follows the general rules of parliamentary law. 
13. No one can speak on an issue more than once until all others have had an opportunity to speak. 
14. A motion to Adjourn is out of order while business is pending. 
15. When the business for which the meeting was called has apparently been completed and no question is pending, a motion to adjourn is in order.

Every qualified participant has an opportunity to speak to an issue once before anyone can speak twice. If time limits on debate/speaking become necessary they can be imposed by a majority vote of the participants. 

Only participants can nominate, and only qualified participants can be nominated. Nominations can be made in advance or be taken from the floor; seconds are not necessary. A participant may self-nominate, and nominees are not required to be in attendance. 

The Precinct Host may close nominations for delegate or precinct office only when no further nominations are offered. 

Republican Presidential Candidates are deemed nominated if they have properly filed with the Utah Republican Party. No additional presidential nominees may be added to the ballot. Write-in candidates will not be counted. 

Candidate speeches for each office are limited to a maximum of three minutes per office or delegate seat, evenly divided among the candidates, or thirty seconds each, whichever is less, unless modified by a majority vote. Disclosures of candidates with regard to platform planks, employment, personal views, support for individual candidates, etc. are in order.

Voting for delegates and precinct officers will be by secret ballot in contested races. In the event that three or more candidates are nominated for the same precinct office or the same delegate position, the caucus may use multiple ballots or preference voting to choose precinct officers or delegates. One ballot will be made available to each participant for contested races. The precinct host will announce the vote counts. 

Each qualified participant or absentee voter will submit a ballot that marks their choice. The candidates shall not be ranked. Only one candidate shall be chosen. Ballots that mark more than one candidate will not be counted. There will be only one round of voting. Results will be released as statewide totals on a percentage basis.

Election results can be declared by acclamation if only one nominee is submitted for any given office.

Absentee ballots must be accompanied by a photocopy of the voter's government-issued ID. The Precinct Host verifies voter registration status and affiliation. The absentee ballot should be sealed in an envelope with the signature of the voter on the back. The Precinct Host will open the absentee envelopes at the time of counting the ballots of in person qualified participants. A voided blank copy of the ballot will be posted conspicuously inside the precinct location throughout the registration and meeting. 

The State Party determines how many state delegates a county receives based on Relative Republican Strength. This allocation is made every four years, aligned with the most recent gubernatorial election. The county determines how many state delegates are allocated to each precinct based on their own county Republican party bylaws. To look up how many state delegates are allocated to your precinct, please refer to http://utgop.org/caucus where this information will be available in early February.

The number of county delegates is determined by the county Republican party. Please refer to the bylaws of your county party for more information.

The State Party recommends that county parties provide for and advertise a one-hour meet-and-greet with precinct candidates between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm, directly before the neighborhood caucus election. Whether county parties choose to have this candidate meet and greet is up to the discretion of the county party leadership. 

Meeting with our neighbors to engage in the political process facilitates more productive political discourse. We want to ensure that all presidential candidates have the opportunity to engage with voters and for voters to meet face to face with their neighbors to discuss our state and country’s political future. All registered Republicans as outlined above may participate.

The ballots will be counted by the precinct leadership in the room. You are welcome to stay after the caucus to watch this process. These results will be given to county party leadership, who will validate the results and enter them into a centralized database administered by the State Party. Before any ballots are officially totalled, the county party leadership will have the opportunity to review.

Delegate and precinct officer elections will be counted as rounds of voting take place. Each candidate may have a poll watcher. Only non-candidates are allowed to count ballots. The results will be announced at the meeting after each round, as applicable. Final results will be reported in a methodology similar to the presidential preference poll. 

The results will be released first by email to any preregistered caucus attendee who has provided their email address. Results will then be released online on the state party’s website and social media.