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Candidates running for office in Utah must gather signatures on nomination petitions to qualify for the ballot, and this bill adds new transparency and fraud-reporting requirements to that process. Election officials would be required to publicly post the name and date of signature of every verified petition signer on the lieutenant governor's website for at least 90 days, and if someone claims a signature attributed to them on a petition is not actually theirs, the election official would have to notify the county or district attorney within three business days, along with contact information for both the person raising the concern and the signature collector. The bill also clarifies when voters may ask to have their own signature removed from a petition, generally setting the deadline at three business days after the petition is filed with election officials or, for electronic signatures, three business days after the signature is certified online or by the filing officer. If a removal request is granted, officials would be required to update the petition's signature count and the public posting to reflect the change.