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Starting with elections held on or after November 1, 2026, this bill would create a two-track voting system in Utah: registered voters who provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship — such as a driver license number that verifies citizenship, a birth certificate, passport, naturalization documents, or tribal enrollment number — would receive a standard ballot with all races, while voters who do not provide such proof would receive a federal-only ballot limited to races for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House. The bill would also require election officers to independently review voter registration records, using tools like the federal SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) program and state agency data, to determine whether any registered voter is not a U.S. citizen; if an officer makes such a determination, the voter would be notified, given 30 days to dispute it, and removed from the rolls if they do not successfully challenge the finding. Voter registration forms, driver license registration forms, provisional ballot envelopes, and online registration systems would all be updated to notify applicants that failing to provide proof of citizenship limits them to federal-only voting, and to list the accepted forms of proof on the back of each form. The bill would also extend the deadline for voters to cure rejected or provisional ballots — including those lacking citizenship documentation — to noon on the last business day before the canvass (the official counting and certification of results), replacing a prior deadline tied to the Monday after election day.