Wyo. Stat. § 22-2-111 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-111
§ 22-2-111. Employees time off to vote
Status: in_force

(a) Any person entitled to vote at any primary or general election or special election to fill a vacancy in the office of representatives in the congress of the United States is, on the day of such election, entitled to absent himself from any service or employment in which he is then engaged or employed for a period of one (1) hour, other than meal hours, the hour being at the convenience of the employer, between the time of opening and closing of the polls. Such elector shall not, because of so absenting himself, lose any pay, providing he actually casts his legal vote.

(b) This section shall not apply to an employee who has three (3) or more consecutive nonworking hours during the time the polls are open.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-803 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-803
§ 22-23-803. Polling places; election judges
Status: in_force

The governing body shall designate sufficient polling places to permit convenient voting and shall designate a sufficient number of qualified electors resident in the municipality to serve as judges of election. The judges of election at a municipal special election shall discharge the same duties as the judges of election at a regular statewide election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-807 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-807
§ 22-23-807. Vote count and certification
Status: in_force

After the polls are closed, the judges of election shall count the vote and certify the result in writing to the municipal clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-109 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-109
§ 22-6-109. Elector's petition alleging error or omission
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than three (3) days after the ballot is posted an elector may file a notarized affidavit with the county clerk alleging that an error or omission exists in any official ballot to be voted within the county. The county clerk shall, if the affidavit has merit, correct the error or omission as soon as possible.

(b) Not earlier than three (3) days and not more than six (6) days after filing the notarized affidavit with the county clerk, if the clerk fails to correct the alleged error or omission, the elector may file a petition in district court alleging that an error or omission exists in any official ballot to be voted within the county. The court shall, as soon as practical, order the ballot corrected or dismiss the petition.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-12-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-101
§ 22-12-101. Designation and notice of polling places; external location; change in location
Status: in_force

(a) Polling places shall be designated by the county clerk, who shall publish their location at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county within two (2) weeks prior to a statewide election. Polling places may be located outside of the precinct if the board of county commissioners determines and records in its minutes the reasons that it is required by the public convenience.

(b) A polling place designated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and used in the 2014 general election shall be not be changed unless a notice describing the proposed change is posted on the county's official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the designated official newspaper of the county. The notice shall include the date and place of the county commissioners' meeting where the proposed change will be discussed. The county clerk shall notify the county chairman of each political party in the county not later than fifteen (15) days before the meeting. A proposed change in the location of a polling place may be adopted by the county clerk at a meeting of the county commissioners during which the proposed change is discussed.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-322 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-322
§ 22-24-322. Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who signs a name other than his own on a petition for initiative, or who knowingly signs his name more than once for the same proposition at one (1) election, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.

(b) Any member of the committee of applicants, sponsor or circulator who knowingly and willfully makes a false verification of the qualifications of a circulator pursuant to W.S. 22-24-306(a) or knowingly and willfully makes a false verification under W.S. 22-24-314 , shall be guilty of false swearing and subject to the penalties provided by W.S. 22-26-101 .
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-315 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-315
§ 22-24-315. Petitions; filing by sponsors
Status: in_force

(a) Petitions may be filed with the secretary of state if signed by a sufficient number of qualified registered voters as required by the Wyoming constitution.

(b) Petitions for an initiative shall be submitted to the secretary of state for verification within the eighteen (18) month period following the date the first set of petition forms are provided to the sponsors. Any petition not submitted within the eighteen (18) month period is void for all purposes.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-301 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-301
§ 22-4-301. Application of article
Status: in_force

This article is applicable only to minor political parties.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-201 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-201
§ 22-24-201. Paid advertising; penalty
Status: in_force

(a) Any group of persons who are associated for the purpose of raising, collecting or spending money for paid advertising in any communication media or for printed literature to support, oppose or otherwise influence legislation by the legislature of the state of Wyoming, which is or was the subject of a statewide initiative or referendum within the past four (4) years, shall:

(i) File a statement of formation listing the names and addresses of its chairman and treasurer with the secretary of state within ten (10) days after formation and prior to the publication, dissemination or broadcast of any paid advertising from the group;

(ii) File with the secretary of state a statement of contributions and expenditures setting forth the full and complete record of contributions including cash, goods or services and actual and promised expenditures, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, on the last Friday in December of each calendar year. In addition to the annual report, while the legislature is in session, there shall be filed an interim monthly statement for each month or portion thereof that the legislature is in session, within ten (10) days of the first day of the month for the previous month;

(iii) If the total contributions and expenditures reported under paragraph (a)(ii) of this section lists any contribution in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) from any source or sources other than an individual, the report shall include a full and complete disclosure of the funding source or sources of any nonindividual contributor which funded the advertising.

(b) Any group formed under this section shall file a termination report within thirty (30) days after it ceases the regulated activity but cessation of activity shall not relieve the group of the reporting requirement for that filing period.

(c) No group subject to this section shall pay for advertising in any communication media or printed literature without full disclosure of the name of the group.

(d) Nothing in this section shall require an individual or individuals who pay for advertising or literature to support, oppose or otherwise influence legislation to file under this section, provided the name of the individual or individuals is fully disclosed in the advertising or literature.

(e) As used in this section:

(i) “Communication media” means advertising on television, radio, in print media, on billboards and other electronic media;

(ii) “Printed literature” means any printed material but shall not include any member association printed communication not intended for public dissemination, bumper stickers, pens, pencils, buttons, rulers, nail files, balloons and yard signs.

(f) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided by W.S. 22-26-112 .
Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-304 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-304
§ 22-5-304. Qualifications and number of signers required
Status: in_force

(a) For a statewide partisan office, a petition shall be signed by registered electors, resident in the state and eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering not less than two percent (2%) of the total number of votes cast for representative in congress in the last general election for the entire state.

(b) For a countywide partisan office, a petition shall be signed by registered electors, resident in the county and eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering not less than two percent (2%) of the total number of votes cast for representative in congress in the last general election for the entire county.

(c) For a district partisan election, a petition shall be signed by registered electors, resident in the district and eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering not less than two percent (2%) of the total number of votes cast for the office in that particular district in the last general election. If a district's boundaries have changed since the last general election, then the required number of petition signatures shall not be less than two percent (2%) of the number of registered voters in the current district boundaries at the close of day on the day immediately preceding the primary election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-17-103 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-17-103
§ 22-17-103. Summons; conduct of suit
Status: in_force

Summons shall be issued against the person whose election is being contested and upon the election official responsible for conducting the election. The suit shall be conducted as a civil action and shall be considered for an expedited docket.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-214 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-214
§ 22-5-214. Declaration or change in party affiliation
Status: in_force

(a) For a primary election, an elector may declare or change party affiliation by completing an application signed before a notarial officer or election official and filing it with the county clerk before the first day on which an application for nomination may be filed under W.S. 22-5-209 .

(b) For a general election, an elector may declare or change party affiliation by completing an application signed before a notarial officer or election official, and filing it with the county clerk after the primary election and not less than fourteen (14) days before the general election or at the polls on the day of the general election, or when requesting an absentee ballot for the general election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-2-105 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-105
§ 22-2-105. Terms of office and offices voted on at general elections
Status: in_force

(a) The terms of office and offices voted on at general elections are as follows:

(i) Two Year Term.--At every general election there shall be elected the number of representatives in congress to which this state is entitled and members of the Wyoming house of representatives;

(ii) Four Year Term. --At the general election in 1974 and in every fourth (4th) year thereafter, there shall be elected the following officers: one (1) governor, one (1) secretary of state, one (1) state treasurer, one (1) state auditor, one (1) superintendent of public instruction, county clerks, county treasurers, county assessors, county coroners, county and prosecuting attorneys, district attorneys, sheriffs, clerks of the district court. At every general election there shall be elected the necessary member or members of the Wyoming senate and county commissioners. The question of retention of a circuit court judge or a magistrate of the circuit court shall be submitted:

(A) For a circuit court judge, to the electorate of all counties within the circuit;

(B) For a magistrate required by law to stand for retention, to the electorate of the county wherein the magistrate serves.

(iii) Six Year Term.--At the general election in 1976 and in every sixth year thereafter, there shall be elected one (1) United States senator for the term next ensuing. At the general election in 1978 and every sixth year thereafter there shall be elected one (1) United States senator for the term next ensuing. At each general election the retention of district judges for unexpired balances of or new six (6) year terms shall be submitted to the electorate of the several judicial districts, as necessary;

(iv) Eight Year Term.--At every general election to the retention of a justice or justices of the Wyoming supreme court for unexpired balances of or new eight (8) year terms shall be submitted to the electorate of the entire state as necessary.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-320 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-320
§ 22-24-320. Insufficiency of application or petition
Status: in_force

An initiative submitted to the voters shall not be void because of the insufficiency of the application or petitions by which the submission was procured.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-17-102 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-17-102
§ 22-17-102. Commencement by verified petition; contents
Status: in_force

(a) Election contests for all primary election offices and all general election offices other than state legislators, United States president and vice-president and presidential elector, may be commenced by the contestant filing with the clerk of the district court of the county, within fourteen (14) days after the results of the election have been certified by the canvassing board, a verified petition setting forth specifically:

(i) The name of the contestant and that he is a registered elector in the county, district or precinct in which the office is to be exercised;

(ii) The name of the person whose election is being contested;

(iii) The office;

(iv) The grounds for the contest.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-106 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-106
§ 22-9-106. Qualified absentee voter; written notification if rejected
Status: in_force

The clerk shall mark each completed absentee ballot application with the date of receipt. The clerk shall then determine if the applicant is properly qualified to vote. If the applicant is not entitled to vote, the clerk shall not issue a ballot to him and shall mark the application “rejected” and file it in a file separate from applications which are accepted. If an application is rejected, the clerk shall immediately notify the applicant in writing of the reason for rejection.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-101
§ 22-13-101. Poll hours; opening proclamation
Status: in_force

Polls shall be open at seven (7:00) a.m. and close at seven (7:00) p.m., local time. A judge of election shall proclaim aloud at seven (7:00) a.m. at the polls that the polls are open.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-208 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-208
§ 22-5-208. Filing fees; exception
Status: in_force

(a) Applications shall be accompanied by the following fees:

(i) One hundred dollars ($100.00) for the offices of state senator, state representative, district attorney and for the offices to be voted for by electors wholly within a county;

(ii) Three hundred dollars ($300.00) for offices to be voted for by electors of the entire state except as provided in paragraph (iii) of this subsection;

(iii) Seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for any federal office voted for by electors of the entire state.

(b) No application is valid unless the fee is paid.

(c) A filing fee shall not be required of candidates for special district director, school district trustee, community college trustee, precinct committeeman or precinct committeewoman.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-117 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-117
§ 22-29-117. Change of district name
Status: in_force

(a) A district may change its name from the name given it in the formation order of the county commissioners, or from the name under which it was otherwise organized, to a name chosen by resolution of a majority of the directors.

(b) The directors shall not adopt a resolution for a district name change without publishing notice once of the proposed name change in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(c) All powers, rights, duties and obligations of a district which has adopted a new name shall be continued under the new name. All references to the prior name of the district shall be considered references to the new name.

(d) A district changing its name shall immediately notify the secretary of state if the principal act requires that formation documents be filed with the secretary of state, the county treasurer, the county clerk and the county assessor of each county in which the district is situated.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-118 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-118
§ 22-4-118. State convention powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The state convention has the following powers and duties:

(i) To nominate electors of president and vice-president of the United States;

(ii) To elect national committeemen and committeewomen;

(iii) To adopt a platform;

(iv) To select delegates and alternates to national nominating conventions;

(v) To formulate or change the rules governing the internal organizations of the party which rules must include:

(A) The time, place, manner of election and terms of office of party officers not provided by statute;

(B) The method of apportioning delegates and alternates to the state convention to each county;

(C) The method of selecting delegates and alternates to the national convention;

(D) The name, powers and duties of any standing committee of the state central committee and the state convention;

(E) Rules of conduct for county and state conventions;

(F) Powers and duties delegated to county and state committees.

(vi) To conduct such other business as it deems necessary or proper.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-101
§ 22-9-101. Duty to assist absent electors to vote
Status: in_force

The state and county selective service boards, all military organizations, the adjutant general, citizens and officers of this state are charged with the duty of cooperation with election officials and absent electors to assist absent qualified electors to vote in all elections.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-121 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-121
§ 22-9-121. Examination of absentee ballot affidavit; rejection; voting ballots
Status: in_force

(a) After the judges of election are sworn in and as activity permits, the judges shall examine the affidavit on the absentee ballot envelope to determine if it is legally sufficient.

(b) If it is not, they shall write on the unopened inner envelope “REJECTED” and reasons for rejection. A rejected ballot envelope and the ballot therein shall be returned to the clerk who delivered it and retained by the clerk as required by state and federal law or until the final termination of any court action in which it may be involved, whichever is later, and then destroyed.

(c) If it is sufficient:

(i) In a paper ballot precinct, the name of the absent elector shall be entered in the pollbook, the inner ballot envelope shall be opened by a judge of election and the ballots therein shall be removed. The ballot shall then be placed in the regular ballot box by a judge of election;

(ii) In a voting machine precinct, the inner ballot envelope shall be opened after the judges are sworn in and as activity permits, the ballots therein removed and each ballot deposited in its proper box. After the absentee ballots have been so deposited, they shall be mixed within the box, removed from the box and once the polls open and as activity permits, voted on a voting machine in the following manner: A judge of election shall read the vote for each candidate and ballot proposition. A judge of a different political party affiliation shall record the vote as read on the machine. A third judge shall observe this procedure to see that the vote is correctly cast.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-12-104 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-104
§ 22-12-104. Printed instruction cards
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall provide printed instruction cards to guide electors preparing ballots. These cards shall be printed in large clear type and indicate how to obtain a ballot, how to prepare the ballot for deposit in the ballot box, how to obtain a new ballot in place of one spoiled, and a statement of acts constituting a violation by voters of the Election Code.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-8-116 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-8-116
§ 22-8-116. Compensation
Status: in_force

Judges of election and members of counting boards shall be compensated for services at a rate to be determined by the board of county commissioners at the June meeting and stated on the notice sent to each nominee. The rate shall be not less than the state minimum wage. Compensation shall begin one (1) hour before a member assumes his duties. The election official who delivers the returns shall receive additional compensation for necessary travel beyond ten (10) miles at the rate authorized for county employees. If a flat rate is paid, said sum shall not be less than the state hourly minimum wage multiplied by the number of hours the polls are open plus one (1) hour.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-401 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-401
§ 22-29-401. Dissolution procedure
Status: in_force

(a) Dissolution of a district may be initiated:

(i) By a petition signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the voters owning not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessed valuation of property within the district, requesting dissolution of the district, filed with the county commissioners. The petition process shall be governed by W.S. 22-29-105 through 22-29-108 ;

(ii) By resolution of the district directors filed with the county commissioners when the district directors determine that it is in the best interest of the inhabitants of the district that the district be dissolved and liquidated;

(iii) By resolution of the county commissioners if:

(A) Either:

(I) The district at the time of the regular district election has not elected district directors as required by the principal act; or

(II) The territory within the district is uninhabited; and

(B) The county commissioners determine that it is in the best interest of the people of the county that the district be dissolved and liquidated.

(iv) Within five (5) business days after a petition is filed or a resolution of a county commission is adopted under this section, a copy shall be filed with the district secretary, if any, or with any other district officer who can with reasonable diligence be located;

(v) If there are no qualified district director members, the county commissioners shall act as or appoint a board of trustees to act in behalf of the district.

(b) Dissolution of a district shall be initiated by resolution of the board of county commissioners if the director of the department of audit has notified the board of county commissioners of the district's failure to comply with the reporting requirements of W.S. 9-1-507 , and the district has failed to comply with W.S. 9-1-507(a)(vii) by December 30 of that same calendar year. The board of county commissioners shall declare the board of directors vacant under W.S. 22-29-201 , and shall fill the board by appointment under W.S. 22-29-202 for the purpose of dissolving the district.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-306 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-306
§ 22-4-306. Certification of presidential elector nominees and party officers
Status: in_force

The state party chairman and state party secretary shall certify the names of nominees for presidential electors and the name of the state and county party officers elected to the secretary of state immediately after the state convention.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-3-106 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-106
§ 22-3-106. Request for voter registration withdrawal; form
Status: in_force

If a voter registration applicant affirms that he is registered in another county or state, the registry agent shall require that the applicant make a written withdrawal of voter registration from another county or state on the Wyoming registration application.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-16-110 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 16 / Section 22-16-110
§ 22-16-110. How candidate may obtain recount; where affidavit filed
Status: in_force

(a) A candidate may obtain a recount of votes for the office he is seeking by making and filing an affidavit alleging that fraud or error occurred in counting, returning or canvassing the votes cast in any part of the district in which he is standing for election. The affidavit shall be filed in the same office the candidate filed his application for nomination:

(i) Not later than two (2) days after the county canvass has been completed if the office is certified by the county canvassing board;

(ii) Not later than two (2) days after the state canvass has been completed if the office is certified by the state canvassing board.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-109 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-109
§ 22-13-109. Instruction in use of voting machine
Status: in_force

Before entering the voting booth, an elector desiring instruction on the use of the machine may summon two (2) judges of different political parties. The judges shall instruct on use of the machine but may not attempt to influence the vote. They may not remain in the booth after the elector has entered. A voting machine or other device may be used in the polling place solely for instruction purposes.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-21-109 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-109
§ 22-21-109. Supplies; regulations; costs
Status: in_force

The county clerk may utilize voting machines or electronic voting systems at any bond election and may prescribe the form of the ballot, the duties of election officials, and other reasonable regulations pertaining thereto. The political subdivision holding the bond election shall pay the actual costs of the election or an equitably proportioned share of a concurrent election, as determined by the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-3-115 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-115
§ 22-3-115. Grounds for cancellation of registration
Status: in_force

(a) A registered elector's registration shall be cancelled for any one (1) of the following reasons:

(i) Failure to vote in any general election;

(ii) Death;

(iii) Removal of residence from the county or state more than thirty (30) days prior to an election;

(iv) Disqualification to vote;

(v) Receipt of notification that the elector has registered to vote in another jurisdiction;

(vi) Upon written request of the elector at any time except for the period for which party changes are prohibited as specified in W.S. 22-5-214 .

(b) A registered elector's registration shall not be cancelled if the elector in any general election requested an absentee ballot which was rejected.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-114 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-114
§ 22-13-114. Papers to assist marking permitted
Status: in_force

An elector may use a written or printed paper to assist in marking his ballot.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-8-110 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-8-110
§ 22-8-110. Notice of appointment
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall immediately mail a notice of appointment to each person selected to serve as a judge of election or a member of a counting board or alternate. The notice shall also state that attendance at the training school for election officials is required unless similar training is otherwise completed to the satisfaction of the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-26-116 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 26 / Section 22-26-116
§ 22-26-116. Interfering with employee's political rights
Status: in_force

Interfering with an employee's political rights consists of an employer making, adopting, enforcing or attempting to enforce any order, rule, regulation or policy forbidding or preventing any employee from becoming a candidate for public office or for a position on any public board or commission or making, adopting, enforcing or attempting to enforce any order, rule, or regulation controlling or attempting to control such employee's vote on any question at any public election, or in any public position or board or in any office to which such employee may be appointed or elected.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-305 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-305
§ 22-24-305. Notice to committee
Status: in_force

Notice to the committee of applicants on any matter pertaining to the application and petition shall be served on any member of the committee in person, by mail, or electronically, addressed to a committee member at the address indicated on the application.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-8-107 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-8-107
§ 22-8-107. Absentee ballot counting boards
Status: in_force

If the alternate procedure for counting absentee ballots described in W.S. 22-9-125 is used, at least three (3) judges shall be appointed as an absentee ballot counting board in the same manner as other election judges are appointed. These judges shall determine legality of absentee ballots and count absentee ballots or in the case of electronic voting systems, the ballots shall be counted at the designated counting center.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-406 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-406
§ 22-4-406. Officers and nominating procedures
Status: in_force

A provisional party shall be subject to W.S. 22-4-302 through 22-4-307 . Under no circumstances shall a provisional party nominate by the primary election process.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-12-107 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-107
§ 22-12-107. Materials for judges
Status: repealed

(a) Before election day the county clerk shall cause to be delivered to one (1) of the judges of election in each polling place the following materials:

(i) Pollbooks;

(ii) At any election specified in W.S. 22-2-101(a)(i) through (viii) , registration applications;

(iii) A map of the precinct boundaries;

(iv) Ballot boxes in the number required by law with secure locks and keys and one (1) opening sufficient to admit a single ballot;

(v) Voting machines, where required;

(vi) The number of ballots required by law;

(vii) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 38, § 2, eff. July 1, 2011.

(viii) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 38, § 2, eff. July 1, 2011.

(ix) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 86, § 2, eff. July 1, 2017.

(x) Other necessary supplies.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-202 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-202
§ 22-29-202. Filling by appointment
Status: in_force

(a) A vacancy in a district director office shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining directors. However, if a vacancy exists in a majority of the offices of director, or if a majority of the directors cannot agree on an appointment, then notice of the vacancy shall be given to the county commission by either a district director or district member. The county commission shall fill the vacancy within thirty (30) days of being notified or by the time specified in the principal act. If the county commission finds that a vacancy exists in a majority of offices of director or that a majority of the directors cannot agree on an appointment, the county commission may fill the vacancy by acting on its own motion without notice.

(b) All appointments shall be evidenced by an appropriate entry in the minutes of the meeting at which the appointment was made.

(c) An appointee to the office of director shall serve until the next regular election.

(d) The appointed person before undertaking the duties of office shall take an oath of office in accordance with W.S. 22-29-118 .

(e) The term of office of an appointed director begins on the day the appointee accepts the appointment unless the letter of resignation of the prior incumbent specifies a later date, which date then shall be the beginning of the appointee's term.

(f) Any vacancy created by failure of the board to comply with W.S. 9-1-507(a)(vii) shall be filled by appointment by the board of county commissioners for the sole purpose of acting as trustee to dissolve the district without election pursuant to W.S. 22-29-401 et seq.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-14-110 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 14 / Section 22-14-110
§ 22-14-110. Sealing paper ballots and voting machine records
Status: in_force

Paper ballots shall be sealed by the election judges in an envelope after being counted and tallied, unless the ballots are being counted at a central counting center as authorized by W.S. 22-14-114(b) . One (1) copy of each voting machine record shall be sealed in a separate envelope showing the district, precinct and machine number and endorsed by the election judges. These envelopes shall then be sealed in a single large container. The district and precinct number shall be written on each container.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-104 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-104
§ 22-29-104. Definitions when principal act is silent
Status: repealed

(a) When used in a principal act, the following definitions apply, unless the term is otherwise specifically defined in that principal act:

(i) “ Elector ” means a qualified elector;

(A) to (F) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 115, § 5.

(ii) “ Landowner ” means a person holding record fee title to real property within the district or proposed district or a person obligated to pay general property taxes under a contract to purchase real property within the district or proposed district. It does not include a person who owns only personal property even though such personal property may be subject to levy. As used in this paragraph, “ person ” includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association or other entity owning land in the district provided the individual who signs the petition for a corporation, partnership or association presents the election judge with a written authorization to sign for the corporation, partnership or association;

(iii) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 115, § 5.

(iv) “Property owner” means a landowner;

(v) “ Qualified elector ” means a natural person who:

(A) Is a citizen of the United States;

(B) Is a bona fide resident of the district or proposed district;

(C) Will be at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day of the election at which he may offer to vote;

(D) Is not currently adjudicated mentally incompetent;

(E) Has not been convicted of a felony, or, if so convicted, has had his civil or voting rights restored; and

(F) Has registered to vote.

(vi) “Resident” or “residence” means as defined in the Wyoming Election Code;

(vii) “ Voter ” means a qualified elector;

(viii) “ Written authorization ” means an affidavit filed with the county clerk setting forth a general legal description of the property owned, the street or common name address for the property, the name or names of all owners of the property described, and a statement that the person signing the written authorization is the only person having authority to act on behalf of the owner or owners of the property.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-111 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-111
§ 22-29-111. Formation and initial director election
Status: repealed

(a) The electors shall vote on the formation of the district and for the initial directors. Votes for write-in candidates for director shall be permitted.

(b) The election shall be conducted under the direction of the county clerk and shall be at the expense of the sponsors of the proposed district. The sponsors may apply to the county for financial help under W.S. 22-29-113(c) . If the proposed district is approved, and upon request of the sponsors or the county commissioners the special district shall reimburse the cost of the election.

(c) The formation of the district is approved if a majority of the votes cast on the proposition vote “for” formation.

(d) The county clerk shall conduct the election in accordance with W.S. 22-29-113 through 22-29-116 .

(e) An elector casting a ballot may vote for any director candidate or other questions relating to the district, regardless of whether he voted against formation.

(f) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 115, § 5.

(g) If the proposition to form the district fails, the director candidacy questions are null and void.

(h) If the formation question is approved, the county clerk shall send written notice of the formation to the public funds division of the department of audit within ten (10) business days of the canvass.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-105 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-105
§ 22-9-105. Application
Status: in_force

A qualified elector may apply for an absentee ballot at anytime during the calendar year in which the election is held, but not on the day of the election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-307 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-307
§ 22-23-307. Candidates nominated; certificate of nomination
Status: in_force

(a) The candidates equal to twice the number to be elected to each office who receive the highest number of votes are nominated to run for the office at the next general election and shall be issued a certificate of nomination by the county clerk. A write-in candidate shall not be nominated and shall not be entitled to have his name printed on the ballot for the next general election unless he received at least three (3) votes.

(b) The chief election officer shall notify a write-in candidate who has been nominated for election within forty-eight (48) hours after the canvassing board meets. Notification may be made by United States postal service, any generally accepted business document delivery method evidenced by receipt of delivery or attempted delivery at the last known address of the write-in candidate or service as provided under the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure. Failure of the successful write-in candidate to accept the nomination within five (5) days after delivery, attempted delivery or service under the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure, as computed pursuant to W.S. 22-2-110 , results in the successful write-in candidate not appearing on the general election ballot, and results in a vacancy which can be filled as provided in W.S. 22-23-308 . Each notification provided under this section shall inform the write-in candidate that failure to timely respond will result in forfeiture of nomination.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-103 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-103
§ 22-13-103. Preservation of order; privacy of voting booths and machines
Status: in_force

(a) Judges of election have the duty and authority to preserve order at the polls by any necessary and suitable means.

(b) To protect the privacy of the voter, voting booths and voting machines shall be kept clear of all persons except voters marking ballots and election officials discharging their duties.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-7-105 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-7-105
§ 22-7-105. Election district number to precede precinct number
Status: in_force

Whenever they are both referred to, the election district number shall precede the voting precinct number.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-3-116 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-116
§ 22-3-116. Notice of intent to cancel registration
Status: in_force

When the county clerk has information that a registration should be cancelled, he shall mail a notice of intent to cancel to the elector at his address on the registry list stating the reason for cancellation. The notice shall state that cancellation shall occur within twenty (20) days unless the elector asks that his name remain on the registry list. A copy of the notice of cancellation shall be retained by the county clerk for three (3) years. A notice is not required if the clerk has received a receipt of notification that the elector has registered to vote in another jurisdiction or if the elector requested cancellation in writing.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-802 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-802
§ 22-23-802. Proclamation; supplementation of advertisement
Status: in_force

The date of a special election and the location of polling places shall be proclaimed by the governing body of the municipality not more than thirty (30) nor less than fifteen (15) days before the special election. The proclamation shall state the purpose of the election and shall be published at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. The advertisement may be supplemented by the county or municipality as provided by W.S. 22-20-104(b) .
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-1004 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-1004
§ 22-23-1004. Adoption by electors; repealing or amending
Status: repealed

(a) If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question vote in favor of a proposed initiative ordinance, it is adopted and may not be repealed or amended except by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the municipality.

(b) The municipal governing body may submit to a vote of the people at a special election or a regular municipal, primary or general election, the question of repealing or amending an ordinance adopted by initiative petition.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-17-108 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-17-108
§ 22-17-108. Court judgment in contests
Status: in_force

A judgment of the court in an election contest shall confirm or annul the election or declare elected a qualified candidate receiving the highest number of legal votes, or declare the result of the election on each contested ballot proposition. The election of a candidate receiving the highest number of legal votes but disqualified for any other legal reason shall be declared null and void and a vacancy will be declared to exist. For offices to be filled by more than one (1) candidate, the election shall not be declared null and void but the qualified candidates receiving the highest number of legal votes shall be declared elected.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-22-304 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-22-304
§ 22-22-304. Ballot information; format
Status: repealed

(a) The official ballot shall contain the following information:

(i) The name of the school district or community college district;

(ii) The county or counties in which the district is located;

(iii) The number of offices to be filled, the length of term for each office, and the number and names of candidates for each office for whom each voter is entitled to vote;

(iv) In districts divided into trustee residence areas or subdistricts, the trustee residence area or subdistrict of each candidate and the number to be elected from each trustee residence area or subdistrict;

(v) Ballot propositions to be voted on at the election.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 100, § 5.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-108 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-108
§ 22-6-108. Errors or omissions; posting
Status: in_force

(a) The official responsible for preparing the ballot shall correct errors or omissions as soon as possible.

(b) The official shall post a copy of each ballot in his office not later than the day when the official must have the ballot in his possession.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-403 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-403
§ 22-29-403. Plan for dissolution and liquidation
Status: in_force

The plan of dissolution and liquidation may include provisions for transfer and conveyance of all assets of the district to any other district or to the county or counties where the district is located which have the authority and agree to assume the outstanding indebtedness of the dissolving district, if any, and to continue to furnish similar services to the inhabitants of the district.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-14-111 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 14 / Section 22-14-111
§ 22-14-111. Returning records and returns to clerk
Status: repealed

(a) Unless the votes are being counted at a central counting center as authorized by W.S. 22-14-114(b) , an election judge or peace officer as defined under W.S. 7-2-101(a)(iv)(A) or (B) and acting under the authority of the county clerk shall, as soon as possible after the tabulation of votes is complete, return to the clerk who prepared the ballots for the election the following records and returns in a sealed and locked container with a numbered seal that includes a number or other identifier that is unique to that seal:

(i) One (1) sealed copy from each electronic voting system printer pack;

(ii) All ballots cast, including provisional ballots;

(iii) Spoiled or rejected ballots;

(iv) Ballots not cast;

(v) Repealed by Laws 2002, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 18, § 3.

(vi) Affidavits, registration application forms and oaths where required;

(vii) Tally sheets;

(viii) Oaths of judges of election;

(ix) Reconciliation of ballots;

(x) Tally sheet if ballots are hand counted.

(b) The number or unique identifier on the numbered seal on the sealed and locked container required under subsection (a) of this section shall be documented by an election judge before departing the polling place and documented by the county clerk upon arriving at the county clerk's office.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-102 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-102
§ 22-9-102. Who may vote by absentee ballot
Status: in_force

(a) Any qualified elector may vote by absentee ballot.

(b) A qualified elector who leaves the state with the intent to make his residence elsewhere may vote by absentee ballot in Wyoming until he has met the residency requirement in his new state of residence.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-16-118 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 16 / Section 22-16-118
§ 22-16-118. Meeting of state canvassing board
Status: in_force

The state canvassing board shall meet no later than the second Wednesday following the election. The secretary of state shall send a messenger to obtain official county abstracts not filed in a reasonable length of time. The canvassing board shall meet at the time and place set by the secretary of state. The board shall review the state abstracts prepared by the secretary of state, compare them with the tabulation and materials prepared by the secretary of state, resolve any tie votes, and certify the abstract as the official state canvass.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-302 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-302
§ 22-5-302. Unsuccessful primary candidates precluded
Status: in_force

An unsuccessful candidate for office at a primary election, whose name is printed on any party ballot, may not seek nomination by petition for the same office at the next general election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-108 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-108
§ 22-4-108. Delegates and alternates to state convention; county platform
Status: in_force

The county convention shall elect from electors resident in the county and registered in the party delegates and alternates to the state convention as apportioned by the rules of the party. The county convention may also adopt a county platform.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-12-103 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-103
§ 22-12-103. Furnishing of booths
Status: in_force

The county clerk in all elections shall furnish each polling place with sufficient booths, paper ballots or voting machines and supplies to permit convenient and secret marking of ballots.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-20-201 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 20 / Section 22-20-201
§ 22-20-201. Proclamation of governor calling state ratifying convention
Status: in_force

(a) If the congress of the United States of America proposes any question of repealing, amending or altering the constitution of the United States of America, or any part thereof, to be submitted to a ratifying convention of delegates chosen by the qualified electors of the state and does not prescribe the manner and method of calling, holding and conducting the convention and of canvassing the returns of the votes of the delegates thereto and determining, declaring and publishing the result of the vote of the delegates to the ratifying convention on any question voted upon, for which the ratifying convention is called, it is the duty of the governor to make a public proclamation:

(i) Calling the state ratifying convention;

(ii) Calling for the election of delegates to the state ratifying convention;

(iii) Specifying the place where and the time when the ratifying convention shall be held;

(iv) Specifying the number of delegates (who shall be qualified electors) of which the ratifying convention shall consist; and

(v) Specifying the method and manner by and in which delegates to the ratifying convention shall be elected.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-3-109 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-109
§ 22-3-109. Certification and transmittal of poll lists; posting of registry lists
Status: in_force

(a) Not less than ten (10) days before any election, the county clerk shall certify and transmit to the officer in charge of each election at his request the necessary poll lists for the precincts or areas involved in the election. Not less than ten (10) days prior to the primary and general elections the county clerks shall upon request deliver up to three (3) poll lists for each precinct in the county to the county chairman of each political party in the respective counties.

(b) The county clerk shall publicly post in a prominent place at the county courthouse one (1) copy of the registry list for each precinct.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-11-103 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 11 / Section 22-11-103
§ 22-11-103. Capabilities required
Status: repealed

(a) Every electronic voting system adopted for use in Wyoming shall:

(i) Provide for voting in secrecy;

(ii) Permit each voter to vote at any election for all candidates and offices, and on any question, for which he is lawfully entitled to vote;

(iii) Permit voting either by paper ballot, by ballot card or by other mechanical, magnetic or electrical means by which a vote may be recorded;

(iv) Permit each voter, at presidential elections, by one (1) mark to vote for candidates of one (1) party for president, vice-president and presidential electors or to write in a name for president;

(v) Provide for replacement of spoiled ballots;

(vi) Permit both absentee and write-in voting;

(vii) Provide automatic tabulating equipment which shall reject choices recorded on a ballot exceeding the number allowed, and at a primary election reject choices for candidates from a party other than the party for which a preference is expressed;

(viii) Be suitably designed to function safely, efficiently and accurately, when properly operated, in recording, tabulating and counting every vote cast;

(ix) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 100, § 5.

(x) Be certified by the secretary of state as provided in subsections (d) through (g) of this section.

(xi) Have and use an air gap.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 100, § 5.

(c) The secretary of state may from time to time as necessary promulgate rules and regulations consistent with subsection (a) of this section and with all other requirements of this Election Code to govern the characteristics of electronic voting systems that may be used in Wyoming. The rules shall ensure the fairness and accuracy of elections. The rules may govern both the characteristics of the systems and the procedures to be followed in using the systems. The rules shall allow the county clerks to follow appropriate recommendations of the vendors of the systems for maintenance and management of the systems to the extent these recommendations are not inconsistent with this Election Code and with the rules. The rules shall be adopted following consultation with the county clerks.

(d) A vendor shall file in the office of the secretary of state an application for certification of an electronic voting system and the secretary of state shall approve the application before any electronic voting system to be used in an election conducted under this code may be distributed, sold or upgraded by the vendor. The application for certification of an electronic voting system shall contain the following documentation:

(i) Proof that the electronic voting system has been certified by the United States election assistance commission;

(ii) Proof that the electronic voting system meets the voluntary voting system guidelines adopted by the United States election assistance commission;

(iii) Proof that the electronic voting system complies with the provisions of this chapter;

(iv) A Wyoming certificate of good standing for the vendor from the office of the secretary of state dated not more than ninety (90) days prior to the date the application is filed;

(v) Proof of the vendor's escrow account containing the source code for the electronic voting system and system components for which certification is being sought including any source code updates; and

(vi) The checksum value associated with the escrowed source code for the electronic voting system and system components for which certification is being sought;

(vii) All related manuals, including but not limited to, technical manuals for repair and maintenance of the electronic voting system, operations manuals for election officials, printer manuals for ballot production and all other written documents prepared by the vendor that describe the operation, use and maintenance of the electronic voting system;

(viii) A list of applicable patents and copyrights on the electronic voting system;

(ix) A history of the electronic voting system to include a complete description of the electronic voting system, the date the electronic voting system was produced and a complete list of the states that have used the electronic voting system;

(x) A list of any written complaints or concerns made to the vendor by other jurisdictions including county or local jurisdictions on the electronic voting system and a description of the resolution of the complaints or concerns. If there are no written complaints or concerns made to the vendor by other jurisdictions on the electronic voting system then the vendor shall provide a statement to that effect;

(xi) A list of all denials of certification for the electronic voting system made to the vendor by other jurisdictions including state, county or local jurisdictions which shall include official documentation on the resolution of the denial of certification or a statement from the state, county or local jurisdiction explaining why the denial was not resolved.

(e) The secretary of state may deny an application for certification of an electronic voting system as required by subsection (d) of this section or withdraw certification of an electronic voting system for any of the following reasons:

(i) A county clerk notifies the secretary of state of and the secretary of state determines that the electronic voting system fails to meet the requirements necessary for approval of certification or ongoing certification provided in subsection (d) of this section; or

(ii) The vendor fails to notify the secretary of state of necessary enhancements or adjustments to the electronic voting system;

(iii) The election voting system does not produce accurate results and reports as required by law;

(iv) Changes are made in the electronic voting system that do not comply with the requirements for certification as required by subsection (d) of this section;

(v) The electronic voting system is no longer used by any county in Wyoming or is no longer available for purchase or repair from the company.

(f) Before being used, any new electronic voting system that is purchased by either the state or a county shall be certified pursuant to this section.

(g) Every county in Wyoming shall keep an inventory of all electronic voting systems being used in that county. The inventory shall include the following information:

(i) The type of electronic voting system used;

(ii) The quantity of each electronic voting system;

(iii) The serial number of each electronic voting system;

(iv) The software version, if applicable, of each electronic voting system; and

(v) The firmware version, if applicable, of each piece of hardware used in an electronic voting system.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-1001 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-1001
§ 22-23-1001. Ordinance by initiative petition; content
Status: in_force

An incorporated city or town having a commission form of government may propose a municipal ordinance by an initiative petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors registered in the city or town and filed with the municipal clerk. The petition shall contain the proposed ordinance, the signatures and residence addresses of electors signing the petition, and the date of signing the petition. A petition proposing an ordinance must be submitted to the municipal clerk within ten (10) months of the date of the first signature supporting the petition.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-3-105 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-105
§ 22-3-105. Investigation of voter qualifications; striking names from registry; criteria; notice; appeal
Status: in_force

(a) The county clerk may investigate the qualifications of any voter registration, when he has reasonable cause to believe that the voter may be unqualified. The county clerk shall, after a thorough investigation, strike from the voter registration lists the name of any person who is not qualified to be registered.

(b) Among the criteria the county clerk may use in determining the qualifications of any person to be registered are the following:

(i) Location of dwelling of registrant and family;

(ii) Occupation and location of employment;

(iii) Location of vehicle registration;

(iv) Wyoming driver's license or tribal identification card that meets the requirements of W.S. 22-3-103(a)(vi)(B) ;

(v) Property owned;

(vi) Any other residency qualifications either provided by law or deemed reasonable by the clerk to render a judicious determination.

(c) The clerk shall give immediate written notice by certified return receipt mail to any person who is denied registration.

(d) Any person who is denied registration has the right to appeal to a circuit court within the county or to the district court within five (5) days of the date of the notification. The appellant shall not be required to obtain legal counsel for any such appeal.

(e) The court shall hear and decide any such appeal within five (5) days from the date the appeal is received.

(f) The provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act are not applicable to voter registration appeals.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-114 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-114
§ 22-29-114. Election procedures for elections other than mail ballot elections; canvass, recount and contests
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state, after consultation with the county clerks, shall promulgate rules setting forth election procedures for special districts to follow for the formation and succeeding elections. These rules shall apply to mail ballot elections but shall conform with W.S. 22-29-115 and 22-29-116 . These rules shall include the designation of polling places, appointment of election judges, polling place hours, filing periods, filing offices, ballot preparation, appointment of a canvassing board, term commencement, other provisions relating to canvass, recount, contests and other election procedures.

(b) If the election is not held in conjunction with another election which requires the polls to be kept open for other hours, it shall not be necessary to keep the polls open at any election more than five (5) consecutive hours at any time between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election, as set forth in the notice of election.

(c) The entire district, or any portion thereof designated by the commissioners ordering the election, may constitute an election precinct, as set forth in the notice of election.

(d) An elector shall vote only at the polling place for the election precinct in which he resides. This subsection shall not apply to mail ballot elections.

(e) Any special district election conducted by the county clerk shall be canvassed by the county canvassing board or a canvassing board appointed by the county clerk, consisting of two (2) electors and the county clerk. If more than one (1) county is involved, the election shall be canvassed in accordance with chapter 16 of the Wyoming Election Code of 1973, as amended, by a canvassing board drawn from the membership of the appropriate county canvassing boards appointed by the appropriate county commissioners. The commissioners shall notify the county clerks of the canvassing board appointments. Any special district election not conducted by a county clerk shall be canvassed by a special district canvassing board. The special district canvassing board shall consist of the district secretary and two (2) electors appointed by the district board. Any canvass shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 16 of the Wyoming Election Code of 1973, as amended. The canvass shall be conducted within seven (7) business days of the election. The canvassing board shall have the authority to call for a special election in accordance with W.S. 22-16-122 . The canvassing board shall:

(i) Cause minutes of the meeting and an abstract of the votes to be compiled showing the following information:

(A) The total number of votes cast in the election;

(B) The number of votes received by each person receiving votes at each polling place;

(C) A statement of the offices to be filled and a declaration of the winners;

(D) The result of any ballot proposition.

(ii) Sign the abstract which then constitutes the certification of the canvassing board and file the abstract with the county clerk at the conclusion of the canvassing board meeting.

(f) A candidate may request a recount of the vote in accordance with W.S. 22-16-110 .

(g) Any special district election may be contested in accordance with chapter 17 of the Wyoming Election Code of 1973, as amended.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-19-108 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-108
§ 22-19-108. How electors to vote
Status: in_force

All Wyoming electors shall vote for the candidates for the office of president and vice-president receiving the highest number of votes in the Wyoming general election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-106 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-106
§ 22-13-106. Marking and depositing of paper ballots
Status: in_force

Upon receiving a paper ballot, an elector shall proceed alone directly to a voting booth and there mark the ballot. The ballot shall then immediately be placed in the ballot box by the elector or judge of election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-19-104 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-104
§ 22-19-104. Certificate of election; directive
Status: in_force

Immediately upon filing of the certificate of the state canvassing board stating the result of the election, the governor shall issue a certificate of election to candidates elected to the office of presidential elector. The certificate shall direct the elector to attend a meeting with the governor in the office of the secretary of state at 12:00 noon on the Monday following the second Wednesday in December of presidential election years.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-401 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-401
§ 22-4-401. Application of article
Status: in_force

This article is applicable only to provisional parties.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-16-109 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 16 / Section 22-16-109
§ 22-16-109. Recounts
Status: in_force

(a) The county canvassing board shall make a recount of precinct votes if it appears to the board that a recount is required due to irregularities in that precinct.

(b) There shall be a recount made of all the votes cast for any office in which the difference in number of votes cast for the winning candidate receiving the least number of votes and the number of votes cast for the losing candidate receiving the greatest number of votes is less than one percent (1%) of the number of votes cast for the winning candidate receiving the least number of votes cast for that office. This recount shall be made in the entire district in which the candidates are standing for election.

(c) There shall be a recount made of all the votes cast for any office if a losing candidate requests one under provision of W.S. 22-16-110 . This recount shall be made in the entire district in which the candidate is standing for election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-122 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-122
§ 22-6-122. Rotation of candidates' names; equal lines on voting machines
Status: in_force

The names of candidates for each office shall be rotated on all ballots by precinct for all elections. In each county the name of each candidate shall appear substantially an equal number of times at the top, at the bottom, and in each intermediate place. In a voting machine polling place, if candidates for the same office occupy more than one (1) line on the voting machine, the number of names appearing on each line shall be as nearly equal as possible.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-1006 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-1006
§ 22-23-1006. Legal sufficiency of referendum petition
Status: in_force

The municipal clerk shall determine if the referendum petition meets the requirements of W.S. 22-23-1005 , and if he finds a petition legally sufficient, he shall certify it to the governing body who shall suspend the ordinance.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-314 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-314
§ 22-24-314. Petitions; verification
Status: in_force

(a) Before a petition is filed, it shall be verified by the sponsor or circulator who personally circulated it. The verification shall be in affidavit form and shall state in substance that:

(i) The person signing the affidavit is a sponsor or an individual designated and qualified in accordance with W.S. 22-24-306 and is the only circulator of that petition;

(ii) The signatures on the petition were made in his presence; and

(iii) To the best of his knowledge, such signatures are those of the persons whose names they purport to be.

(b) In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the secretary of state shall not:

(i) Count signatures on petitions not properly verified;

(ii) Count signatures on a petition circulated by an individual who has been determined not to be a qualified circulator pursuant to W.S. 22-24-312 or by the secretary of state in accordance with rules of his office.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-11-108 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 11 / Section 22-11-108
§ 22-11-108. Retabulation
Status: in_force

A retabulation may be performed at the discretion of the county clerk. If the retabulation indicates a different count, the result of the last retabulation shall be the official result unless a recount is conducted. If the difference in the retabulations affects the result of any race or ballot proposition, a recount under W.S. 22-16-109(a) shall be conducted.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-106 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-106
§ 22-4-106. County convention
Status: in_force

The county convention of each political party shall meet in even-numbered years.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-26-119 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 26 / Section 22-26-119
§ 22-26-119. Violation of Election Code by officials
Status: in_force

Violation of the Election Code by an official consists of the willful violation of the Election Code by any official or by any deputy or assistant official, or the willful failure or refusal of any official or assistant to perform an act or duty required of him by the Election Code. Any official, deputy or assistant who commits a violation of the Election Code is guilty of a felony and, in addition to the penalty prescribed by W.S. 22-26-101 , is subject to removal from office in a proceeding instituted for that purpose.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-406 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-406
§ 22-29-406. Power of trustees to convey assets
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees may convey to another district all assets of the dissolving district:

(i) If the other district assumes all debts and obligations of the dissolving district and undertakes to continue to furnish the service provided by the dissolving district pursuant to the plan of dissolution and liquidation; and

(ii) If the written consent of all the known holders of valid indebtedness against the district has been obtained, or provision has been made in the plan for payment of the nonconsenting holders.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-107 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-107
§ 22-4-107. County convention delegates
Status: in_force

Delegates to the county convention of a political party are the members of the county central committee, unless a political party provides in its rules for an alternate method of selecting such delegates.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-104 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-104
§ 22-6-104. Sample ballots; printing, distribution, posting
Status: in_force

The officer providing the official ballot shall also print sample ballots which shall be identical to the official ballot except that it shall contain the words “SAMPLE” in large clear letters and may be printed on paper of a different color than the official ballot. The officer shall distribute copies of the sample ballot to each polling place prior to opening of the polls. The judges of election shall post at least one (1) copy of the sample in the polling place during the election. The county clerk shall have the samples available in his office for the public.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-202 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-202
§ 22-5-202. Major political party participation; separate ballots; same time
Status: in_force

Major political parties shall participate in the primary election and each shall have a separate party ballot. The primary election of major political parties shall be held at the same time and at the same polling places and shall be conducted by the same election officials.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-16-107 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 16 / Section 22-16-107
§ 22-16-107. Certified results
Status: in_force

The certified results of the county canvass shall be posted in the office of the county clerk and copies made available to interested persons.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-22-302 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-22-302
§ 22-22-302. Conduct of elections
Status: in_force

Unless specifically otherwise provided, a school or community college district election shall be governed by the laws regulating statewide elections and in even-numbered years be conducted and canvassed by the same election officials, using the same poll lists, and at the same times and polling places, as county elections.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-902 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-902
§ 22-23-902. Application; filing fee; form; names on ballot
Status: in_force

(a) Candidates for office shall file an application for election and the required filing fee, with the county clerk, not more than fifty-five (55) nor less than thirty-five (35) days prior to the election. The election application shall be in substantially the following form:

ELECTION APPLICATION

State of Wyoming

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County of ․․․․

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I, ․․․․, being ․․․․ years of age, a qualified elector of Election District No. ․․․․, Precinct No. ․․․․, Ward No.․․․․ (if applicable), residing at ․․․․, in the City of ․․․․, State of Wyoming, do hereby request that my name be printed upon the Official Special Municipal Election Ballot for the special election to be held on ․․․․, ․․․․(year), in the City of ․․․․, as a candidate for the office of ․․․․. I hereby declare that if elected I will qualify for the office.

Dated the ․․․․ day of ․․․․, ․․․․(year)

(b) The county clerk shall place the name of each qualified candidate on the special election ballot.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-111 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-111
§ 22-9-111. Affidavit to be printed on inner envelope; attestation
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 243, § 5.

(b) For all voters, as specified in W.S. 22-9-105 , an oath containing the following information and meeting the following requirements shall be printed on the reverse side of the inner ballot envelope:

(i) The elector's full name;

(ii) The elector's current residence address or if living temporarily in another state or nation, his last residence address in Wyoming;

(iii) Repealed by Laws 2014, ch. 108, § 2, eff. March 10, 2014.

(iv) Under the above information shall be the following:

(A) “I hereby swear or affirm, under penalty of perjury, that I am entitled to vote in the precinct at the next election and that I have not voted and will not vote again in this election, and that the above information is true and correct.

................ (Date)

................ (Signature of elector)”
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-109 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-109
§ 22-29-109. County commissioners' action on formation petition
Status: in_force

(a) A petition for formation of a district shall be filed with the county commissioners. Before the petition is filed, the county assessor and the department of revenue shall review, within sixty (60) days of receiving notice of the petition, the boundaries of the proposed district for any conflict, overlap, gap or other boundary issue and make written comments thereon to be submitted with the petition. Further, the petition shall be approved by any agency required by the principal act to approve the petition. If the petition satisfies all requirements of the principal act, the county commissioners shall:

(i) Set a date for a hearing on the petition. The hearing shall be held not less than forty-five (45) days nor more than ninety (90) days after the date the petition is filed;

(ii) The county commissioners shall cause notice of the hearing to be posted in at least three (3) public places and published by two (2) insertions in a newspaper of general circulation in that county or counties in which all or any part of the district is proposed to be located. The last of the notices shall be published at least ten (10) business days prior to the hearing. The notice shall state:

(A) The purpose for which the district is to be formed;

(B) The name and boundaries of the proposed district;

(C) The time and place of the hearing on the petition; and

(D) That all interested persons may appear and be heard.

(b) Any person may appear at the hearing and shall be heard concerning any and all matters affecting the creation of the district, and a record of the proceedings shall be made and kept as a part of the public records of the board of county commissioners.

(c) At the time stated in the notice, the county commissioners shall hear the petition and determine if the area could be benefited by the formation of the district. It may adjourn the hearing from time to time, but not exceeding four (4) weeks in all unless additional notice is given. The county commissioners may alter the boundaries set forth in the petition to either include or exclude territory. In determining the boundaries of the proposed district, the board shall consider the benefit the proposed district will have within the territory in or out of the proposed district. The commissioners shall not modify the boundaries so as to exclude from the proposed district any land which could be benefited by its formation, nor shall there be included any land which will not, in the judgment of the board, be benefited. In no event shall property which may be subject to a district assessment be included in the boundaries of a district if the owner of the assessed property is precluded by applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation from using the services provided by the formation of the district.

(d) If the county commissioners determine, after consultation with the county assessor, that any land has been improperly omitted from the proposed district and that the owner has not appeared at the hearing, the commissioners shall continue the hearing and shall order notice given to the nonappearing owner requiring the owner to appear before it and show cause, if any, why the land of the owner should not be included in the proposed district. The notice shall be given either by posting and publication, in the same manner as notice of the original hearing and for the same period, or by personal service on each nonappearing owner. If notice is given by personal service, service shall be made at least ten (10) business days prior to the date fixed for the further hearing.

(e) If within thirty (30) days after adjournment of the hearing, written protests, signed by the owners of at least thirty-five percent (35%) of assessed valuation of property included in the proposed district, are presented to the board of county commissioners, the proposal and the district shall fail.

(f) If the county commissioners approve the petition for formation, as presented or as modified, the county commissioners shall enter an order declaring its approval. The order shall set forth the name of the proposed district and a description of the boundaries. Upon the entering of this order, the commissioners shall direct that the question of formation of the district and the election of the initial directors be submitted to the electors of the proposed district to be held in their respective counties by mail ballot or on the next election date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103 which is at least one hundred ten (110) days after the expiration of the thirty (30) day period described in subsection (e) of this section.

(g) Any errors or changes on the map or in the legal description shall be corrected, and the corrected version shall be displayed at the polls on election day or included in each mail ballot package. The map shall be developed after consultation with the county assessor for each affected county to ensure accuracy.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-103 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-103
§ 22-29-103. Applicability to special districts; general provisions
Status: in_force

(a) This act applies to the following districts as specified in subsection (b) of this section:

(i) Special cemetery districts;

(ii) Conservation districts;

(iii) Fire protection districts, including county commission fire protection districts;

(iv) Flood control districts;

(v) Hospital districts;

(vi) Improvement and service districts;

(vii) Special museum districts;

(viii) Rural health care districts;

(ix) Sanitary and improvement districts;

(x) Water and sewer districts;

(xi) Watershed improvement districts;

(xii) Resort districts;

(xiii) Senior health care districts;

(xiv) Other districts as specified by law.

(b) This act specifies requirements pertaining to elections and changes in the organization of the districts listed in subsection (a) of this section where the principal act is silent or unclear. Except as provided by W.S. 22-29-401(b) , the specific provisions of a principal act are effective and controlling to the extent they conflict with this act.

(c) If a proposed district crosses county boundaries, then any required filing with a county clerk shall be filed with or certified to the county clerks of the counties affected. Any action required or permitted by this act, a principal act or applicable rules to be undertaken by a county commission or the county commissioners shall be undertaken jointly by the county commissioners for each county involved. In undertaking joint action, each county commissioner's vote shall be weighted in proportion to the number of county commissioners and the population of electors of the district residing within that commissioner's county. The population of electors shall be determined by the most recent voter registration lists. Any consultation required of the county assessor or county treasurer shall be made jointly by the county assessor or county treasurer of all the affected counties.

(d) If a district is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations or adopt ordinances or bylaws, the district shall file any rules and regulations it promulgates, ordinances or bylaws it adopts and any amendments thereto with the county clerk for each county in which it is located. No rule, regulation, ordinance or bylaw shall be effective unless filed in accordance with this subsection.

(e) All special districts shall file a copy of the document authorizing formation or modification of boundaries, a citation to the law under which it is formed and a copy of an official map or legal description designating the geographical boundaries of the district or the changes to its geographical boundaries with the department of revenue, the county assessor and the county clerk in the county or counties within which the entity is located in accordance with the department's rules adopted pursuant to W.S. 39-11-102(c)(xxiv) regarding tax districts and as follows:

(i) Within ten (10) business days after the effective date of formation; and

(ii) Annually, by a date determined by the department, if a special district has changes to its geographical boundaries by enlargement, merger, consolidation, exclusion or dissolution in the preceding year.

(f) The department of revenue in adopting rules implementing the provisions of subsection (e) of this section may accept in lieu of a document authorizing the original formation of a district a statement of the district secretary stating that the document is unavailable together with a map or other description of the current boundaries of the district which allows the department to accurately ascertain the property within the district.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-307 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-307
§ 22-24-307. Review by secretary of state; conditional certification
Status: in_force

Within seven (7) calendar days after receiving a final proposed bill, the secretary of state shall review the proposed bill and its associated application and shall either conditionally certify it, pending submission of the qualified signatures required by W.S. 22-24-304(c) , or notify the committee of applicants in writing of the grounds for denial.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-17-104 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-17-104
§ 22-17-104. Judgment for costs
Status: in_force

If the proceedings in an election contest are dismissed for insufficiency, or want of prosecution, or if the election is confirmed by the court, judgment shall be rendered for costs against the party contesting the election and in favor of the party whose election was contested. If the election is annulled and set aside for grounds stated in W.S. 22-17-101(a)(ii), (iii) or (v) , judgment for costs shall be rendered against the party whose election was contested and in favor of the party contesting the election. If the election is annulled and set aside for the grounds stated in W.S. 22-17-101(a)(i) or (iv) , judgment and costs shall be rendered against the county.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-307 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-307
§ 22-29-307. Change in boundaries of districts; exclusion of property from district
Status: in_force

Any owner of property that is subject to assessment and payment of tax by a special district, but who is precluded by applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation from using the services provided by the district, may file with the board of county commissioners a petition praying that such lands be excluded from assessment by said district. Petitions shall describe the property which the petitioners desire to have excluded. Such petition must be accompanied by a deposit of money sufficient to pay all costs of the exclusion proceedings. The county commissioners shall cause a notice of filing of such petition to be published, which notice shall state the filing of such petition, the name of petitioners, description of the property mentioned in said petition, and the prayer of said petitioners; and it shall notify all persons interested to appear at the office of said board at the time named in said notice, showing cause in writing, if any they have, why said petition should not be granted. The board at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at the times to which the hearing of said petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto, presented in writing by any person showing cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. The filing by such petition shall be deemed and taken as an assent by each and all such petitioners to the exclusion from the district of the property mentioned in the petition or any part thereof. The exclusion shall be allowed if an owner of assessed property is precluded by applicable state or federal law, rule, or regulation from using the services provided by the district. This section shall be applicable only to petitions filed in accordance with the provisions of this section on or before March 31, 1999.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-17-111 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-17-111
§ 22-17-111. Contesting election of state legislator; taking of depositions
Status: in_force

In a contest of the election of a member of the state legislature, depositions may be taken by either party after service of the notice of intent to contest. Depositions shall be taken as in a civil action and the officer taking depositions has the power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, objects, and other evidence, by subpoena.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-303 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-303
§ 22-23-303. Certification of candidates; names on ballots
Status: in_force

Not later than sixty-eight (68) days prior to the primary election, the municipal clerk shall certify to the county clerk the names of all qualified candidates for nomination at the municipal primary election and the office they seek. The number of municipal candidates the voters are entitled to vote for at the primary election is the number of candidates to be elected to municipal offices at the general election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-12-112 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-112
§ 22-12-112. Procedure for preparing voting machines for use
Status: in_force

Before the polls open the judges shall compare ballots on the voting machines with the sample ballots and return sheets to see that they are correct, place the voting machine in a proper position free from obstruction and assure that the face of the machine may be viewed clearly by the voter casting the ballot but not by others. Envelopes containing keys shall not be opened if the numbers and records on them do not correspond to the numbers and records on the machine. If the numbers do not agree, the machine shall be reexamined and certified by the county clerk before it may be used.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-11-101-1 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 11 / Section 22-11-101-1
§ 22-11-101-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this chapter, “ Vendor ” means a person engaged in selling, leasing, marketing, designing, building or maintaining electronic voting systems for tabulating election results to the state or counties.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-16-123 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 16 / Section 22-16-123
§ 22-16-123. Special mail ballot elections; procedures
Status: in_force

(a) A special mail ballot election, as provided in this section, may be held in response to a determination under W.S. 22-16-122(a) .

(b) In a special mail ballot election, official ballots shall be prepared and all other pre-election procedures followed as otherwise provided by law or rules promulgated by the secretary of state, except that special mail ballot packets shall be prepared as follows:

(i) The election official shall mail to each qualified elector entitled to vote in the special mail ballot election as described in W.S. 22-16-122(b) and (c) , at the last address appearing in the registration records or to the address given on the absentee ballot application used for the primary, general or other special election ballot, a special mail ballot packet, which shall be marked “DO NOT FORWARD-ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED,” or any other similar statement which is in accordance with United States postal service regulations. Packets shall be mailed not sooner than twenty-one (21) days and not later than fifteen (15) days before an election for elections held in accordance with W.S. 22-16-122 . Packets shall be mailed not sooner than forty-five (45) days and not later than forty (40) days before an election for elections held in accordance with W.S. 22-16-122(h) unless the court order provides otherwise;

(ii) The ballot shall contain the following warning:

WARNING

The criminal laws regulating the conduct of elections contained in chapter 26 of the Wyoming Election Code of 1973, as amended, apply with equal force to elections by mail.

(iii) Not sooner than twenty-one (21) days and before 7:00 p.m. on election day for elections held in accordance with W.S. 22-16-122 , mail ballots shall be made available at the election official's office for voters entitled to vote in the election but whose address has changed or who did not receive their ballot in the mail;

(iv) A voter may obtain a replacement ballot if the ballot was destroyed, spoiled, lost or for some other reason not received by the voter. In order to obtain a replacement ballot, the voter shall sign a sworn statement specifying the reason for requesting the replacement ballot. The statement shall be presented to the election official no later than 7:00 p.m. on election day. The election official shall keep a record of each replacement ballot issued in accordance with this paragraph. A replacement ballot may be transmitted directly to the applicant at the election official's office or may be mailed to the voter at the address provided in the application. Replacement ballots may be cast no later than 7:00 p.m. on election day;

(v) Upon receipt of a ballot, the voter shall mark the ballot, sign and complete the return-verification envelope and comply with the instructions provided with the ballot. The voter may return the marked ballot to the election official by United States mail or by depositing the ballot at the office of the election official or the designated depository no later than 7:00 p.m. on election day;

(vi) Once the ballot is returned, it shall not be returned to the voter. The election official shall first qualify the submitted ballot by examining the verification envelope and comparing the information on the envelope to the poll list to determine whether the ballot was submitted by a voter who has not previously voted in the election. If the ballot so qualifies and is otherwise valid, the official shall place a number next to the voter's name in the poll book. The election official shall then open and separate the ballot from the envelope and place the ballot in a ballot box so as to keep the voter's ballot private;

(vii) All deposited ballots shall be counted as provided in this act and rules promulgated by the secretary of state. A special mail ballot shall be valid and counted only if is returned in the return-verification envelope, the affidavit on the envelope is signed by the voter to whom the ballot was issued and the information on the envelope is verified as provided in paragraph (vi) of this subsection. If the election official determines that a voter to whom a replacement ballot has been issued has voted more than once, the official shall only count the first ballot received from that voter;

(viii) The election official shall provide a minimum of one (1) polling place on the day of election which may be the election official's office and shall be open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

(c) If any special mail ballot packet mailed under paragraph (b)(i) of this section to a physical address, not including a post office box, is returned by the postal service, the county clerk shall investigate the validity of the address. If the county clerk determines that the address is not at a location that a voter could inhabit, the county clerk shall remove the address from the registration records until the county clerk receives proof that the address is habitable by a voter.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-126 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-126
§ 22-6-126. Form of nonpartisan ballots
Status: in_force

(a) The official nonpartisan ballot for a general election shall be printed in substantially the following form:

OFFICIAL NONPARTISAN ELECTION BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION

County of ․․․, Election District ․․․, Precinct ․․․ Date ․․․

(here print instructions)

CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

For Justice(s) of the Supreme Court

(Here designate the particular term, such as “regular eight (8) year term”, or the “unexpired term of ․․․ years”).

Shall Justice John Roe be retained in office?

Yes

No

☐

☐

Shall Justice Richard Roe be retained in office?

Yes

No

☐

☐

For Judge(s) of the District Court of the ․․․ Judicial District

(Here designate the particular term, such as “regular six (6) year term”, or the “unexpired term of ․․․ years”).

Shall Judge Jane Roe be retained in office?

Yes

No

☐

☐

Shall Judge Richard Roe be retained in office?

Yes

No

☐

☐

For Circuit Court Judge

(Here designate the particular term, such as “regular four-year term”, or the “unexpired term of ․․․ years”).

Shall Judge John Doe be retained in office?

Yes

No

☐

☐

Shall Judge Richard Roe be retained in office?

Yes

No

☐

☐

For Magistrate

(Here designate the particular term, such as “regular four (4) year term”, or the “unexpired term of ․․․ years”).

Shall Magistrate John Doe be retained in office?

Yes

No

☐

☐

Shall Magistrate Richard Roe be retained in office?

Yes

No

☐

☐

Align all designations of office to correspond on the ballot with the listing of names of candidates for the proper office and term.

BALLOT PROPOSITIONS

Proposed Constitutional Amendment Letter A:

For

Against

(Ballot Statement)

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☐

Proposed Initiative Proposition Number One:

For

Against

(Ballot Statement)

☐

☐

Proposed Referendum Proposition Number One:

For

Against

(Ballot Statement)

☐

☐

Other Ballot Propositions:

For

Against

(Ballot Statement For Each Proposition)

☐

☐

(b) The official nonpartisan ballot for a primary election shall be so identified in the title and shall omit all references to justices of the supreme court, judges of the district court and circuit court judges but otherwise shall be in the same form as the general election nonpartisan ballot.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-112 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-112
§ 22-13-112. Voting machine malfunction
Status: in_force

Voting machines failing to function during voting hours shall be immediately repaired or replaced, as determined by the county clerk or other authority conducting the election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-2-103 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-103
§ 22-2-103. Chief election officers
Status: in_force

The secretary of state is the chief election officer for the state and shall maintain uniformity in the applications and operations of the election laws of Wyoming. Each county clerk is the chief election officer for the county.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-123 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-123
§ 22-6-123. Nonpartisan election ballots and ballot propositions
Status: in_force

Primary and general election ballots for nonpartisan offices and ballot propositions shall be printed on yellow paper or paper with yellow demarcation as provided by rule and regulation of the secretary of state, separate from partisan ballots. They shall contain no political party designations, but otherwise shall conform to the same general requirements for official partisan ballots except as otherwise specifically provided.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-105 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-105
§ 22-29-105. Petitions; number of signatures required; contents of formation petition
Status: repealed

(a) A petition to form a special district shall be signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the landowners owning at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessed valuation of property within the area proposed to be established as a special district in one (1) or more counties or any part of a county, as shown by the assessment records of the property in said area.

(b) A petition for enlargement of a district shall be signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the voters owning not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessed valuation of property within the area proposed to be included. If there are no voters within an area proposed to be included in a district, an enlargement petition shall be signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the landowners owning not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessed valuation of property within the area proposed to be included.

(i), (ii) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 115, § 5.

(c) A petition for merger and a petition for consolidation shall be signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the voters owning not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessed valuation of property within each of the districts proposed to be included.

(i), (ii) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 115, § 5.

(d) A petition for dissolution shall be signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the voters owning not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessed valuation of property within the district.

(i), (ii) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 115, § 5.

(e) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 115, § 5.

(f) The petition for formation shall state:

(i) The proposed name for the district;

(ii) The boundaries of the district, including a map, and describe the lands situated therein with particularity;

(iii) A request that a district be formed under a principal act and pursuant to this act;

(iv) Describe generally the purpose of the proposed district and the services to be provided, acquired, operated or constructed;

(v) In detail, the proposed method for financing improvements or services to be provided within the first year of operation after formation;

(vi) The number and names of persons willing to serve, or apply for election, as the initial board of directors of the district as required by the principal act;

(vii) Who shall be responsible for the costs associated with formation.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-14-107 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 14 / Section 22-14-107
§ 22-14-107. Tabulation of count
Status: in_force

The unofficial tabulation indicating the vote by precinct shall immediately be transmitted by the county clerk to the secretary of state. These unofficial tabulations shall be tabulated by the secretary of the state. The secretary of state shall provide procedures for such transmittal through rule and regulation.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-101
§ 22-29-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Special District Elections Act of 1994.”
Wyo. Stat. § 22-20-102 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 20 / Section 22-20-102
§ 22-20-102. Transmittal to secretary of state; numbering and endorsement; ballot statement
Status: in_force

(a) A proposed amendment shall be transmitted to the office of the secretary of state by the house in which it originates or by a constitutional convention. The secretary of state shall letter each proposed amendment serially in the order received from the legislature or convention and shall endorse upon a proposed amendment, a brief statement of the purpose of the amendment. If the bill proposing the amendment provides this statement, it shall be adopted by the secretary of state.

(b) The letter and statement endorsed on a proposed amendment are part of the amendment for purposes of reference in submitting the amendment to the electors and shall constitute the ballot statement of the amendment.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-318 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-318
§ 22-24-318. Ballot proposition; procedure for placing on ballot; publication requirements
Status: in_force

(a) Except as required under subsection (b) of this section, the same procedure for placing constitutional amendment questions on the ballot shall be used to place the initiative ballot proposition on the ballot.

(b) The ballot proposition for an initiative shall be published by the secretary of state in a newspaper of general circulation in the state in the newspaper edition immediately preceding the general election. Publication under this subsection shall contain the text of the initiative ballot and shall identify both a physical location and a web site address or other electronic location where the entire text of the initiative can be viewed.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-107 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-107
§ 22-13-107. Spoiled ballots
Status: in_force

An elector spoiling a paper ballot by mistake or accident may receive another ballot by returning the rejected ballot to a judge of election. Spoiled ballots shall immediately be cancelled by a judge of election and delivered with the returns to the county clerk or official conducting the election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-205 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-205
§ 22-5-205. Nomination application form for nonpartisan office
Status: in_force

(a) An eligible person seeking nomination for a nonpartisan office must file an application in substantially the following form:

State of Wyoming

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I, ․․․, swear or affirm that I was born on ․․․, that I have been a resident of the State of Wyoming since ․․․, and that I am a registered voter of ․․․ County, residing at ․․․, and that I am eligible to be elected to such office, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official nonpartisan ballot at the next primary election as a candidate for the office indicated below as follows:

(Name of office)

I am seeking (1) the regular term or (2) the unexpired term which terminates on the ․․․ day of ․․․, (year).

Dated this ․․․ day of ․․․, (year).

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(b) A nomination application that is required to be filed with the secretary of state may be electronically filed as provided under W.S. 9-2-2501 if the application is accompanied by the proper filing fee.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-16-119 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 16 / Section 22-16-119
§ 22-16-119. Tie vote in state abstract
Status: in_force

A tie vote for an office contained in the state abstract shall be resolved at an open meeting by lots cast by the state canvassing board.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-7-103 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-7-103
§ 22-7-103. Establishing or altering election districts or precincts; designation of special precincts
Status: in_force

(a) In establishing or altering election districts or voting precincts, the board of county commissioners shall be guided by the interests and convenience of the greatest number of electors involved. Election districts and voting precincts shall coincide with the boundary of a municipality or ward therein and school and community college trustee residence areas and shall not cross municipal boundaries except in cases where the board of county commissioners finds, and specifies in the minutes of its meeting the reasons why it is not practical to conform the boundaries of the election district or precinct to the municipal boundary.

(b) For elections other than the primary and general election, the county commissioners may designate different precincts than those used in the general election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-1-102 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-1-102
§ 22-1-102. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) The definitions contained in this chapter apply to words and phrases used in this Election Code and govern the construction of those words and phrases unless they are specifically modified by the context in which they appear. As used in this Election Code:

(i) “ Automatic tabulating equipment ” means apparatus that automatically examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results;

(ii) “ Ballot ” means the cardboard, paper or other material upon which a voter marks his votes;

(iii) “ Ballot card ” means a ballot that can be counted using automatic tabulating equipment;

(iv) Repealed by Laws 2014, ch. 108, § 2, eff. March 10, 2014.

(v) “ Ballot proposition ” is any question or measure submitted to a vote of the people of the state, a subdivision thereof, county, district, city or town, and includes a constitutional amendment, initiative, referendum, bond measure, or any other question or measure required to be approved by a vote of the people;

(vi) “ Bond ” means any bond, note, certificate of indebtedness, coupon, or other obligation for the payment of money, issued by any political subdivision, including any bond payable from taxes, revenues or other sources;

(vii) “ Candidate’s campaign committee ” means every group of two (2) or more persons who join together for the purpose of raising, collecting or expending money to be used in the aid of the election of a specific candidate for public office. If more than one (1) committee forms to support the candidate, the candidate shall designate which committee shall be his or her principal campaign committee;

(viii) “ Chief judge ” means the person selected to be responsible for the security of ballot envelopes and voter ballots. The chief judge shall serve as the primary contact at the polls to the county clerk;

(ix) “ City clerk ” means a clerk of a municipality;

(x) “ Convention ” is an organized assemblage of electors or delegates representing a political party;

(xi) “ Counting center ” is the location or locations designated by the county clerk for the automatic tabulating and counting of ballots;

(xii) “ County chairman ” means the county chairman of a political party or the state chairman if the party has no chairman for the particular county;

(xiii) “ Election ,” when used without qualifying adjectives, means all elections participated in by the voters of a city, town, county, district or the state;

(xiv) “ Electronic voting system ” is a system employing an electronic voting device in conjunction with paper ballots or ballot cards, or other system of secret voting and automatic tabulating equipment for the recording, tabulating and counting of votes in an election;

(xv) “ Envelope ” means any type of container used to contain or hold election documents;

(xvi) “ Independent candidate ” is a person who is running for nomination or election to a public office but who does not represent a political party;

(xvii) “ Major political party ” means a political organization whose candidate for any one (1) of the offices of the United States house of representatives, governor or secretary of state, received not less than ten percent (10%) of the total votes cast for that office in the most recent general election;

(xviii) “ Minor political party ” means a political organization whose candidate for any one (1) of the offices of the United States house of representatives, governor or secretary of state, received not less than two percent (2%) nor more than ten percent (10%) of the total votes cast for that office in the most recent general election;

(xix) “ Municipality ” includes a first class city as defined by W.S. 15-1-101(a)(iv) and a town as defined by W.S. 15-1-101(a)(xiv) ;

(xx) “ Political action committee ” means any group of two (2) or more persons organized and associated for the purpose of raising, collecting or spending money for use in the aid of, or otherwise influencing or attempting to influence, directly or indirectly, the election or defeat of candidates for public office, candidate's committees, or political parties, for support of or opposition to any initiative or referendum petition drive or for the adoption or defeat of any ballot proposition;

(xxi) “ Political subdivision ” includes any county, city, town, school district, community college district, hospital district, water conservancy district, cemetery district, fire protection district, or any other political subdivision of the state constituting a body corporate, whether incorporated under general act, special charter, or otherwise;

(xxii) “ Pollbook ” means a book, or hardware, software or any combination thereof commonly referred to as an electronic pollbook, used in a polling place on election day containing information specified by law;

(xxiii) “ Poll list ” is the list of registered voters as compiled by the clerk for use by election judges at the polls. The poll list shall:

(A) Include the names and residence addresses of electors registered in the precinct;

(B) Indicate the precinct and various districts in which each elector resides;

(C) Indicate political party affiliation of the electors, if any;

(D) Indicate which electors have registered by mail and must show identification;

(E) Indicate which electors have submitted absentee ballots in the election prior to the printing of the poll list;

(F) Provide for the notation of:

(I) A sequential number for each elector voting at the polls;

(II) Electors who cast provisional ballots;

(III) Electors who cast absentee ballots if the absentee ballots are processed and counted at the polls;

(IV) Electors who change political party affiliation at the polls.

(G) Provide for the recording of the same information for electors who register at the polls;

(H) Provide other space as required for election management purposes.

(xxiv) “ Poll watcher ” means a person certified by the county chairman of a political party to observe voter turn out and registration. A “poll watcher” is not an election official;

(xxv) “ Provisional party ” means a political organization which has filed a legally valid petition as provided under article 4 of chapter 4 of this code. The filing of a legally valid petition entitles the provisional party to participate in the next general election. If the provisional party's candidate for any one (1) of the offices of the United States house of representatives, governor or secretary of state, receives not less than two percent (2%) of the total votes cast for that office in that election, the provisional party does not lose party status;

(xxvi) “ Qualified elector ” includes every citizen of the United States who is a bona fide resident of Wyoming, has registered to vote and will be at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day of the election at which he may offer to vote. No person is a qualified elector who is a currently adjudicated mentally incompetent person, or who has been convicted of a felony and his civil or voting rights have not been restored. A literacy test shall not be imposed as a condition to voting in any election;

(xxvii) “ Registration ” is the entry and verification of the name and voter information of a qualified elector on the official registry list, as provided in W.S. 22-3-104(f) and 22-3-108 ;

(xxviii) “ Registry agent ” is a county clerk, his deputies, a tribal clerk, his deputies, a city clerk, his deputies, and an election judge during any election specified in W.S. 22-2-101(a)(i) through (viii) ;

(xxix) “Registry list” is the list by precinct of the names, addresses, party affiliations, unique identifying numbers generated by the state, information relating to absentee ballot status, registration dates and precinct and district numbers of the registered electors in the county prepared by the secretary of state or county clerks for distribution as provided in W.S. 22-2-113 ;

(xxx) “ Residence ” is the place of a person's actual habitation. The construction of this term shall be governed by the following rules:

(A) Residence is the place where a person has a current habitation and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning;

(B) A person shall not gain or lose residence merely by reason of his presence or absence while:

(I) Employed in the service of the United States or of this state; or

(II) A student at an institution of learning; or

(III) Kept at a hospital or other institution; or

(IV) Stationed at or residing on a military reservation or installation or at a transient camp maintained for relief purposes by the government of the United States in this state. No person shall be excluded as a voter solely because of his residence on a federal enclave within the state. This factor shall be considered with all others in the determination of the person's residence within the state for voting purposes.

(C) A person shall not lose his residence by leaving his home to go to another state, another district of this state, or to another country for temporary purposes, with the intent of returning, if he has not registered in the other state, district or country;

(D) A person shall not gain residence in a county if he enters it without the intent of making it his current actual residence;

(E) If a person removes to another state with the intent of making it his residence, he loses his residence in Wyoming; except that in a general election year, if his registration is valid in Wyoming when he leaves this state and he is unable to qualify under the laws of his new state of residence to vote at the primary or general election, he shall be deemed to have retained residence in Wyoming for purposes of voting by absentee ballot in the primary or general election;

(F) A person who takes up or continues his abode at a place other than where his family resides, shall be a resident of the place where he actually abides;

(G) Candidates seeking election to the office of United States senator or representative in congress shall not, at the time of knowingly seeking nomination or election as provided by paragraph (liii) of this subsection, claim or currently be claiming any residence or receive the benefits of residency from any other state, excluding the benefits of residency related to or incidental from maintaining a residence at or near the United States capital.

(xxxi) “ Square ” for purposes of chapter 6 of this code shall include a box or oval used to designate the area for casting a vote;

(xxxii) “ Tally sheet ” means the document used to tabulate hand counted paper ballots;

(xxxiii) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 118, § 2;

(xxxiv) “ Voting device ” means:

(A) Repealed by Laws 2008, ch. 115, § 2.

(B) A device for marking the ballots with ink or another substance; or

(C) Any other method for recording votes on ballots so that the ballot may be tabulated by means of automatic tabulating equipment.

(xxxv) “ Write-in vote ” is a vote cast for a person whose name does not otherwise appear on the official ballot as a candidate for the office for which his name is written in by the voter;

(xxxvi) “ Federal office ” means the offices of president and vice-president of the United States, United States senator and representative in congress;

(xxxvii) “ Immediate family ” means a spouse, parent, sibling, child or other person living in the individual's household;

(xxxviii) “Election assistance” does not include the posting of campaign signs or the availability of campaign materials;

(xxxix) “ Acceptable identification ” means:

(A) For purposes of voter registration, one (1) of the identification documents or other proof of identity as specified by rule of the secretary of state as adequate proof of the identity of a voter;

(B) For purposes of in person voter identification immediately before voting at a polling place or absentee polling place, any of the following:

(I) A Wyoming driver's license as defined by W.S. 31-7-102(a)(xxv) ;

(II) A tribal identification card issued by the governing body of the Eastern Shoshone tribe of Wyoming, the Northern Arapaho tribe of Wyoming or other federally recognized Indian tribe;

(III) A Wyoming identification card issued under W.S. 31-8-101 ;

(IV) A valid United States passport;

(V) A United States military card;

(VI) A driver's license or identification card issued by any state or outlying possession of the United States;

(VII) Photo identification issued by the University of Wyoming, a Wyoming community college or a Wyoming public school;

(VIII) A valid Medicare insurance card. This subdivision is repealed effective December 31, 2029;

(IX) A valid Medicaid insurance card. This subdivision is repealed effective December 31, 2029.

(X) A valid permit issued by the state of Wyoming to carry a concealed firearm.

(xl) “ Canvass ” means the audit function that culminates in the final certification of official election returns;

(xli) “ Provisional ballot ” means a ballot provided to a voter whose right to register or to vote cannot be determined at the polls or verified at the election office, in order to allow the voter to cast a ballot at the polls which shall be counted only if the ballot is determined to be a valid ballot as provided in this Election Code;

(xlii) “ Recount ” is the processing of ballots through the tabulation system for an additional time or times, conducted for the specific purpose of counting votes again in any specific race, based upon the criteria of W.S. 22-16-109 or 22-16-111 ;

(xliii) “ Retabulation ” is the process of running ballots back through the tabulation system for an additional time or times for the express purpose of reconciling the count;

(xliv) “ Tribal clerk ” means an official designated by the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and an official designated by the Northern Arapaho Tribe or an official designated by the cooperative tribal governing body of the Wind River Indian Reservation acting pursuant to a cooperative agreement entered into by a county and the respective tribe pursuant to W.S. 16-1-101 , which agreement provides for the official to provide services as a registry agent under the direct supervision and control of the county clerk;

(xlv) “ Print ” means to write in letters and reproduce whether on paper or other medium by mechanical, magnetic or electrical process;

(xlvi) “ Voter registration system ” means the single, uniform, official, interactive, computerized, statewide voter registration system containing the registration information of every legally registered elector in the state;

(xlvii) “ Precinct ” means an area with established boundaries within a political subdivision used for casting and counting votes;

(xlviii) “ Polling place ” means the physical location where voters cast their ballots on election day;

(xlix) “ Vote center ” means a polling place at which any registered elector in the political subdivision holding the election may vote, regardless of the precinct in which he resides, connected through secure internet connections to provide voting information to and receive voting information from the electronic pollbook maintained by the county clerk and used as an option to traditional polling places at the discretion of the county clerk;

(l) “ Overvote ” means a vote placed on a ballot question in excess of the allowable votes for that ballot question;

(li) “ Undervote ” means a vote that could have been made on a ballot question but which was not made on that ballot question;

(lii) “ Unsuccessful candidate ” means a person who did not win the election but whose name was printed on the ballot and who received one (1) or more votes in the primary election.

(liii) “ Candidate ” means any person who knowingly seeks nomination or election to public office by:

(A) Filing an application for nomination by primary election, nomination by political party convention or by petition for nomination;

(B) Write-in, except that this subparagraph shall not apply to a person elected to public office by write-in at a general or special election who did not seek or campaign for election to the office;

(C) Forming a campaign committee; or

(D) Receiving contributions or making expenditures, or giving consent for any individual to receive contributions or make expenditures, in order to secure nomination or election to public office.

(liv) “ Air gap ” means a security measure where electronic voting systems and computers used within those systems are physically isolated from any network and are not directly or indirectly connected to the internet nor connected to any other system, network or device that is connected to the internet.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-128 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-128
§ 22-6-128. Ballots for other elections
Status: in_force

At the county clerk's discretion, separate ballots for bond, school and community college districts, and special district elections may be required and shall be provided by the authority responsible for holding the election. Ballots shall conform as nearly as possible to general requirements specified by law for the general election ballot, except as otherwise specifically provided.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-117 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-117
§ 22-9-117. Duplicate precinct lists; handling procedure
Status: in_force

The duplicate list of absentee precinct electors shall be placed in the precinct envelope with the absentee ballots. The precinct envelope shall be sealed before being delivered to the precinct polling place.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-809 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-809
§ 22-23-809. Certification of election results
Status: in_force

The governing body shall certify the result of the special election in writing and immediately post a copy of the certification in the office of the municipal clerk. The municipal clerk shall mail a copy of the proclamation to the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-11-102 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 11 / Section 22-11-102
§ 22-11-102. Use authorized; purchase or lease
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of each county may adopt for use, either experimentally or permanently, in any election in any or all polling places within the county, any electronic voting system authorized by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-3-107 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-107
§ 22-3-107. Information registry agent may enter on registration form
Status: in_force

The registry agent may determine and enter on a voter registration oath form the voting district number, polling precinct number, school district number, house district number and senate district number after the applicant signs the form.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-501 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-501
§ 22-29-501. Political action committees
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section:

(i) “Political action committee” means any group of two (2) or more persons organized and associated for the purpose of raising, collecting or spending money for the support or opposition to any special district ballot proposition;

(ii) “ Special district ballot proposition ” means any election conducted under a principal act or this act, but excluding director elections.

(b) A political action committee shall file a statement of formation within ten (10) business days after formation. The chairman and treasurer of a committee shall be separate individuals. The statement of formation shall list the name and mailing address of the committee, name and address of the committee chairman and treasurer, date the committee was formed and the purpose of the committee. The statement of formation shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county or counties in which the district is located or is to be located.

(c) No organization of any kind including a corporation, partnership, trade union, professional association or civic, fraternal or religious group or other profit or nonprofit entity except a political action committee, directly or indirectly through any officer, member, director or employee, shall contribute funds, other items of value or election assistance to aid or promote the interests, success or defeat of any special district ballot proposition. No person shall solicit or receive a payment or contribution from an organization prohibited from making contributions under this subsection.

(d) The secretary of state shall prescribe and furnish the forms for reporting contributions and expenditures for special district ballot proposition elections together with written instructions for completing the form and a warning that violators are subject to civil and criminal charges. The forms along with instructions and warning shall be distributed to the county clerk and shall be given by the county clerk to each political action committee upon formation.

(e) Every political action committee shall file a fully itemized statement of contributions and expenditures within ten (10) business days after any special district ballot proposition election. The statement shall set forth the full and complete record of contributions including cash, goods or services and of actual and promised expenditures, including all identifiable expenses as set forth in W.S. 22-25-103 . The date of each contribution of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more, any expenditure or obligation, the name of the person from whom received or to whom paid and the purpose of each expenditure or obligation shall be listed. All contributions under twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be reported but need not be itemized. Should the accumulation of contributions from an individual exceed the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) threshold, all contributions from that individual shall be itemized.

(f) It is unlawful for a political action committee to pay for campaign literature or campaign advertising without displaying or speaking a disclosure in accordance with W.S. 22-25-110 .
Wyo. Stat. § 22-8-106 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-8-106
§ 22-8-106. Number of judges in each polling place
Status: in_force

At least three (3) judges shall be appointed for each polling place. Additional judges may be appointed in a polling place as determined necessary by the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-10-109 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 10 / Section 22-10-109
§ 22-10-109. Key in sealed envelope; matters to be printed thereon
Status: in_force

(a) When all voting machines to be used in an election are locked and sealed, the key to each machine shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope on which shall be printed:

(i) The number or designation of the election district and precinct in which the machine is to be used;

(ii) The number of the seal with which the machine is sealed;

(iii) The number registered on the protective counter as reported by the county clerk;

(iv) The signature of the clerk and the signatures of two (2) representatives, if any, placed across the seal.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-2-104 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-104
§ 22-2-104. Election dates
Status: in_force

(a) A general election shall be held for all the precincts of this state on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year.

(b) A primary election shall be held at the regular polling places for each precinct on the first Tuesday after the third Monday in August in general election years for the nomination of candidates for partisan and nonpartisan offices to be filled at the succeeding general election and for the election of major party precinct committeemen and committeewomen.

(c) A May town election as authorized by W.S. 22-23-202 shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month of May every two (2) years.

(d) Every bond election shall be held on the same day as a primary election or a general election, or on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May or November, or on the first Tuesday after the third Monday in August.

(e) The election of members of the board of trustees of each school district and community college district shall be held for each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in general election years.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-117 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-117
§ 22-13-117. Announcement that polls will close; electors allowed to vote; proclamation of closing
Status: in_force

At 6:30 p.m. the judges of election shall announce that the polls will close in thirty (30) minutes. Electors present and waiting to vote at 7:00 p.m. shall be permitted to enter the polls and vote. No other elector shall be admitted to vote after 7:00 p.m. After all ballots are cast, the polls shall be declared closed by a judge of election making an official proclamation of closing.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-25-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 25 / Section 22-25-101
§ 22-25-101. Definitions; statement of formation
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 100, § 5.

(b) A political action committee and a candidate's campaign committee, except those formed under federal law, shall file a statement of formation within ten (10) days after formation. This filing is required when any political action committee or candidate's campaign committee is formed, whether before an election to aid in the campaign or formed after an election to defray campaign debts incurred. The chairman and treasurer of a committee shall be separate individuals. The statement of formation shall list the name and mailing address of the committee, name and address of the committee chairman and treasurer, date committee formed and the purpose of committee. The statement of formation shall be filed in those offices as provided by W.S. 22-25-107 .

(c) Any organization that receives contributions or expends funds totaling in aggregate more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the purpose of causing independent expenditures or electioneering communications to be made shall file a statement of formation for the purpose of filing campaign reports in accordance with W.S. 22-25-106(h) . Any organization that has not previously filed a statement of formation that is required by this subsection shall file a statement of formation within ten (10) days of causing or intending to cause the independent expenditure or electioneering communication to be made in any primary, general or special election or within twenty-four (24) hours if the independent expenditure or electioneering communication is made within ten (10) days of any primary, general or special election. The statement of formation as referenced in this subsection shall be filed in those offices as provided by W.S. 22-25-107 and shall list the:

(i) Name and mailing address of the organization;

(ii) Name and mailing address of the organization's chairman and treasurer, if applicable, or the organization's designee;

(iii) Date the organization formed; and

(iv) Purpose of the organization.

(d) As used in this chapter:

(i) “ Electioneering communication ” means, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (ii) of this subsection, any communication, including an advertisement, which is publicly distributed as a billboard, brochure, email, mailing, magazine, pamphlet or periodical, as the component of an internet website or newspaper or by the facilities of a cable television system, electronic communication network, internet streaming service, radio station, telephone or cellular system, television station or satellite system and which:

(A) Refers to or depicts a clearly identified candidate for nomination or election to public office or a clearly identified ballot proposition and which does not expressly advocate the nomination, election or defeat of the candidate or the adoption or defeat of the ballot proposition;

(B) Can only be reasonably interpreted as an appeal to vote for or against the candidate or ballot proposition;

(C) Is made within thirty (30) calendar days of a primary election, sixty (60) calendar days of a general election or twenty-one (21) calendar days of any special election during which the candidate or ballot proposition will appear on the ballot; and

(D) Is targeted to the electors in the geographic area:

(I) The candidate would represent if elected; or

(II) Affected by the ballot proposition.

(ii) “Electioneering communication” does not mean:

(A) A communication made by an entity as a component of a newsletter or other internal communication of the entity which is distributed only to members or employees of the entity;

(B) A communication consisting of a news report, commentary or editorial or a similar communication, protected by the first amendment to the United States constitution and article 1, section 20 of the Wyoming constitution , which is distributed as a component of an email, internet website, magazine, newspaper or periodical or by the facilities of a cable television system, electronic communication network, internet streaming service, radio station, television station or satellite system;

(C) A communication made as part of a public debate or forum that invites at least two (2) opposing candidates for public office or one (1) advocate and one (1) opponent of a ballot proposition or a communication that promotes the debate or forum and is made by or on behalf of the person sponsoring or hosting the debate or forum;

(D) The act of producing or distributing an electioneering communication.

(iii) “ Independent expenditure ” means an expenditure that is made without consultation or coordination with a candidate, candidate's campaign committee or the agent of a candidate or candidate's campaign committee and which expressly advocates the:

(A) Nomination, election or defeat of a candidate; or

(B) Adoption or defeat of a ballot proposition.

(iv) “ Organization ”, as used in this chapter, means any corporation, partnership, trade union, professional association or civic, fraternal or religious group or other profit or nonprofit entity or any other entity influencing an election, except a political party, political action committee or candidate's campaign committee.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-404 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-404
§ 22-29-404. Election on dissolution; consent of creditors; content of notice
Status: in_force

(a) Within ten (10) business days after the district directors file the plan of dissolution and liquidation required by W.S. 22-29-402 , the district directors shall call an election to be held not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the filing of the plan of dissolution or liquidation for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether the district shall be dissolved, its indebtedness liquidated and its assets disposed of in accordance with the plan proposed. No election shall be called until the consent of all known holders of valid indebtedness against the district is obtained or provision is made in the plan for payment of the nonconsenting holders. The notice of the election shall contain a brief summary of the plan of dissolution and liquidation and state that the plan of dissolution is available for examination at the office of the county clerk.

(b) This election shall be conducted in accordance with W.S. 22-29-113 through 22-29-117 .
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-112 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-112
§ 22-9-112. Instructions on outer envelope
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 243, § 5.

(b) For all electors, as specified in W.S. 22-9-105 , the following shall be printed on the reverse side of the outer envelope in red ink:

INSTRUCTIONS

This is your absentee ballot. To vote, mark the ballot in secret, then sign the affidavit on the back of the inner ballot envelope and mail or deliver the inner ballot envelope to the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-121 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-121
§ 22-6-121. Political party ballot position on general election ballot; order of candidates' names
Status: repealed

(a) Political party position shall be determined on the general election ballot according to the number of votes received by each party within the county for the office of representative in congress at the last preceding general election. The party receiving the highest number of votes shall appear first following the names of the offices to be voted for and other parties shall follow in the order of their respective numbers of such votes. The order of any provisional parties will be drawn by the secretary of state. Any independent candidates shall appear following the last party and shall be listed in alphabetical order, subject to rotation. When more than one (1) candidate is to be elected to a particular office, the names of candidates shall be printed in alphabetical order, subject to rotation, on all ballots for electronic and machine voting systems as defined by W.S. 22-1-102 .

(i) to (iii) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 100, § 5.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-21-111 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-111
§ 22-21-111. Authority granted
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing any type of project or the issuance of bonds for any purpose not otherwise authorized by the laws specifically applicable to the political subdivision in question.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-114 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-114
§ 22-9-114. Receipt by clerk; generally
Status: in_force

The clerk shall mark on each completed inner envelope the date and time of receipt and enter this information in the absentee ballot record. From information contained in the affidavit or from other reliable sources, the clerk shall determine the district and precinct where the ballot shall be voted and shall write the number of the district and precinct on the inner envelope.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-7-104 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-7-104
§ 22-7-104. Procedure following resolution altering precinct area
Status: in_force

Within five (5) days after the adoption of a resolution dividing or consolidating a precinct, or changing a precinct boundary, the county clerk shall send a certified copy of the resolution to the secretary of state and to the county chairman of each political party and notify by mail all registered electors receiving a new precinct number.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-220 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-220
§ 22-5-220. Withdrawal of nomination application restricted
Status: in_force

A candidate may withdraw a nomination application prior to the primary election only by filing a written withdrawal in the filing office in which he filed his application for nomination. If a candidate withdraws after the party ballots are finalized and approved for printing by a county clerk in any county where the candidate's name will appear on the party ballot, the county clerk shall not be required to remove the candidate's name from the party ballot, but shall post a notice at each polling place announcing that the named candidate has withdrawn from nomination for the office designated.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-12-106 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-106
§ 22-12-106. Contents of voting booths
Status: in_force

Voting booths shall contain nothing except voting instructions and materials necessary for marking ballots.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-10-103 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 10 / Section 22-10-103
§ 22-10-103. Lease or purchase of machines
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners may lease such approved voting machines for use in any precinct in the county or purchase them for cash or in annual installments not to exceed ten (10) years.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-115 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-115
§ 22-4-115. Date of party state convention
Status: in_force

Each political party shall hold a state convention in even-numbered years.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-20-105 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 20 / Section 22-20-105
§ 22-20-105. Pamphlet
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall print a reasonable number of pamphlets containing every proposed amendment and provide a copy of the pamphlet upon request to any person or organization.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-26-121 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 26 / Section 22-26-121
§ 22-26-121. Violations of election code; complaints; investigations and prosecutions
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person may file a written complaint with the secretary of state regarding any violation of the Election Code by any statewide or legislative candidate, committee or organization or any violation of W.S. 22-25-106(d) by a county party central committee. If the secretary of state finds that the complaint has merit and suspects a violation of the Election Code, he shall refer the complaint to the Wyoming attorney general for investigation and prosecution. The attorney general may prosecute the complaint in the district court for the district in which the violation was alleged to occur or in the district court for Laramie county if the violation is reasonably believed to occur in more than one (1) judicial district.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person may file a written complaint with the county clerk regarding any violation of the Election Code by any county or municipal candidate, committee or organization. If the county clerk finds that the complaint has merit and suspects a violation of the Election Code, the county clerk shall refer the complaint to the district attorney for the county in which the candidate resides for investigation and prosecution.

(c) Complaints that the secretary of state violated the Election Code shall be filed with the attorney general for investigation and prosecution. Complaints that the county clerk violated the Election Code shall be filed with the district attorney for the county for investigation and prosecution.

(d) The secretary of state or the county clerk may refer any suspected violation of the Election Code to the appropriate prosecuting authority as provided in this section.

(e) A complaint of a violation of W.S. 22-26-102 or 22-26-106 shall be filed with the county clerk for the county in which the elector resides and be investigated by the county sheriff as provided in those sections. If the county clerk or other appropriate official specified in W.S. 22-26-102(e) or 22-26-106(e) fails or refuses for any reason to take action on the elector's complaint, the elector may file a complaint with the Wyoming attorney general.

(f) As used in this section:

(i) “ County or municipal candidate, committee or organization ” means any county or municipal candidate, candidate committee for county or municipal office, political action committee for county or municipal candidate, political action committee or organization supporting or opposing a municipal initiative or referendum petition drive or ballot proposition within a county or political subdivision, county party central committee or any other person not identified in paragraph (ii) of this subsection;

(ii) “ Statewide or legislative candidate, committee or organization ” means any statewide or legislative candidate, candidate committee for statewide or legislative office, political action committee or organization supporting or opposing any statewide or legislative candidate or any statewide initiative or referendum petition drive or ballot proposition, or state party central committee.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-118 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-118
§ 22-13-118. Judges work schedule
Status: in_force

At the discretion of the county clerk, election judges may be allowed to work at the polling place on election day for a period of time less than the total amount of time the polls are open provided the polling place has a sufficient number of election judges on duty at all times to comply with the requirements of this title. An election judge shall not leave his polling place during his work shift.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-101
§ 22-6-101. Certification of candidates nominated; printing of names
Status: in_force

Not less than sixty (60) days before each general election the secretary of state shall transmit to each county clerk under party headings a certified list of the name and address of each person nominated by primary election as indicated by the state canvass, the name of each person nominated by provisional or minor party convention, the name of each independent candidate qualifying for nomination by petition, and the office sought. The names of these candidates shall be printed on the official ballot of the general election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-420 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-420
§ 22-24-420. Petitions; payment for signatures; misrepresentation of petition; prohibition; penalty
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 118, § 2.

(b) A circulator of a referendum petition or a person who causes the circulation of a referendum petition may not pay or offer to pay any compensation to another person for that person's signature on the referendum petition.

(c) A circulator of a referendum petition or a person who causes the circulation of a referendum petition shall not collect another person's signature on the petition by knowingly making a false statement with respect to or otherwise misrepresenting the referred act contained within the referendum petition. A violation of this subsection is subject to the penalty imposed under W.S. 22-24-419(a) .
Wyo. Stat. § 22-3-110 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-110
§ 22-3-110. Expense of preparing poll lists
Status: in_force

The expense of preparing poll lists required by law to be provided by the county clerk in combined statewide political subdivision elections, shall be shared on an equitable basis by the governmental entities participating in the election. The expense of preparing other poll lists shall be paid by the entity holding the election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-102 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-102
§ 22-29-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Director” or “district director” means a voting member of the governing body of a special district, regardless of what title is used in the principal act;

(ii) “Principal act” means the statutes under which a special district listed under W.S. 22-29-103(a) can be formed or is operating;

(iii) “ Business day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in this state as designated in W.S. 8-4-101 ;

(iv) “ This act ” means W.S. 22-29-101 through 22-29-601 .
Wyo. Stat. § 22-7-102 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-7-102
§ 22-7-102. Change in precinct boundary
Status: in_force

(a) A precinct boundary shall not be changed unless a notice describing all proposed changes is posted on the county's official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the designated official newspaper of the county. The board shall also mail by certified mail return receipt requested copy of this notice to the county chairman of each political party in the county not later than fifteen (15) days before the meeting at which the proposed changes will be discussed. A proposed change in a precinct boundary may be finalized by the board only at the designated meeting. Each precinct shall be designated by number.

(b) However, changes to municipal precinct boundaries due to the annexation of any territory shall be effective upon the date provided in the ordinance.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-303 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-303
§ 22-24-303. Application; contents
Status: in_force

(a) The application shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall include:

(i) The proposed bill to be initiated;

(ii) The designation of a committee of three (3) applicants who shall represent all sponsors and subscribers in matters relating to the initiative; and

(iii) A statement that the committee of applicants are qualified registered voters who signed the application with the proposed bill attached.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-404 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-404
§ 22-23-404. Commencement of term of office
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by W.S. 22-23-202 , the term of office of a person elected at the municipal general election commences on the first Monday in January following the general election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-304 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-304
§ 22-4-304. Certification of candidates; fees
Status: in_force

(a) The chairman and secretary of the state political convention shall certify to the secretary of state the names of its party's nominees for United States senator, United States representative, all elective state offices and legislative offices.

(b) The chairman and secretary of the state or county political convention shall certify to the county clerk the names of its party's nominees for elected county offices and office of the district attorney.

(c) The names certified to the secretary of state or the county clerk shall be filed no later than the day before the primary election.

(d) Persons certified as nominees shall be members of that party, as shown by their affidavits of registration, at the time their names are certified to the secretary of state or the county clerk.

(e) Each certification made under this section shall be accompanied by the same application and fee required for the same office of a candidate seeking nomination by primary election. A certification not accompanied by the application and fee is not valid.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-119 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-119
§ 22-6-119. Format of primary ballot
Status: repealed

(a) The primary ballot of each major political party shall be printed in substantial compliance with this format:

(i) Across the top shall be printed “Official Primary Election Ballot” followed by the name of the major political party;

(ii) On the first line shall be printed the county in which the ballot is used, the date of the election and blank lines for entry of the election district and precinct;

(iii) On the second line shall be printed the following instructions: “To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, mark the square immediately adjacent to the name of the person for whom you desire to vote. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the person’s name in the blank space provided for that purpose and mark the square immediately adjacent to the name of the person.”;

(iv) Candidates for the different offices shall be arranged in separate groups. At the top of each group shall appear the title of the office. Adjacent to the title of the office shall be printed “Vote for one” or if more than one (1) are to be voted for, “Vote for not more than”, then the appropriate words and figures designating the proper number to be elected;

(v) Below the list of candidates in each group shall be printed blank lines for write-in candidates equal in number to the number of candidates to be voted for;

(vi) Adjacent to the name of each candidate and blank line shall be printed a square for marking the vote. No square shall appear at the top of a column;

(vii), (viii) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 100, § 5.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-25-106 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 25 / Section 22-25-106
§ 22-25-106. Filing of campaign reports
Status: repealed

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (g) and (j) of this section and in addition to other reports required by this subsection:

(i) Every candidate, whether successful or not, shall file an itemized statement of contributions and expenditures at least seven (7) days but not more than fourteen (14) days before any primary, general or special election. Any contribution received or expenditure made after the statement has been filed, through the day of the election, whether a primary, general or special election, shall be filed as an amendment to the statement within ten (10) days after the election;

(ii), (iii) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 1, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.

(iv) Reports under this subsection shall set forth the full and complete record of contributions including cash, goods or services and actual and promised expenditures, including all identifiable expenses as set forth in W.S. 22-25-103 . For purposes of this section, a contribution is reportable when it is known and in the possession of, or the service has been furnished to, the person or entity required to submit a statement of contributions and expenditures. The date of each contribution of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more, any expenditure or obligation, the name of the person from whom received or to whom paid and the purpose of each expenditure or obligation shall be listed. All contributions under one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be reported but need not be itemized. Should the accumulation of contributions from a person exceed the one hundred dollar ($100.00) threshold, all contributions from that person shall be itemized. Contributions, expenditures and obligations itemized in a statement filed by a political action committee, a candidate's campaign committee or by a political party central committee need not be itemized in a candidate's statement;

(v) Statements under this subsection shall be filed with those officers as provided in W.S. 22-25-107 .

(b) Reports of itemized statements of contributions and expenditures, and statements of termination shall be made with the appropriate filing officers specified under W.S. 22-25-107 and in accordance with the following:

(i) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any political action committee and candidate's campaign committee, or any political action committee formed under the law of another state that contributes to a Wyoming political action committee or to a candidate's campaign committee shall file an itemized statement of contributions and expenditures at least seven (7) days but not more than fourteen (14) days before any primary, general or special election. Any contribution received or expenditure made after the statement has been filed, through the day of the election, whether a primary, general or special election, shall be filed as an amendment to the statement within ten (10) days after the election;

(ii) A committee formed after an election to defray campaign expenses incurred during a previous election and any political action or candidate's campaign committee which has not filed a statement of termination shall file an itemized statement of contributions and expenditures on December 31 of each odd-numbered year;

(iii) All candidates and committees shall continue to make the reports required under this subsection until the committee terminates and the candidate or committee files a statement of termination with the appropriate filing officer. A statement of termination may be filed upon retirement of all debts;

(iv) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 1, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.

(c) All reports required by subsection (b) of this section shall be signed by both the chairman and treasurer. The reports shall set forth the full and complete record of contributions including cash, goods or services and actual and promised expenditures. The date of each contribution of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more, any expenditure or obligation, the name of the person from whom received or to whom paid and the purpose of each expenditure or obligation shall be listed. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the disclosure of the names of individuals paid to circulate an initiative or referendum petition. All contributions under one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be reported but need not be itemized. Should the accumulation of contributions from a person exceed the one hundred dollar ($100.00) threshold, all contributions from that person shall be itemized. If the contributions, expenditures or obligations were for more than one (1) candidate, the amounts attributable to each shall be itemized separately.

(d) The chairman of each political party central committee for the state or county, or an officer of the party designated by him, shall file an itemized statement of contributions of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more, and any expenditures and obligations. The statement shall be filed within ten (10) days after a general or special election. The statement shall report all contributions, expenditures and obligations relating to campaign expenses, including normal operating expenses. All contributions under one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be reported but need not be itemized. Should the accumulation of contributions from a person exceed the one hundred dollar ($100.00) threshold, all contributions from that person shall be itemized. It shall attribute all campaign contributions, expenses and obligations to a specific candidate only if the campaign contributions, expenses and obligations can be specifically identified to that specific candidate to the exclusion of other candidates on the ticket. A copy of the statement shall be furnished to each candidate identified in the statement within ten (10) days after the general or special election.

(e) If inaccuracies are found in a statement filed in accordance with this section or additional contributions or expenditures become known after filing an amendment as required by paragraph (a)(i), (b)(i) or (h)(ii) of this section, amendments to the original statements or additional statements shall be filed within a reasonable time not to exceed thirty (30) days from the time the inaccuracies or additional contributions or expenditures became known. For purposes of this subsection, any net change less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) need not be reported.

(f) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 1, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.

(g) Candidates for federal office, campaign committees for candidates for federal office and federal political action committees that are making contributions or expenditures only to federal candidates or for federal issues shall not be required to file contribution and expenditure reports under this section if the candidate or the committee is required to comply with federal election law reporting requirements.

(h) An organization that expends in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in any primary, general or special election to cause an independent expenditure or electioneering communication to be made shall file an itemized statement of contributions and expenditures with the appropriate filing office under W.S. 22-25-107 . The statement shall:

(i) Identify the organization causing the electioneering communication or independent expenditure to be made and the individual acting on behalf of the organization causing the communication or expenditure to be made, if applicable;

(ii) Be filed at least seven (7) days but not more than fourteen (14) days before any primary, general or special election. Any contribution received or expenditure made after the statement has been filed, through the day of the election, whether a primary, general or special election, shall be filed as an amendment to the statement within ten (10) days after the election;

(iii) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 1, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.

(iv) Only list those expenditures and contributions which relate to an independent expenditure or electioneering communication;

(v) Set forth the full and complete record of contributions which relate to an independent expenditure or electioneering communication, including cash, goods or services and actual and promised expenditures. The date of each contribution of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more, any expenditure or obligation, the name of the person from whom received or to whom paid and the purpose of each expenditure or obligation shall be listed. All contributions under one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be reported but need not be itemized. Should the accumulation of contributions from a person exceed the one hundred dollar ($100.00) threshold, all contributions from that person shall be itemized;

(vi) Be signed by both the chairman and treasurer of the organization, if those positions are present in the organization, or by the organization's designee.

(j) If a candidate has formed a candidate's campaign committee, the committee may file reports required by this section on behalf of the candidate if the candidate provides a signed document one (1) time each election cycle authorizing the committee to file reports on behalf of the candidate and attesting that the facts provided in the report are accurate. If a committee has filed a required report on behalf of a candidate under this subsection, the candidate shall not be required to separately file the report provided that the candidate shall remain individually responsible for any deficiencies in a report filed by the committee.

(k) Reports or statements filed under this section shall be filed under penalty of perjury.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-17-114 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-17-114
§ 22-17-114. Contesting election of president, vice-president or presidential elector
Status: in_force

The election of a United States president and vice-president candidate, or presidential elector, shall only be contested, presented to and tried before the Wyoming legislature under joint rules of the house of representatives and senate. Such a contest may be initiated by a Wyoming elector by filing notice with the legislature through the legislative service office no later than five (5) days after the election is certified by the state canvassing board. The contest shall only be brought on the grounds provided by W.S. 22-17-101(a)(i) or (iv) . A determination of the contest by the legislature is final and conclusive and is not subject to judicial review.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-306 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-306
§ 22-5-306. Where petitions to be filed; fee
Status: in_force

(a) Petitions for nomination of independent candidates shall be filed in the office prescribed for nomination by primary election for such office.

(b) Petitions must be accompanied by the same fee required for the same office of candidates seeking nomination by primary election. A petition not accompanied by the fee is not valid.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-20-207 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 20 / Section 22-20-207
§ 22-20-207. Costs and expenses to be borne by county
Status: in_force

All costs incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter in each county shall be borne and paid by the county in which the costs accrued.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-19-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-101
§ 22-19-101. When elected; number
Status: in_force

At a general election for president and vice-president of the United States, electors for president and vice-president of the United States shall be elected equal in number to senators and representatives in congress allotted to the state of Wyoming.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-215 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-215
§ 22-5-215. Nomination of partisan candidates and write-in candidates
Status: in_force

On each party ballot the candidate or candidates equal in number to the number to be elected to each office who receive the largest number of votes shall be nominated and shall be entitled to have their names printed on the ballot for the next general election. A write-in candidate shall not be nominated and shall not be entitled to have his name printed on the ballot for the next general election unless he received at least twenty-five (25) write-in votes in the primary election and is a registered voter in the political party for which he was nominated on the day of the primary election. An unsuccessful candidate for office at a primary election whose name is printed on any party ballot may not accept nomination for the same office at the next general election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-22-103 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-22-103
§ 22-22-103. Establishment of election dates by boards of county commissioners
Status: in_force

For school or community college district elections set by boards of county commissioners, in determining the date of an election each county commissioner's vote shall be weighted in proportion to the number of county commissioners and the population of electors of the district residing within that commissioner's county. The population of electors shall be determined by the most recent voter registration lists.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-18-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18 / Section 22-18-101
§ 22-18-101. When deemed to occur
Status: in_force

(a) A vacancy shall occur in an elective office if during his term the incumbent either:

(i) Dies;

(ii) Resigns;

(iii) Is determined by a court having jurisdiction to be mentally incompetent;

(iv) Is disqualified from holding office for any reason specified by law;

(v) Is convicted of a felony or constituting a breach of his oath of office;

(vi) Refuses to take the oath of office or to give or renew an official bond if required by law; or

(vii) Has his election voided by court decision.

(b) A vacancy exists in an elective office, if upon expiration of the term for which a person was elected a successor has not been elected and qualified.

(c) A vacancy exists in an elective office and shall be filled in the same manner as it is filled when a vacancy occurs after the term of office has begun if, after a person has been elected to an office at an election, but before the time for the taking of the oath for that office, the person:

(i) Dies; or

(ii) Resigns. A person may resign an office before taking the oath for that office and before the term of office begins in the same manner that he may resign after taking the oath of office.

(d) If a person who has died is elected, a vacancy in office shall occur and the office shall be filled in the same manner as it is filled when a vacancy occurs after the term of office has begun.

(e) This section shall not apply to mayors and council members who are subject to the provisions of W.S. 15-1-107 .

(f) In addition to subsections (a) through (c) of this section, a vacancy shall occur:

(i) In the office of a member of the state legislature when the person fails to reside in the legislative district from which he is elected;

(ii) In the office of a county assessor, county clerk, county commissioner, county sheriff or county treasurer when the person fails to reside in the county from which he is elected.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-109 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-109
§ 22-9-109. Form of absentee ballot
Status: in_force

(a) The absentee ballot shall be in the same form prescribed by law for the official ballot or a reasonable printed reproduction of the prescribed form for electronic ballots.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, official absentee ballots for primary, general and special elections may be provided in an electronic format to voters with rights under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff .
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-407 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-407
§ 22-29-407. Disposition of assets
Status: in_force

(a) Any surplus funds remaining to the credit of the district, after payment of the indebtedness of the district, shall be transferred to the county treasurer. If the assets of the district are insufficient to pay the indebtedness, the board of trustees shall levy taxes, within the limits of the authority of the district, for the liquidation of the indebtedness.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, if the property of a district is located within the corporate limits of a city, the property shall, upon dissolution of the district, vest in the city in which located and the property of the district lying outside the corporate limits of any city shall vest in the county until the formation of a city embracing the territory, at which time it shall vest in the city.

(c) In each year that the county receives surplus funds to the credit of the district under subsection (a) of this section, any funds in the account of the district on June 30, in excess of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) retained by the county for administration, shall be certified to the county assessor and shall be disposed of as provided under one (1) of the following procedures, as selected by the county assessor:

(i) The funds may be offset against that portion of the levies of taxing units levied against the property values of property within the dissolved district. If the funds are offset as provided under this paragraph, the funds shall be distributed to each taxing unit in the amount of that taxing unit's offset;

(ii) The amount may be credited to each property appearing on the tax roll for the year for which the credit applies within the dissolved district on the basis of current assessed value. If the surplus funds are distributed under this paragraph, the surplus funds shall be deposited in the unsegregated tax collections account established and distributed in the same manner as other funds in that account.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-116 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-116
§ 22-29-116. Procedures for mail ballot elections
Status: in_force

(a) Mail ballot elections shall be overseen by the county clerk as provided in W.S. 22-29-113(m) . Official ballots shall be prepared and all other preelection procedures followed as otherwise provided by law or rules promulgated by the secretary of state, except that mail ballot packets shall be prepared in accordance with the following:

(i) No later than forty-five (45) days prior to election day, the secretary of the special district shall request from the county clerk of each county in which the special district is located a list of qualified electors residing within the affected district;

(ii) No later than thirty (30) days prior to election day, the county clerk of each county in which a special district is located shall certify and submit to the election official a list of qualified electors residing within the affected district;

(iii) No sooner than twenty-five (25) days and no later than fifteen (15) days before an election, the election official shall mail to each landowner who has filed a written authorization and request for a mail ballot and to each qualified elector entitled to vote in the mail ballot election, at the last address appearing in the registration records a mail ballot packet, which shall be marked “DO NOT FORWARD-ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED,” or any other similar statement which is in accordance with United States postal service regulations;

(iv) The ballot shall contain the following warning:

WARNING

The criminal laws regulating the conduct of elections contained in chapter 26 of the Wyoming Election Code of 1973, as amended apply with equal force to elections conducted by mail.

(v) No sooner than twenty-five (25) days and no later than 4:00 p.m. on election day, mail ballots shall be made available at the election official's office for voters entitled to vote in the election but who are not otherwise listed on the county voter registration records if otherwise authorized to vote;

(vi) A voter may obtain a replacement ballot if the ballot was destroyed, spoiled, lost, or for some other reason not received by the voter. In order to obtain a replacement ballot, the voter must sign a sworn statement specifying the reason for requesting the replacement ballot. The statement shall be presented to the election official no later than 4:00 p.m. on election day. The election official shall keep a record of each replacement ballot issued in accordance with this section together with a list of each ballot obtained pursuant to this section. An election official shall not transmit a mail ballot package under this section unless the application for the replacement ballot is received on or before election day. A replacement ballot may be transmitted directly to the applicant at the election official's office or may be mailed to the voter at the address provided in the application. Replacement ballots may be cast no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day;

(vii) Upon receipt of a ballot, the voter shall mark the ballot, sign and complete the return-verification envelope, and comply with the instructions provided with the ballot. The voter may return the marked ballot to the election official by United States mail or by depositing the ballot at the office of the official or any place designated by the official. The ballot must be returned in the return-verification envelope. The ballot shall be received at the office of the election official or the designated depository no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day;

(viii) Once the ballot is returned, an election official shall first qualify the submitted ballot by examining the verification envelope and comparing the information on the envelope to the poll list to determine whether the ballot was submitted by a voter who has not previously voted in the election. If the ballot so qualifies, and is otherwise valid, the official shall enter the name of the registered voter in the poll book, open the return-verification envelope and deposit the ballot in an official ballot box;

(ix) All deposited ballots shall be counted as provided in this act and by rules promulgated by the secretary of state. A mail ballot shall be valid and counted only if it is returned in the return-verification envelope, the affidavit on the envelope is signed and completed by the voter to whom the ballot was issued and the information on the envelope is verified in accordance with paragraph (viii) of this subsection. If the election official determines that a voter to whom a replacement ballot has been issued has voted more than once, the official shall not count any ballot cast by that voter.

(b) The election official responsible for conducting the election shall provide a minimum of one (1) polling place on the day of election which may be the election official's office or the county clerk's office and shall be open for not less than five (5) consecutive hours at any time between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. as set forth in the notice of election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-21-110 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-110
§ 22-21-110. Ballot canvass; results certified; declaration; effect of defeat
Status: in_force

Immediately after the closing of the polls, the counting board shall proceed to count the ballots. The results disclosed by the count shall be certified by the counting board to the clerk of the political subdivision. If the majority of the ballots cast on a bond question is in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the proposal shall be approved, and the governing body of the political subdivision, in the manner provided by law, shall then proceed to declare the results of said election, and complete the printing, execution, advertising, and sale of the bonds, but if the majority is opposed to such issuance, the proposal to issue bonds for the same general purpose shall not again be submitted to election within a period of twelve (12) months or as otherwise provided by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-201 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-201
§ 22-23-201. Conduct; who may vote
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in W.S. 22-23-202 municipal primary and general elections are held at the same time, in the same manner, at the same polling places, and are conducted by the same election officials, using the same poll lists, as the statewide primary and general elections.

(b) Only voters residing in precincts within a municipality may vote in its elections.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-3-113 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-113
§ 22-3-113. Disposition of pollbooks after polls close
Status: in_force

(a) After the polls are closed, judges of the election shall make printed pollbooks agree and shall return one (1) pollbook to the county clerk.

(b) When electronic pollbooks are used, they shall be returned to the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-15-109 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 15 / Section 22-15-109
§ 22-15-109. Poll watchers; certification; qualification; authority; removal
Status: in_force

(a) The county chairman of each political party may certify poll watchers prior to the day of the election to serve in each polling place. Not more than one (1) poll watcher from each political party may serve simultaneously unless the chief judge determines that one (1) additional poll watcher from each political party may be accommodated in the polling place without disrupting the polling process.

(b) A poll watcher shall belong to the political party he represents and shall be a registered elector residing in the county. A poll watcher shall serve only at the polling place designated on the certificate. A poll watcher is authorized to observe voter turn out and registration and may make written memoranda but shall not challenge voters, conduct electioneering activities or disrupt the polling process.

(c) The chief judge may remove a poll watcher from the polling place for disturbing the polling place, or for any other violation of the Election Code.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-2-108 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-108
§ 22-2-108. Secretary of state to certify officers to be elected
Status: in_force

Between the twenty-fourth day of April and the third day of May in each general election year, the secretary of state shall transmit to the county clerk of each county a certified list stating what officers, other than county and precinct officers, are to be nominated or elected at the election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-18-110 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 18 / Section 22-18-110
§ 22-18-110. Supreme court justices and district court judges
Status: in_force

A vacancy in the office of justice of the supreme court or judge of any district court shall be filled by a qualified person appointed by the governor under section 4, of article 5 of the constitution of Wyoming .
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-311 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-311
§ 22-24-311. Petitions; statement of warning
Status: in_force

Each petition shall include a statement of warning that a person who signs a name other than his own on the petition, or who knowingly signs his name more than once for the same proposition at one (1) election, or who signs the petition knowing that he is not a qualified registered voter, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-3-104 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-104
§ 22-3-104. Methods of verification; signing oath; time for proving eligibility; registration locations
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Laws 2004, ch. 94, § 4.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2004, ch. 94, § 4.

(c) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 100, § 5.

(d) An applicant may only register to vote in person or by mail at which time he shall provide the information required by W.S. 22-3-103(a) and sign the registration oath as required by W.S. 22-3-103(b) .

(i) through (iii) Repealed by Laws 2005, ch. 110, § 2.

(e) Repealed by Laws 2005, ch. 110, § 2.

(f) A person shall be registered to vote as follows:

(i) Repealed by Laws 2014, ch. 108, § 2, eff. March 10, 2014.

(ii) Registration is effective:

(A) At the polls for the purpose of voting. Upon verification of the information, the voter shall continue to be registered. Upon failure of verification, the voter's registration shall be revoked in accordance with W. S. 22-3-105 ;

(B) For registration, other than at the polls, after the voter registration information has been entered onto the voter registration system and verified.

(g) On election day, applicants attempting to register who lack the proof required under this section shall be offered provisional ballots in accordance with W.S. 22-15-105 and permitted until the close of business on the day following the election to present documentation to the county clerk establishing their eligibility to register and to vote in the precinct.

(h) An applicant may register to vote in person:

(i) In his proper polling place at any election specified in W.S. 22-2-101(a)(i) through (viii) ; or

(ii) In the office of the county clerk or city clerk in the principal office building of the county or city in the presence of the registry agent.

(j) A county or city clerk may establish and maintain registration facilities in a public area owned or occupied by a political subdivision or governmental institution, agency or entity, after giving not less than two (2) days notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and by posting such notice in such clerk's office. The requirements of subsection (h) of this section regarding the place of registration shall not apply to a person registering in accordance with this subsection.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-10-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 10 / Section 22-10-101
§ 22-10-101. Criteria for approval
Status: in_force

(a) To be approved for use in Wyoming a voting machine shall:

(i) Require secret voting, except for electors receiving assistance as provided by law;

(ii) Permit an elector to cast any vote he is entitled to cast at any election and permit voting for a write-in candidate for any office;

(iii) Preclude an elector from casting any vote he is not entitled to cast at any election or to cast more votes for a candidate, office or ballot proposition than are allowed by law;

(iv) Permit an elector to change any vote before his vote is registered;

(v) Permit an elector by one (1) device to vote simultaneously for candidates of one (1) political party for president, vice-president and presidential electors;

(vi) Permit adjustment at a primary election to assure that an elector will vote only the political party or nonpartisan ballot he is entitled to vote;

(vii) Have separate voting devices for candidates and ballot propositions, which shall be arranged in separate rows or columns, so that one (1) or more adjacent rows or columns may be assigned to the candidates of each political party at a primary election;

(viii) Have a public counter visible outside the machine which shall show at all times during an election the number of electors who have voted on the machine, and a protective counter which cannot be reset and which will record the total number of movements of the registering mechanism;

(ix) Have locks and seals to permit the machine to be locked to prevent any movement of the registering mechanism;

(x) Have the capacity to contain the names of candidates constituting the tickets of not less than five (5) political parties and independent groups and not less than fifteen (15) ballot propositions;

(xi) Be constructed so that an elector may readily learn how to operate, it may expeditiously cast his vote, and when operated properly shall register and accurately record every vote cast;

(xii) Be durably constructed of good quality material in a neat and workmanlike manner and shall be safely transportable.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-8-111 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-8-111
§ 22-8-111. Acceptance of appointment
Status: in_force

With each notice of appointment delivered by the county clerk there shall be a form for acceptance of the appointment or notice that each appointee shall be required to notify the county clerk of acceptance. The county clerk shall state the date by which the appointee shall be required to notify the clerk of acceptance. Failure of an appointee to notify the county clerk of acceptance within the time allotted by the county clerk results in a vacancy.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-19-102 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-102
§ 22-19-102. Nomination
Status: in_force

(a) In a general election year, the state convention of a political party nominating candidates for president and vice-president of the United States shall nominate the party's candidates for presidential electors and file certificates of nomination for these candidates with the secretary of state not later than thirty (30) days following termination of the state convention.

(b) Independent candidates for president shall file the candidate's nominees for presidential electors not less than seventy (70) days prior to the general election. The nominees shall be qualified electors.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-2-106 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-106
§ 22-2-106. Election of presidential and vice-presidential electors
Status: in_force

At the general election in 1976 and every fourth year thereafter, there shall be elected the number of electors of president and vice-president of the United States to which the state is entitled.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-2-122 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-122
§ 22-2-122. State and federal share of qualified election expenses; election readiness account
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the election readiness account. The account shall consist of federal funds received by the state of Wyoming from the federal election assistance commission's 2018 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) election security fund and any state appropriations authorized by the legislature. Funds in the account shall be subject to appropriation. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008 and 9-4-207 , earnings from the funds in the account shall be credited to the account and shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal period.

(b) Funds in the account shall only be used for replacement and maintenance of voting systems and other ongoing election costs as allowed by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Disbursements and expenditures from the account shall be made at the discretion of the secretary of state in consultation with the county clerks.

(c) Commencing in 2019, and annually thereafter, the secretary of state shall document disbursements and expenditures from the account. No later than November 15 of each year, the secretary of state shall report any disbursements and expenditures from the account to the joint appropriations committee, the joint corporations, elections and political subdivisions interim committee and the governor.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-115 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-115
§ 22-9-115. Receipt by clerk; handling procedure
Status: in_force

(a) After an absentee ballot has been accepted by the clerk, it shall not be returned to the voter.

(b) The clerk shall place completed absentee ballot envelopes in a large precinct envelope for the precinct in which they shall be voted and keep custody of them until they are delivered to the polling place or the designated counting center. The clerk shall endorse on the precinct envelope the number of the district and precinct and the words “Envelope contains ballots of absentee qualified electors and shall be opened only on election day at the polls when the polls are open” and shall affix his signature, official title, and seal the envelope.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-6-127 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-127
§ 22-6-127. Rotation of names on nonpartisan ballots
Status: in_force

(a) The names of candidates for each nonpartisan office shall be rotated on the ballot in the same manner as required by law for candidates for partisan office.

(b) Rotation is not necessary if the number of candidates is equal to or less than the number of seats up for election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-4-111 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-111
§ 22-4-111. State central committee organizational meeting; notice
Status: in_force

The state central committee shall hold an organizational meeting in odd-numbered years, at which it shall elect from electors registered in the party a chairman, secretary and other officers as provided in the rules of the party. The state chairman shall mail notice of the time and place of this meeting to each member of the committee not later than ten (10) days before the meeting.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-103 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-103
§ 22-5-103. Limits on ballot access; state offices
Status: repealed

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of Wyoming law, the secretary of state or other authorized official shall not certify the name of any person as the nominee or candidate for the office sought, nor shall that person be elected nor serve in that office if the following will occur:

(i) The person, by the end of the current term of office will have served, or but for resignation, would have served eight (8) or more years in any sixteen (16) year period in the office for which the candidate is seeking nomination or election, except, that any time served in that particular office prior to January 1, 1993, shall not be counted for purposes of this term limit. This provision shall apply to the office of governor.

(ii), (iii) Repealed by Laws 2005, ch. 241, § 1
Wyo. Stat. § 22-9-119 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 9 / Section 22-9-119
§ 22-9-119. Late absentee ballots
Status: in_force

An absentee ballot received by the clerk after the polls close shall not be voted. The clerk shall write on the inner envelope of such late absentee ballot “Rejected--received after the polls closed”. These late ballots shall be kept by the clerk for at least two (2) years after the election or longer if required by federal law and then destroyed.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-10-108 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 10 / Section 22-10-108
§ 22-10-108. Procedure for preparing machines for election; inspection and certification
Status: in_force

(a) Before preparing a voting machine for an election, the county clerk shall notify in writing the county chairman of each political party having a candidate on the ballot and all independent candidates, stating the time and place where the voting machine will be prepared for the election. The political party representatives and representatives of independent candidates may be present at the preparation of the voting machine for the election, to see that the machine is tested for accuracy and is properly prepared and that all registering counters are set at zero (00000). The county clerk in the presence of these representatives shall prepare the voting machine for the election and set all registering counters at zero (00000). He shall then test each registering counter for accuracy by casting votes on it until the registering counter is correctly registering each vote cast on it. The county clerk shall then reset each registering counter to zero (00000) and shall immediately lock and seal the voting machine with a numbered metal seal and make a record of the number of the seal on the certificate for the machine. The seal shall be so placed as to prevent operation of the machine or its registering counters without breaking the seal. The county clerk shall then immediately make a record on the certificate for the machine of the reading shown on the protective counter.

(b) Inspection of voting machines may begin two (2) weeks before an election and continue until all machines to be used are sealed. Immediately following testing of a machine, the county clerk shall make a certificate in writing stating the serial number of each machine, whether the machine has all the registering counters set at zero (00000), and whether the machine has been tested by voting on each registering counter to prove that each registering counter is in perfect and accurate condition, the number registered on the protective counter, and the number on the seal with which the machine is sealed against operation. This certificate shall be kept on file in the office of the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-112 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-112
§ 22-29-112. Subsequent director elections
Status: in_force

(a) Subsequent director elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the third Monday in March or on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in May or November, as determined by the district and shall accommodate staggered terms as set forth in the principal act.

(b) All qualified electors are entitled to vote for the election of directors at all district elections subsequent to the formation election, called for the purpose of electing directors.

(c) Not more than one hundred twenty (120) and not less than one hundred (100) days before the election, the secretary of the district shall publish at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which all or part of the district is situated, a proclamation setting forth the date of the election, what district officer is the filing officer, what offices are to be elected and the terms of office, the filing period for the offices and other pertinent election information.

(d) Not more than ninety (90) nor less than seventy (70) days previous to the holding of a subsequent director election, candidates for the office of trustees of special districts shall file with the secretary of the district an application for election in substantial conformance with the form set forth in W.S. 22-29-110(b) . The names of all qualified candidates so filed shall be printed on the ballot.

(e) The name of all qualified candidates shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the district is located not later than ten (10) business days prior to the date of such election.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-24-410 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-410
§ 22-24-410. Petitions; subscribing to and withdrawing name
Status: in_force

Any qualified registered voter may subscribe to the petition by signing his name and listing his address. A person who has signed the petition may withdraw his name only by giving written notice of his printed name, residence and contact information to the secretary of state before the time that the petition is filed.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-27-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 27 / Section 22-27-101
§ 22-27-101. Provisions severable
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act [ §§ 22-1-101 through 22-27-101 ] or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application; and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-29-304 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-304
§ 22-29-304. Initiation of merger and consolidation; election
Status: in_force

(a) The voters of two (2) or more districts may initiate proceedings to merge or consolidate districts by filing a petition with the directors of the districts to be merged or consolidated. The petition shall be circulated and jointly verified in accordance with W.S. 22-29-105 and 22-29-108 by the secretaries of the districts involved. The petition shall state the name of the surviving or successor district. If two (2) or more districts planning to merge or consolidate have been formed under two (2) different principal acts, the petition shall also state under what principal act the merged or consolidated district shall operate. The principal act under which the merged or consolidated district shall operate may be different than the principal acts governing the original districts. In addition, the petition of merger or consolidation shall set forth provisions pertaining to the composition of the board of the new district until the next district election. The board of the new district may be composed of members of the combined boards. At the next regular district election members shall elect a new board. Thereafter the merged or consolidated board shall operate with the number of directors applicable under the principal act.

(b) Upon the district secretary certifying the petition, the directors of the districts shall order an election which shall be conducted in accordance with W.S. 22-29-113 through 22-29-117 and 22-29-305 .

(c) Merger or consolidation may also be initiated by resolution adopted by the directors of two (2) or more districts. The resolution shall contain all the matters required to be stated in a petition to merge or consolidate. Upon the adoption of these resolutions, the directors of the district shall order an election which shall be conducted as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 22-17-101 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-17-101
§ 22-17-101. Right to contest elections; exception; grounds
Status: in_force

(a) A qualified elector may contest the right of a person declared elected to an office in the elector's county, municipality, district or precinct, other than the office of state legislator, United States president and vice-president and presidential elector, on the following grounds:

(i) Misconduct or material negligence of an election official which affected the result of the election;

(ii) The person whose election is contested is not eligible to hold the office;

(iii) The person whose election is contested offered to give a bribe to a voter or election official to procure his election;

(iv) Illegal votes were counted or legal votes were not counted;

(v) The person whose election is contested violated the provisions of W. S. 22-26-101 through 22-26-121 .
Wyo. Stat. § 22-17-109 — WY Code / Title 22 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-17-109
§ 22-17-109. Contesting election of state legislator; generally
Status: in_force

The election of a member of the state legislature may be contested by a registered elector of the legislator's county or district, upon any of the grounds specified by law for the contest of the election of other elected officials. The state senate and house of representatives respectively shall hear and determine contests of the election of their members. Each house is authorized to provide its own rules for resolving contests of its members.