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U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

 2014 Election Administration & Voting Survey 

Wyoming 

Statutory Overview

 

In order to better understand state laws governing federal elections, the U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, as part of its biennial Election Administration and Voting 

Survey, is collecting information on state election laws and procedures. These answers 

will help EAC to better understand the quantitative data relating to the 2014 general 

election that we are collecting from all U.S. states and territories. 

EAC understands that responding to this Statutory Overview may require significant 

staff time on the part of your office. Please be assured that we have attempted to 

minimize the burden, and we appreciate your cooperation in this very important 

project. 

Information Supplied By 

Name Kai Schon 

Title HAVA Coordinator 

Office/Agency Name Election Division/Secretary of State’s Office 

Address 1 200 W. 24th St 

Address 2 

City Cheyenne 

State WY 

Zip Code 82002 

Email Address Kai.schon@wyo.gov

Telephone (area Code and number) 307-777-3416 

Fax Number (area code and number) 307-777-7640 
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DIRECTIONS AND EXAMPLE 

Please provide your state’s legal citation for the responses to these questions (where 

applicable). Prior to beginning the Statutory Overview, please ensure that “track 

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International. 

Please answer each question to the best of your ability. If terms are ambiguous or not 

relevant, please explain why. If a question is not applicable to your state, please explain 

why. If a definition or term lacks statutory reference but is widely understood in 

practice, please explain. If election procedures vary at the local level within your state, 

please explain to the best of your ability. 

We have provided you with your answers to the 2012 Statutory Overview. If there has 

not been a change in your State’s laws or legal citation in the response to a question, 

please mark No Change Since 2012 with an “X” as shown below: 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 

If the response has changed since 2012, please mark Changed Since 2012 with an “X” 

and modify the answer as needed using track changes. If you need to replace the entire 

answer, please delete the 2012 response and record your 2012 response between the red 

bracketed text lines, as described below. 

__X__ Changed Since 2012 

Please answer each question to the best of your ability. If terms are ambiguous or not 

relevant, please explain why. If a question is not applicable to your state, please explain 

why. If a definition or term lacks statutory reference but is widely understood in 

practice, please explain. If election procedures vary at the local level within your state, 

please explain to the best of your ability. 

If state laws are currently enjoined or otherwise blocked from enforcement by a state or 

federal court, or executive decision, please specify. 

Please put your responses between the red, bracketed text lines. This will help us 

extract your answers into our central database. 

 
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Example: 

A1. How does your state define the following terms related to votes and ballots? Please 

provide your state’s legal citation defining these terms, where applicable.

a. Over-vote 

[Begin definition (a) below this line.] 

Your answer goes here. You may enter the text directly, or cut and paste from 

another word processing program. 

There is no limit to the length of your response. 

[End definition (a) above this line.] 
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SECTION A: GENERAL 

A1. How does your state define the following terms related to votes and ballots? Please 

provide your state’s legal citation defining these terms, where applicable. 

a. Over-vote 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

[Begin definition (a) below this line.] 

An OVER VOTE occurs when a voter makes more than the permitted number of 

selections in a single race/contest. 

[End definition (a) above this line.] 

b. Under-vote 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

[Begin definition (b) below this line.] 

An UNDER VOTE occurs at any time when a voter makes less than that allowed 

number of selections in a single race/contest or when a voter votes on less than all 

of the races/contests for which he/she is eligible to vote. 

[End definition (b) above this line.] 

c. Blank ballot 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin definition (c) below this line.] 

Wyoming does not use this term. 

[End definition (c) above this line.] 

d. Void/Spoiled ballot 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin definition (d) below this line.] 

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.. W.S. 22-13-107 

[End definition (d) above this line.] 

e. Provisional/Challenged ballot 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

[Begin definition (e) below this line.] 

"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; W.S. 

22-1-102(a)(xli) 

[End definition (e) above this line.] 

f. Absentee 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin definition (f) below this line.] 

Form of absentee ballot. 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. W.S. 22-9-109 

[End definition (f) above this line.] 

g. Early voting 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

[Begin definition (g) below this line.] 
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Wyoming does not have early voting. We do have no excuse absentee voting. 

W.S. 22-9-102 

[End definition (g) above this line.] 

h. Active Voter 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin definition (h) below this line.] 

Active voters: refers to all registered voters except those who have been sent but 

have not responded to a confirmation mailing after not voting in the last general 

election. 

[End definition (h) above this line.] 

i. Inactive Voter 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin definition (i) below this line.] 

Inactive voters: refers to registrants who are deceased or have been convicted of a 

felony; they may have been sent but have not responded to a confirmation mailing 

sent after not voting in the last general election, or anyone who has registered in 

another state. 

[End definition (i) above this line.] 

j. Other terms (please specify) ________________ 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

[Identify each TERM and definition separately and begin below this line.]

[End TERM(s) and definition(s) above this line.] 

A2. Please provide the legal citation for any significant changes to election laws or 

procedures that have been enacted or adopted since the previous Federal election. 
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“Significant” does not include routine or technical changes (such as changes to election 

district boundaries or polling place changes). However, EAC would like to learn about 

any new identification requirements for voters or registrants; changes in eligibility for 

voting or registering; adoption of alternative voting methods; and other changes that 

you believe represent a significant change in the way your state runs its elections. 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (A2) below this line.] 

No changes that will affect new identification requirements for voters or registrants; changes 

in eligibility for voting or registering; adoption of alternative voting methods; or other 

changes that we believe represent a significant change in the way our state runs its elections 

[End response to above question (A2) above this line.] 
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SECTION B: VOTER REGISTRATION 

B1. Is your state’s voter registration database system best described as a bottom-up, a 

top-down, or a hybrid? (Note: A bottom-up system generally uploads information 

retained at the local level and compiled at regular intervals to form the statewide voter 

registration list. A top-down system is hosted on a single, central platform/mainframe 

and is generally maintained by the state with information supplied by local 

jurisdictions. A hybrid is some combination of both systems described above.) 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (B1) below this line.]

Top-Down 

[End response to above question (B1) above this line.] 

If your state uses a bottom-up or hybrid system, how often do local jurisdictions 

transmit registration information to the state list? 

____ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above clarification question to B1 below this line.]

[End response to above clarification question to B1 above this line.] 

B2. Please describe the process used in your state to move voters from the active list to 

the inactive list, and from the inactive list to the active list. Is a different process used 

for UOCAVA voters? 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (B2) below this line.]

Wyoming has laws for moving a voter to an inactive list as follows. A voter would fill out a 

voter registration card to be moved from inactive to active and provide necessary 

identification. The process for UOCAVA voters is also outlined by the statute below. 

W.S. 22-3-115 Grounds for cancellation of registration. 
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(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. 

 (b) A registered elector's registration shall not be cancelled if the elector in any general 

election requested an absentee ballot which was rejected. 

 

W.S. 22-3-116. Notice of intent to cancel registration. 

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. 

 

W.S. 22-3-117.Absentee registration generally; use of federal postcard. 

 (a) Notwithstanding any other section or provision in this chapter, any citizen of the 

United States who is a resident of Wyoming may apply for registration by providing the 

information required by W.S. 22-3-103(a) and acceptable identification to and completing 

and subscribing, the form of voter registration oath prescribed by W.S. 22-3-103(b) before 

any person authorized by law to administer oaths. Each county clerk shall furnish the voter 

registration oath forms. The applicant shall mail or return the completed voter registration 

oath form to the county clerk in the county in which the applicant resides. In order to vote in 

the next election, the application must be received in the county clerk's office before the close 

of registration for that election or be accompanied by an absentee ballot request for elections 

where a voter may register at the polls. 

 (b) Under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 

1973ff (2002) the following persons shall be allowed to simultaneously register and make 

application for an absentee ballot through the use of the Federal Postcard Application 

(FPCA), provided those persons are residents of this state or in the case of overseas citizens, 

they were last domiciled in Wyoming immediately prior to their departure from the United 

States and are not registered to vote in any other jurisdiction: 

 (i) Members of the uniformed services and their spouses and dependents residing 

with them; 

 (ii) Overseas citizens and their spouses and dependents residing with them; 

 (iii) Citizens temporarily residing outside of the United States, and their spouses 

and dependents residing with them; and 

 (iv) Any other person to whom federal law requires this privilege be extended. 
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 (c) Registration through the Federal Postcard Application constitutes temporary 

registration for the purpose of voting in one (1) election or through as many as the next two 

(2) federal election cycles, including the primary and general and special federal elections, 

and the registration of such a registrant shall be maintained as provided in W.S. 22-3-102(d). 

The Federal Postcard Application shall be accepted if completed and signed by the applicant 

under penalty of perjury. 

 (d) If any person specified in subsection (b) of this section desires permanent 

registration, that person shall provide the information required by W.S. 22-3-103(a) and 

subscribe to the voter registration oath prescribed by W.S. 22-3-103(b). The oath shall be 

self-administered under penalty of perjury and notwithstanding W.S. 22-3-104 does not 

require the signature of an oath-taking official. 

[End response to above question (B2) above this line.] 

B3. Please describe your state’s process for removing voters from the voter registration 

rolls (not merely moving them from active to inactive). Please include information 

regarding notices and confirmations. Are these procedures the same for UOCAVA 

voters? 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (B3) below this line.]

W.S. 22-2-113(e) The county clerks shall purge and update voter registration information on 

the voter registration system not later than the fifteenth day of February each year. 

W.S. 22-3-116 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. 

[End response to above question (B3) above this line.] 

B4. Can your state’s voter registration database (or equivalent) share information 

electronically with your state’s driver’s license agency (for example, to match records 

or trace changes in address)? Can your voter registration database be similarly linked 

with databases in any other state or federal agencies? Please describe these links, 

including any use of database matching to verify voter registration applications. 

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2012 Response: 
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[Begin response to above question (B4) below this line.]

Wyoming verifies data with the department of transportation, the division of criminal 

investigation, the department of health, and the state board of parole. 

W.S. 22-3-102 Qualifications; temporary registration. (e) The secretary of state is 

authorized to provide for the verification of certain voter registration data in accordance with 

the following: 

 (i) The secretary of state and the director of the department of transportation shall 

enter into an agreement to match voter registration data with information maintained by the 

department regarding driver's licenses, in order to verify the information provided on 

applications for voter registration; 

 (ii) The secretary of state and the attorney general shall enter into an agreement to 

compare data in the voter registration system with information maintained by the division of 

criminal investigation regarding state felony convictions in order to deny voter registration 

to, and remove from voter registration lists, individuals who are not qualified electors; 

 (iii) The secretary of state and the director of the department of health shall enter 

into an agreement to match information in the voter registration system with death records in 

the office of vital records services within the department of health in order to remove names 

of deceased individuals from voter registration lists; 

 (iv) The secretary of state and the state board of parole shall enter into an agreement to 

match information in the voter registration system with records regarding restoration of 

voting rights maintained by the state board of parole in order to verify voter qualifications.

[End response to above question (B4) above this line.] 

B5. Please describe how your state uses National Change of Address (NCOA). What has 

been your state’s experience with NCOA? 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (B5) below this line.]

Wyoming has not used this. 

[End response to above question (B5) above this line.] 

B6. Please describe your state’s voting eligibility requirements as they relate to 

individuals with a felony conviction. (For example, are convicted felons allowed to vote 

while in prison or while on parole or probation? Are voting rights automatically 

restored or does the individual have to apply for a pardon, certificate of eligibility or 

other similar certificate? Does an individual whose voting rights have been restored 

have to produce documentation of his/her status when registering to vote?) 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (B6) below this line.]

W.S. 22-3-102 Qualifications; temporary registration. 

(v) He has not been convicted of a felony, or if convicted has had his civil or voting 

rights restored. 

Voting rights are not automatically restored. The individual must apply for restoration and 

then must produce documentation of his status when registering to vote. 

[End response to above question (B6) above this line.] 

B7. Does your state currently use the Internet in any way to facilitate voter 

registration? If yes, please describe how your state allows voters to use the Internet in 

the registration process (e.g., entire registration completed online; completed online but 

then must be printed, signed, and mailed by voter, etc.). 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (B7) below this line.]

Yes. Wyoming has the voter registration form available online and the individual can 

complete the form online. The form must be printed, signed, and mailed to the appropriate 

county election official by the voter to be registered. 

[End response to above question (B7) above this line.]
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SECTION C: ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 

C1. Please describe how all votes cast at a place other than the voter’s precinct of 

registration are tabulated (for example, please include descriptions of such votes as 

absentee ballots, mail-in ballots, votes cast at vote centers, provisional ballots, early 

voting locations, etc.). 

a. Are the votes counted centrally or at the precincts? 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (a) below this line.]

Some counties send the absentee ballots to the precinct to be tabulated and some 

counties tabulate the absentee ballots at a central location. W.S. 22-14-105 & W.S. 

22-9-125 

[End response to above question (a) above this line.] 

b. If centrally tabulated, are the votes redirected to the appropriate precinct for 

reporting in the canvass? 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (b) below this line.]

Yes. 22-9-125(a)(i) 

[End response to above question (b) above this line.] 

c. Are the absentee, mail, etc., votes reported separately for each precinct, or 

are they added to the in-precinct results and reported as just a single 

number? 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (c) below this line.]

The votes are added to the precinct totals and reported as a single number. 

[End response to above question (c) above this line.] 
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d. How are UOCAVA ballots counted and reported? 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (d) below this line.]

The votes are counted as other absentee ballots are counted 

[End response to above question (d) above this line.] 

C2. Does your state require a reason for voting absentee, or does your state allow noexcuse absentee voting? (If a reason is required, please provide the legal citation.) 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (C2) below this line.]

Wyoming allows no excuse absentee voting. W.S. 22-9-102 

[End response to above question (C2) above this line.] 

C3. Does your state provide for in-person early voting? If so, how is early voting 

defined? When early voting is used, are the ballots counted at the precinct or at a 

central location? How are these votes reported? 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (C3) below this line.]

No. No excuse absentee voting is available 40 days prior to Election Day. 

End response to above question (C3) above this line.] 

C4. Do any jurisdictions in your state use a vote-by-mail system to replace (and not 

merely supplement) at-the-precinct voting in any elections? 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (C4) below this line.]

No 
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[End response to above question (C4) above this line.] 

C5. Please list each of the situations that require a provisional ballot in your state. 

Please provide the relevant legal citation for each situation. 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (C5) below this line.]

Wyoming is exempt from provisional voting under HAVA because we have Election Day 

Registration. However we do provide provisional ballots for the following reasons. 

W.S. 22-15-104 Grounds for challenge. 

a) A person offering to vote may be challenged for the following reasons: 

 (i) Not a qualified elector; 

 (ii) Not entitled to vote in the precinct; 

 (iii) Name does not appear on poll list and the person cannot meet the requirements 

to register at the polls; 

 (iv) Not the person he represents himself to be; 

 (v) Has already voted. 

W.S. 22-15-105. Challenged person may vote; generally. 

 (a) If a person offering to vote is challenged, and the challenge is not resolved in 

accordance with W.S. 22-15-106, an election judge shall offer the voter a ballot clearly 

marked "provisional" and which cannot be automatically tabulated. 

 (b) A person challenged on any ground may vote by provisional ballot, if he 

subscribes this oath in writing before a judge of election: 

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am the person I represent myself to be and that 

I am a qualified elector entitled to vote in this precinct at this election and that this is the only 

ballot I have or will vote in this election.". 

Signature of voter 

............................. 

 Signature of judge 

Precinct and District No. 

 (c) The oath required by this section shall be printed on the provisional ballot 

envelope. 

 (d) A challenged voter may present information and documentation of his eligibility to 

register at the election or to vote to the county clerk until the close of business on the day 

following the election. Any information presented shall be considered by the canvassing 

board in determining the voter's eligibility to register at the election or to vote and whether to 

open and count his provisional ballot. The provisional ballot shall be counted only after the 

voter has, by presenting documentation required under this code to the county clerk, 

established he had previously registered and is a qualified elector or he was eligible to 

register at the election and is a qualified elector. 

W.S. 22-15-106. Where name not on poll list. 
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A person challenged on the ground that his name does not appear on the poll list may vote if 

a judge of election obtains verification from the county clerk that the person is entitled to 

vote in that election within that county. 

[End response to above question (C5) above this line.] 

C6. Does your state count provisional ballots of voters who are registered in different 

precincts, or are those ballots automatically rejected? Please describe the process used 

by local election officials in determining whether to count a provisional ballot. 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (C6) below this line.]

A voter must vote in their precincts or at an absentee polling location before election day to 

be counted. See the citation W.S. 22-15-105 above. 

[End response to above question (C6) above this line.] 

C7. Please describe your state’s laws regarding post-election audits, if any. A postelection audit refers to hand-counting votes on paper records and comparing those 

counts to the corresponding vote counts originally reported, as a check on the accuracy 

of election results, and resolving discrepancies using accurate hand counts of the paper 

records as the benchmark. 

If your state has post-election auditing, consider including in your response information 

such as the unit being audited (e.g., precincts, machines); the sampling method (e.g., 

fixed percentages); whether there is a specific trigger for the audit; the location of the 

random selection (e.g., state, county); and the races that can be audited. 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (C7) below this line.]

Yes. The county clerk shall conduct a random audit of ballots by processing the preaudited 

group of test ballots as described in W.S. 22-11-104(b)(iii) on five percent (5%) of the 

automated tabulating equipment for that county, but on not less than one (1) machine, within 

thirty (30) days of any election in which the tabulating equipment was used. W.S. 22-11-109 

[End response to above question (C7) above this line.] 

C8. Please describe any state requirements for poll worker training. 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (C8) below this line.]

Not later than four (4) days before the primary and general election, the county clerk under 

the direction of the secretary of state shall conduct a training school for judges of election 

and members of counting boards to provide instruction in the performance of their duties. 

The training school, which is also open to the public, shall be held at the times and places 

announced by the county clerk, and the secretary of state shall prescribe the minimum 

curriculum for the school. Additional schools may be held at the discretion of the county 

clerk. Unless training is otherwise provided to the satisfaction of the county clerk, all judges 

of election and members of counting boards are obligated to attend at least one (1) such 

school. All judges and members of the counting board shall be paid not less than five dollars 

($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) as determined by the board of county 

commissioners for attending a school. 

[End response to above question (C8) above this line.] 
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SECTION D: ELECTION DAY ACTIVITIES 

D1. Please describe your state’s process for capturing “over-vote” and “under-vote” 

counts. 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (D1) below this line.]

The automatic tabulating equipment provides this information. 

[End response to above question (D1) above this line.] 

D2. What identification does your state require from voters in the following situations: 

a. registering to vote; 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (a) below this line.]

A current valid photo identification or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, 

paycheck, government check or other government document which shows his name 

and address. 

[End response to above question (a) above this line.] 

b. casting an in-person ballot; 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (b) below this line.]

Identification is necessary only when a person has registered by mail and he is voting 

in his first federal election in Wyoming. 

[End response to above question (b) above this line.] 

c. casting a mail-in or absentee vote; 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (c) below this line.]

When a person is voting by mail in his first Wyoming election for federal office after 

having registered by mail, he must provide a copy of his current, valid, photo ID with 

his absentee ballot. 

[End response to above question (c) above this line.] 

d. casting a ballot under UOCAVA; 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (d) below this line.]

When a person is voting by mail in his first Wyoming election for federal office after 

having registered by mail, he must provide a copy of his current, valid, photo ID with 

his absentee ballot. 

[End response to above question (d) above this line.] 

e. any other stage in registration or voting process in which identification is 

required (please specify). 

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2012 Response: 

[Begin response to above question (e) below this line.]

No 

[End response to above question (e) above this line.] 

D3. Please describe your state’s laws regarding access to the polling place for election 

observers. Election observers are people allowed inside the polling place who are not 

poll workers, election officials or voters. If decisions on access to observers are left to 

local jurisdictions, please explain. 

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2012 Response: 
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[Begin response to above question (D3) below this line.]

Poll watchers from each party are allowed at the polling area if the County Clerk has 

previously been notified of the name of the poll watcher and the polling area. A 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; 

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SECTION E: OTHER 

E1. Under HAVA, Section 402, states are required to establish and maintain 

administrative complaint procedures to remedy grievances. Has your state revised its 

administrative complaint procedures since they were first implemented? If so, how? 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

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It remains the same. 

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E2. Please add any additional comments or information about your state’s election 

administration processes that would help to inform the EAC’s interpretation of your 

data. 

__X__ No Change Since 2012 _____ Changed Since 2012 

2012 Response: 

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* The information collection associated with the Election Administration and Voting Survey is required for the 

EAC to meet its statutory requirements under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15301), 

the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-1 et seq.), and the Uniformed and Overseas 

Citizens Absentee Voters Act (UOCAVA) (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1). Respondent’s obligation to reply to this 

information collection is mandatory as required under NVRA (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-1 et seq.) and UOCAVA (42 

U.S.C. 1973ff-1). This part of the information collection is being requested to help the EAC to better understand 

state laws governing federal elections. Respondents include the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and the 

U.S. Territories. This information will be made publicly available on the EAC website (www.eac.gov). 

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid 

OMB control number for this information collection is OMB Control No. 3265-0006 (expires 04/30/2017). The 

time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 59 hours per state response. This 

estimate includes the time for reviewing the instructions, gathering information, and completing the form. 

Comments regarding this burden estimate should be sent the U.S. Election Assistance Commission – 2014 

Election Administration and Voting Survey, 1335 East West Highway, Suite 4300, Silver Spring MD, 20910.