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WY Stat § 22-4-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 4 - Political Parties|Article 4 - Formation of New Provisional Parties|Section 22-4-402 - Petition; Form; Validity.

22-4-402. Petition; form; validity.| (a) Any group of persons desiring to form a new political party within this state shall file a petition with the secretary of state not later than June 1 in any general election year in which the party seeks to qualify for the general election ballot.  (b) The petition shall be approved by the secretary of state prior to circulation and shall conform in substance to the following:  PETITION FOR FORMATION  OF A POLITICAL PARTY  I know the contents of this petition including the names of the provisional party officers and request that the ________ party be printed on the ballot for the next general election. I am a registered elector for the next primary and general election. (This statement shall appear at the head of each petition page.)  PROVISIONAL PARTY OFFICERS  NAME ADDRESS  CHAIRPERSON __________________________________________  TREASURER ____________________________________________  PETITIONERS  (Signature) (Printed Name)  (Residence) (Date)  1. ___________________________________________________  2. ___________________________________________________  VERIFICATION BY CIRCULATORS  I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a circulator of this petition, and I solely and personally circulated this petition, that all the signatures appearing herein were made in my presence from ....(month) ....(day), ....(year) through ....(month) ....(day), ....(year), and to the best of my knowledge and belief such signatures are those of the persons whose names they purport to be.  .... (signature)  .... (residence address)  (c) The name of the party printed on the petition shall consist of not more than two (2) words and shall not be identical to, nor similar to, the name of any existing qualified political party as determined by the secretary of state, nor to the word "independent".  (d) To be valid, a petition shall contain the names and signatures of registered electors equal in number to not less than two percent (2%) of the total number of votes cast for the office of United States house of representatives in the last general election.  (e) The petition shall be circulated no earlier than April 1 of the year preceding the general election.
WY Stat § 22-4-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 4 - Political Parties|Article 4 - Formation of New Provisional Parties|Section 22-4-403 - Circulation of Petition; Requirements.

22-4-403. Circulation of petition; requirements.| Copies of the petition may be circulated for signatures, but each separate page shall contain the information required to be contained in the original petition. An elector signing the petition shall also list his name, residence and the date after his signature, as provided on the petition form in W.S. 22-4-402(b).
WY Stat § 22-4-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 4 - Political Parties|Article 4 - Formation of New Provisional Parties|Section 22-4-405 - Verification of Signatures on Petition.

22-4-405. Verification of signatures on petition.| The secretary of state shall determine from the official list of registered electors whether sufficient valid signatures have been obtained on petitions filed with the secretary of state's office.
WY Stat § 22-4-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 4 - Political Parties|Article 4 - Formation of New Provisional Parties|Section 22-4-406 - Officers and Nominating Procedures.

22-4-406. Officers and nominating procedures.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-5-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 22-5-101 - How Candidates Nominated.

22-5-101. How candidates nominated.| Nominations of candidates for all offices filled at a general election, except school and community college district offices and special district offices, may be made by primary election, by petition for nomination as an independent candidate as provided in W.S. 22-5-301 through 22-5-308 or by convention as provided in W.S. 22-4-303 and 22-4-406.
WY Stat § 22-5-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 22-5-102 - Eligibility to Be a Candidate for State Legislature; Residency.

22-5-102. Eligibility to be a candidate for state legislature; residency.| (a) For the purpose of meeting residency requirements of the Wyoming constitution, a person shall not be a candidate for the state legislature from a legislative district unless he has been a resident of that legislative district for at least one (1) year next preceding his election. In any general election year in which a plan of legislative districts is required but has not been enacted into law at least one (1) year prior to the applicable filing periods, a person may be a candidate for the state legislature from a legislative district if he:  (i) Is a resident of the legislative district on the date he files an application under W.S. 22-5-204 or a petition under W.S. 22-5-301; and  (ii) Has been a resident of a county for at least one (1) year next preceding his election in which any portion of that legislative district is located.
WY Stat § 22-5-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 22-5-103 - Limits on Ballot Access; State Offices.

22-5-103. Limits on ballot access; state offices.| (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) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 241, § 1.  (iii) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 241, § 1.
WY Stat § 22-5-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 22-5-105 - Scope of Limitations.

22-5-105. Scope of limitations.| The term limits and ballot access restrictions set forth above shall apply only to the specific office referenced in which the person previously served. It is not the intent that this act preclude or prohibit a person from seeking nomination or election to any other office for which the referenced term limit or ballot access restriction is not applicable.
WY Stat § 22-5-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 22-5-106 - Severability.

22-5-106. Severability.| If any part of this measure or the application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application, which reasonably can be given effect without the invalid provision or applications.
WY Stat § 22-5-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-202 - Major Political Party Participation; Separate Ballots; Same Time.

22-5-202. Major political party participation; separate ballots; same time.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-5-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-203 - Nonpartisan Judicial Offices; Separate Ballot; Same Time.

22-5-203. Nonpartisan judicial offices; separate ballot; same time.| (a) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 42, § 2 and Chapter 94, § 4.  (b) A separate ballot shall be used for the nonpartisan primary election which shall be held at the same time and at the same polling places and shall be conducted by the same election officials as the partisan primary election.
WY Stat § 22-5-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-204 - Application for Nomination or Election; Party Registration; Form.

22-5-204. Application for nomination or election; party registration; form.| (a) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 243, § 5.  (b) An eligible person seeking nomination or election for a partisan office shall:  (i) Meet all applicable qualifications to be elected to office which are set forth in the United States and Wyoming constitutions;  (ii) Be registered in the party whose nomination he seeks; and  (iii) File an application in substantially the following form:  APPLICATION FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION BY PARTY PRIMARY  State of Wyoming )  ) ss  County of .... )  I, ...., swear or affirm that I was born on ...., ....(year), that I have been a resident of the state of Wyoming since ...., and that I am a registered voter of Election District No. ...., in Precinct No. ...., residing at ...., in County of ...., (if for the office of state senator or representative) in Senate (House) District ...., state of Wyoming, and registered as a member of .... party, (if for the office of governor) and that I resided at the physical residential addresses listed below during the past five (5) years, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official party ballot at the next primary election as a candidate for the office of ...., and hereby declare that if nominated and elected, I will qualify for the office.  (If for the office of United States senator or representative in congress) I have not, at any time when knowingly seeking nomination or election to this office, claimed or been currently claiming any residence or received 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.  (If for the office of governor) I have resided at the following physical residential addresses during the past five (5) years:  (Residence) (Date)  1.  2.  Dated the .... day of ...., ....(year).  .....................(Signature)  (c) 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.
WY Stat § 22-5-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-205 - Nomination Application Form for Nonpartisan Office.

22-5-205. Nomination application form for nonpartisan office.| (a) An eligible person seeking nomination for a nonpartisan office must file an application in substantially the following form:  APPLICATION FOR NOMINATION BY NONPARTISAN PRIMARY  State of Wyoming )  ) ss  County of .... )  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).  ....................... Signature  (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.
WY Stat § 22-5-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-206 - Where Nomination Applications to Be Filed.

22-5-206. Where nomination applications to be filed.| (a) Nomination applications for United States senators and representatives in congress, state offices, members of the legislature, circuit court judges, and state district court judges shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.  (b) Applications for other offices that are to appear on the ballot in the county, including district attorneys, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the person filing for nomination resides.
WY Stat § 22-5-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-207 - Furnishing of Application Forms.

22-5-207. Furnishing of application forms.| The secretary of state and county clerks shall provide the application form required to be filed in their respective offices.
WY Stat § 22-5-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-208 - Filing Fees; Exception.

22-5-208. Filing fees; exception.| (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.
WY Stat § 22-5-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-209 - Time for Filing Nomination Applications; Certified List.

22-5-209. Time for filing nomination applications; certified list.| An application for nomination shall be filed not more than ninety-six (96) days and not later than eighty-one (81) days next preceding the primary election. Not later than sixty-eight (68) days before a primary election the secretary of state shall transmit to each county clerk a certified list of persons whose applications have been filed in the office of the secretary of state stating as to each his name, age, address, office sought and party affiliation.
WY Stat § 22-5-212 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-212 - When Declaration of Party Affiliation Required.

22-5-212. When declaration of party affiliation required.| An elector requesting a major party ballot must declare his party affiliation, or sign an application for change of affiliation before he may receive a party ballot. An elector may vote only the nonpartisan ballot and if so, is not required to declare his party affiliation. Requesting a partisan primary election ballot constitutes a declaration of party affiliation. A change in declaration of party affiliation shall be entered on the poll list by the election judge.
WY Stat § 22-5-213 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-213 - Entry in Pollbook.

22-5-213. Entry in pollbook.| The judges of election shall check or enter in the pollbook the name of each elector voting in the primary election and his party affiliation, if declared. An elector voting only a nonpartisan ballot shall be entered in the pollbook as an unaffiliated voter.
WY Stat § 22-5-214 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-214 - Change in Party Affiliation.

22-5-214. Change in party affiliation.| An elector may change his party affiliation by completing an application signed before a notarial officer or election official, and filing it with the county clerk not less than fourteen (14) days before the primary election or at the polls on the day of the primary or general election, or when requesting an absentee ballot.
WY Stat § 22-5-215 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-215 - Nomination of Partisan Candidates and Write-in Candidates.

22-5-215. Nomination of partisan candidates and write-in candidates.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-5-218 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-218 - Election of Major Party Precinct Committeemen and Committeewomen.

22-5-218. Election of major party precinct committeemen and committeewomen.| The candidates equal in number to the number of offices to be filled receiving the greatest number of votes on each party ballot for the offices of major party precinct committeeman and committeewoman shall be deemed elected.
WY Stat § 22-5-219 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-219 - Further Action by Nominees or Elect Not Required; Exception.

22-5-219. Further action by nominees or elect not required; exception.| (a) Candidates nominated and major party precinct committeemen and committeewomen elected at a primary election shall be deemed nominated or elected without further action. In addition, each write-in candidate nominated at a primary election shall comply with the provisions of W.S. 22-16-106.  (b) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.
WY Stat § 22-5-220 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 2 - Nomination by Primary Election|Section 22-5-220 - Withdrawal of Nomination Application Restricted.

22-5-220. Withdrawal of nomination application restricted.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-5-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 3 - Nomination by Petition|Section 22-5-301 - Independent Partisan Candidates; Form.

22-5-301. Independent partisan candidates; form.| (a) Independent candidates for partisan public offices may be nominated by filing a signed petition in substantially the following form:  PETITION FOR NOMINATION  I, ...., swear or affirm that I was born on ...., ....(year), that I have been a resident of the State of Wyoming since ...., and that I am a registered voter of Election District No. ...., in Precinct No. ...., County of ...., residing at ...., (if for the office of state senator or representative, commissioner or other district office) in Senate (House) (Commissioner or other) District ...., State of Wyoming, (if for the office of governor) and that I resided at the physical residential addresses listed below during the past five (5) years, and having obtained the number of signatures required by law for nomination by petition, I hereby request that my name be printed on the official ballot at the next general election as an independent candidate for the office of .... and declare that if nominated and elected, I will qualify for the office.  (If for the office of United States senator or representative in congress) I have not, at any time when knowingly seeking nomination or election to this office, claimed or been currently claiming any residence or received 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.  (If for the office of governor) I have resided at the following physical residential addresses during the past five (5) years:  (Residence) (Date)  1.  2.  Dated the .... day of ...., ....(year).  ....................... (Signature)  The eligible, registered electors supporting my nomination, and numbering not less than the number required under W.S. 22-5-304, are as follows:  (Signature) (Printed Name) (Residence) (Date)  1.  2.  VERIFICATION BY CIRCULATORS  I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a circulator of this petition, and I solely and personally circulated this petition, that all the signatures appearing herein were made in my presence from .... (month) .... (day), ....(year) through .... (month) .... (day), ....(year), and to the best of my knowledge and belief such signatures are those of the persons whose names they purport to be.  ............... (Signature)  (b) The petition shall be approved by the appropriate filing office prior to circulation.
WY Stat § 22-5-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 3 - Nomination by Petition|Section 22-5-302 - Unsuccessful Primary Candidates Precluded.

22-5-302. Unsuccessful primary candidates precluded.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-5-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Nominations|Article 3 - Nomination by Petition|Section 22-5-303 - Restrictions on Sponsors of Independent Candidates.

22-5-303. Restrictions on sponsors of independent candidates.| The name of a political group sponsoring an independent candidate shall not contain the name or any derivation of the name of any political party recognized under Wyoming law.