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WY Stat § 22-11-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 11 - Electronic Voting Systems|Section 22-11-103 - Capabilities Required.

22-11-103. Capabilities required.| (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efficiently and accurately, when properly operated, in recording, tabulating and counting every vote cast;  (ix) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.  (x) Be certified by the secretary of state.  (b) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.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.
WY Stat § 22-11-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 11 - Electronic Voting Systems|Section 22-11-105 - Spoiled Ballots.

22-11-105. Spoiled ballots.| Any voter who spoils his paper ballot or ballot card may return it and secure a replacement. The word "Spoiled" shall be written across the face of the voided ballot, and it shall be placed in an envelope for spoiled ballots. Spoiled ballots shall be delivered with the returns to the county clerk.
WY Stat § 22-11-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 11 - Electronic Voting Systems|Section 22-11-106 - Procedure After Voter Marks Paper Ballot.

22-11-106. Procedure after voter marks paper ballot.| After marking the paper ballot, the voter shall place the ballot in the voting machine. If the votes are being counted at a central counting center as authorized by W.S. 22-14-114(b), the voter shall instead place the paper ballot in the ballot box.
WY Stat § 22-11-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 11 - Electronic Voting Systems|Section 22-11-107 - Failure of Automatic Tabulating Equipment.

22-11-107. Failure of automatic tabulating equipment.| If the automatic tabulating equipment fails during the ballot count, the counting board shall use an alternate method of counting the ballots.
WY Stat § 22-11-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 11 - Electronic Voting Systems|Section 22-11-108 - Retabulation.

22-11-108. Retabulation.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-11-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 11 - Electronic Voting Systems|Section 22-11-109 - Post Election Audit.

22-11-109. Post election audit.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-12-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-101 - Designation and Notice of Polling Places; External Location; Change in Location.

22-12-101. Designation and notice of polling places; external location; change in location.| (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.
WY Stat § 22-12-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-102 - Schools to Be Available for Polling Places.

22-12-102. Schools to be available for polling places.| School and community college districts shall make schools available for polling places if an authority conducting an election determines that use of schools is necessary.
WY Stat § 22-12-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-103 - Furnishing of Booths.

22-12-103. Furnishing of booths.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-12-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-104 - Printed Instruction Cards.

22-12-104. Printed instruction cards.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-12-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-105 - Posting Instruction Card and Sample Ballot.

22-12-105. Posting instruction card and sample ballot.| Before the polls are opened, the judges of election shall post in each booth one (1) instruction card. They shall post elsewhere in the polling place at least one (1) instruction card and one (1) sample ballot.
WY Stat § 22-12-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-106 - Contents of Voting Booths.

22-12-106. Contents of voting booths.| Voting booths shall contain nothing except voting instructions and materials necessary for marking ballots.
WY Stat § 22-12-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-107 - Materials for Judges.

22-12-107. Materials for judges.| (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.  (viii) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 38, § 2.  (ix) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 86, § 2.  (x) Other necessary supplies.
WY Stat § 22-12-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-108 - Delivery of Ballots and Stamps; Breaking of Seals.

22-12-108. Delivery of ballots and stamps; breaking of seals.| Ballots shall be delivered under seal or otherwise properly secured and a receipt therefor signed by a judge of election shall be filed with the county clerk. Seals shall be broken on the morning of election day by the chief judge in the presence of the other judges before the polls are opened.
WY Stat § 22-12-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-110 - Supplies for Voting Machines.

22-12-110. Supplies for voting machines.| (a) When voting machines are used the county clerk shall have an appropriate official deliver to a judge of election in each polling place, before the day of election, the following supplies:  (i) The key to each machine sealed in an envelope;  (ii) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 31, § 2.  (iii) Other appropriate instructional devices.
WY Stat § 22-12-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-112 - Procedure for Preparing Voting Machines for Use.

22-12-112. Procedure for preparing voting machines for use.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-12-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-113 - Setting of Registering Counters.

22-12-113. Setting of registering counters.| The judges shall see that all registering counters are set at zero (00000) and that the voting machines are in proper condition. If the machine is equipped with a mechanical or photographic printout device, the election board shall determine that counters are set at zero (00000) by using the printout device. Any count on a machine shall be noted and certified by the judges to permit subtraction of this count when votes are canvassed.
WY Stat § 22-12-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-114 - Certification of Voting Machines.

22-12-114. Certification of voting machines.| The judges shall certify that keys are delivered, that numbers on registering counters and seals correspond with those on key envelopes, that counters are set at zero (00000) or counts certified, that ballots are proper and that the machines are ready for voting.
WY Stat § 22-12-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 12 - Polling Place Regulations Before Polls Open|Section 22-12-115 - Examination of Ballot Box.

22-12-115. Examination of ballot box.| Before the polls are open, the judges of election shall open and examine the ballot box to determine that it is empty and relock it. The ballot box shall not again be opened until the polls are closed, except when necessitated by operation of the voting equipment at the direction of the county clerk and only in the presence of two (2) or more election judges with different political party affiliations. It shall not be removed from the presence of the judges of election or counting board until all ballots are counted and recorded.
WY Stat § 22-13-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-101 - Poll Hours; Opening Proclamation.

22-13-101. Poll hours; opening proclamation.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-13-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-103 - Preservation of Order; Privacy of Voting Booths and Machines.

22-13-103. Preservation of order; privacy of voting booths and machines.| (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.
WY Stat § 22-13-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-104 - Procedure Before Elector Permitted to Vote.

22-13-104. Procedure before elector permitted to vote.| (a) Before a qualified elector is permitted to vote an election judge shall record the applicable information as listed in W.S. 22-1-102(a)(xxiii) by his name on the poll list.  (i) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 110, § 2.  (ii) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 110, § 2.  (iii) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 110, § 2.  (iv) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 110, § 2.  (v) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 110, § 2.  (b) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 110, § 2.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 243, § 5.
WY Stat § 22-13-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-105 - Official Marking of Paper and Absentee Ballots.

22-13-105. Official marking of paper and absentee ballots.| Before delivering a paper ballot to an elector a judge of election or county clerk shall initial the ballot. No other identifying marks shall be made on an official ballot. An elector shall cast only one (1) ballot or set of ballots at each election. No ballot determined to be valid by the canvassing board shall be rejected solely due to an administrative error of not initialing the ballot.
WY Stat § 22-13-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-106 - Marking and Depositing of Paper Ballots.

22-13-106. Marking and depositing of paper ballots.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-13-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-107 - Spoiled Ballots.

22-13-107. Spoiled ballots.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-13-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-109 - Instruction in Use of Voting Machine.

22-13-109. Instruction in use of voting machine.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-13-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-110 - Entering Write-in Votes.

22-13-110. Entering write-in votes.| Write-in votes may be entered on a voting machine in the manner indicated by instructions posted on the voting booth or indicated on the voting machine.
WY Stat § 22-13-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-112 - Voting Machine Malfunction.

22-13-112. Voting machine malfunction.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-13-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-113 - Persons Permitted in Voting Booth; Time Limit.

22-13-113. Persons permitted in voting booth; time limit.| (a) Not more than one (1) person may occupy a voting booth at any time, except that any elector who requires assistance to vote because of blindness, disability or inability to read or write may be given assistance by a person of the elector's choice, other than the elector's employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of the elector's union.  (b) A person may remain in the booth for not more than ten (10) minutes.
WY Stat § 22-13-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-114 - Papers to Assist Marking Permitted.

22-13-114. Papers to assist marking permitted.| An elector may use a written or printed paper to assist in marking his ballot.
WY Stat § 22-13-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-117 - Announcement That Polls Will Close; Electors Allowed to Vote; Proclamation of Closing.

22-13-117. Announcement that polls will close; electors allowed to vote; proclamation of closing.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-13-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Polling Place Regulations During Voting Hours|Section 22-13-118 - Judges Work Schedule.

22-13-118. Judges work schedule.| 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.
WY Stat § 22-14-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 14 - Polling Place Regulations After Polls Close|Section 22-14-102 - Who May Be Present After Polls Close; Making Pollbooks Agree; Counting Votes.

22-14-102. Who may be present after polls close; making pollbooks agree; counting votes.| After all the votes are cast and the polls are officially declared closed, only election judges shall be permitted in a polling place. When all ballots are cast, the machine shall be locked against further voting and sealed as prescribed by law. Except as otherwise provided by W.S. 22-14-114(b), election judges shall commence to count votes and shall continue without adjournment until counting is completed.
WY Stat § 22-14-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 14 - Polling Place Regulations After Polls Close|Section 22-14-103 - Counting in Paper Ballot Precincts; Discrepancies.

22-14-103. Counting in paper ballot precincts; discrepancies.| Unless otherwise validated by a canvassing board pursuant to W.S. 22-13-105, ballots not initialed by a judge of election or county clerk shall not be counted. If the number of ballots is not equal to the number of voters entered in the pollbook as having voted that ballot, the election judges shall attempt to determine the discrepancy. If the election judges cannot determine the discrepancy, the county clerk and, if necessary, the county canvassing board, shall resolve the discrepancy.
WY Stat § 22-14-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 14 - Polling Place Regulations After Polls Close|Section 22-14-104 - Entry of Paper Ballot Votes.

22-14-104. Entry of paper ballot votes.| Paper ballots shall be opened by the counting board and every vote for a candidate or ballot proposition shall be entered on a list. A vote which is not clearly marked shall not be tallied for that office or question but votes clearly marked on the remainder of the ballot shall be tallied.
WY Stat § 22-14-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 14 - Polling Place Regulations After Polls Close|Section 22-14-105 - Vote Tallying in Voting Machine Polling Places.

22-14-105. Vote tallying in voting machine polling places.| (a) In voting machine polling places, the judges of election shall cast all remaining absentee ballots on a voting machine in the manner prescribed by W.S. 22-9-121 and shall lock and seal the voting machines. They shall certify in writing that the machine was locked and sealed, stating the time, the number of voters voting on each machine as shown on the public counters, the number on the seal, and the number registered on the protective counter.  (b) Election judges shall then determine the number of votes cast on each voting machine used in the polling place by opening the machine or obtaining a photographic or mechanical printed return sheet from the machine.  (c) After the voting machine is opened or the printed return sheet obtained, an election judge or counting board member shall read and clearly announce the designating number or letter on each counter for each candidate or ballot proposition and the results shown by the counter numbers. The vote shall be verified by another election judge or counting board member.  (d) In machine polling places, write-in votes shall be counted and the results tallied by the election judges or counting board after the regular ballots are counted.  (e) After the vote has been tallied from a voting machine and before the official count is certified, the judges of election shall subtract any vote recorded on a machine when the machine was inspected prior to opening the polls.  (f) This section does not vitiate the provisions of W.S. 22-9-125 permitting an alternate procedure for counting absentee ballots or the provisions of W.S. 22-14-114(b) permitting the counting of ballots at a central counting center.