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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-102 - Registration Offenses.

22-26-102. Registration offenses.
(a) Registration offenses consist of performing any of the following acts in connection with or related to the election process or an election:
(i) Signing or offering to sign an application to register when not a qualified elector or to register under a false name or residence address;
(ii) Soliciting, procuring, aiding, abetting, inducing or attempting to solicit, procure, aid, abet or induce a person to register under the name of any other person, or a false name, or to register when not a qualified elector;
(iii) Destroying or altering a registration record when not authorized by law;
(iv) False swearing after being challenged.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, registration offenses are misdemeanor offenses punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(c) Registration offenses committed with the intent to deceive a registration official are high misdemeanor offenses punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(d) Second or subsequent offenses under subsection (c) of this section are felony offenses punishable by not more than five (5) years imprisonment, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(e) The county sheriff shall investigate registration offenses at the request of a county clerk who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed a registration offense. After an investigation and a finding that the allegation has merit, the county sheriff shall refer the matter to the district attorney for prosecution in the appropriate courts of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-103 - Unlawful Opening of Ballot Box.

22-26-103. Unlawful opening of ballot box.
Unlawful opening of a ballot box consists of opening a ballot box or inspecting or removing the contents thereof without lawful authority, or conspiring with others so to open a ballot box.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-104 - Unlawful Opening of Voting Machine.

22-26-104. Unlawful opening of voting machine.
Unlawful opening of a voting machine consists of opening, unlocking, inspecting, tampering with, resetting or adjusting a voting machine without lawful authority, or conspiring with others to do so.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-106 - False Voting.

22-26-106. False voting.
(a) False voting consists of performing any of the following acts in connection with or related to the election process or an election:
(i) Voting, or offering to vote, when not a qualified elector entitled to vote at the election;
(ii) Voting, or offering to vote, in the name of another person or under a false name;
(iii) Voting, or offering to vote, in a precinct other than that in which qualified to vote;
(iv) Voting, or offering to vote, more than once in an election.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, false voting is a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(c) False voting committed with the knowledge of not being a qualified elector entitled to vote at the election or in that precinct is a high misdemeanor offense punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(d) Second or subsequent offenses under subsection (c) of this section are felony offenses punishable by not more than five (5) years imprisonment, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(e) The county sheriff shall investigate acts of false voting at the request of a county clerk who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed false voting. After an investigation and a finding that the allegation has merit, the county sheriff shall refer the matter to the district attorney for prosecution in the appropriate courts of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-107 - Falsifying Election Documents.

22-26-107. Falsifying election documents.
(a) Falsifying election documents consists of performing any of the following acts with the intent to deceive or mislead an elector or an election official:
(i) Printing, distributing or displaying false instructions for voting or for the conduct of an election;
(ii) Printing, distributing or displaying any official ballot, sample ballot or pretended ballot which includes the name of a person not entitled by law to be on the ballot, or omits the name of a person entitled by law to be on the ballot, or otherwise contains false information or headings;
(iii) Defacing, altering, forging, making false entries in or changing in any way a petition, certificate of nomination, registration record or election return required by law;
(iv) Preparing or submitting a false certificate of nomination, registration record or election return.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-109 - Offering Bribe.

22-26-109. Offering bribe.
(a) Offering bribe consists of willfully advancing, paying, offering to pay or causing to be paid, or promising, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing to a person, for any of the following purposes:
(i) To induce a person to vote or refrain from voting for or against a candidate or ballot proposition or to sign or not sign a petition;
(ii) To induce an election official to mark, alter, suppress or change a ballot that has been cast, an election return, any certificate of election, or petition.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-110 - Accepting Bribe.

22-26-110. Accepting bribe.
Accepting a bribe consists of knowingly accepting any payment or promise of payment, directly or indirectly, of money or other valuable thing for any of the unlawful purposes specified in W.S. 22-26-109.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-111 - Intimidation.

22-26-111. Intimidation.
(a) Intimidation consists of:
(i) Inducing, or attempting to induce, fear in an election official or elector by use of threats of force, violence, harm or loss, or any form of economic retaliation, for the purpose of impeding or preventing the free exercise of the elective franchise or the impartial administration of the Election Code; or
(ii) Soliciting the contribution of funds, other items of value or election assistance to the campaign of any candidate, candidate s committee, political action committee or sponsors of a ballot proposition, by use of threats of physical violence or any form of economic or official retaliation.
(b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant did not in fact possess the ability to carry out the threat made.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-112 - Misdemeanor Offenses Generally.

22-26-112. Misdemeanor offenses generally.
(a) Unless a different penalty is specifically provided in this code, the following acts, if knowingly and willfully committed, are misdemeanor offenses punishable by not more than six (6) months in a county jail or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both:
(i) Electioneering too close to a polling place;
(ii) Disturbing a polling place;
(iii) Unlawful possession of alcoholic or malt beverages at a polling place;
(iv) Accepting or expending any money or incurring any obligation on behalf of any candidate for nomination or election to office without such candidate's prior written approval;
(v) Employer interfering with political rights of employees;
(vi) Discharging an employee because of nomination for or election to political office;
(vii) Causing or attempting to cause a candidate to withdraw or refuse nomination or election;
(viii) Violating W.S. 22-2-113;
(ix) Violating W.S. 22-25-101 through 22-25-115;
(x) Filing or signing a false statement of contributions and expenditures required by W.S. 22-25-106.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-113 - Electioneering Too Close to a Polling Place.

22-26-113. Electioneering too close to a polling place.
(a) Electioneering too close to a polling place or absentee polling place under W.S. 22-9-125 when voting is being conducted, consists of any form of campaigning, including the display of campaign signs or distribution of campaign literature, the soliciting of signatures to any petition or the canvassing or polling of voters, except exit polling by news media, within one hundred (100) yards on the day of a primary, general or special election and within one hundred (100) feet on all other days, of any public entrance to the building in which the polling place is located. This section shall not apply to bumper stickers affixed to a vehicle while parked within or passing through the distance specified in this subsection, provided that:
(i) There is only one (1) bumper sticker per candidate affixed to the vehicle;
(ii) Bumper stickers are no larger than four (4) inches high by sixteen (16) inches long; and
(iii) The vehicle is parked within the distance specified in this subsection only during the time the elector is voting.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-114 - Disturbing Polling Place.

22-26-114. Disturbing polling place.
Disturbing a polling place consists of creating any disorder or disruption at a polling place on election day, or absentee polling place under W.S. 22-9-125, or interfering with the orderly conduct of an election.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-115 - Unlawful Possession of Alcoholic or Malt Beverages.

22-26-115. Unlawful possession of alcoholic or malt beverages.
Unlawful possession of alcoholic or malt beverages at a polling place consists of the use or possession of any alcoholic or malt beverages by an election official while performing his official duties or the use or possession by any person of these beverages in a polling place during an election.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-116 - Interfering With Employee's Political Rights.

22-26-116. Interfering with employee's political rights.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-117 - Discharging Employee Because of Nomination for or Election to Office.

22-26-117. Discharging employee because of nomination for or election to office.
Discharging an employee because of nomination for or election to office consists of any employer discharging or causing to leave his, or their employ, temporarily or permanently, any person or persons because he or they have been nominated as a candidate for or elected to any position of honor, trust or emolument, to be voted for at any election, held in pursuance of the laws of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-118 - Causing or Attempting to Cause Candidate to Withdraw or Refuse Nomination or Election.

22-26-118. Causing or attempting to cause candidate to withdraw or refuse nomination or election.
Causing or attempting to cause a candidate to withdraw or refuse nomination or election consists of any person, or agent, or officer, or any company, or corporation either causing or attempting to cause any person or persons nominated as candidates or elected at any election, to withdraw, or refrain from accepting such nomination or election by threatening loss of employment, business or patronage, if he or they accept such candidacy or election, or making it a condition of employment, business or patronage, that such candidacy or election shall not be accepted.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-119 - Violation of Election Code by Officials.

22-26-119. Violation of Election Code by officials.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-120 - Violation of Election Code When Specific Penalty Not Imposed.

22-26-120. Violation of Election Code when specific penalty not imposed.
If the Election Code does not impose a specific penalty for the willful violation of a provision prohibiting a specific act or requiring the discharge of a specific duty, whoever knowingly commits a violation or fails to discharge the duty is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by the penalty prescribed by W.S. 22-26-112.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Severability; Repeals › Section 22-27-101 - Provisions Severable.

22-27-101. Provisions severable.
If any provision of this act 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-102 - Definitions.

22-29-102. Definitions.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-104 - Definitions When Principal Act Is Silent.

22-29-104. Definitions when principal act is silent.
(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) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(B) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(C) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(D) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(E) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(F) Repealed By Laws 1998, 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, 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-105 - Petitions; Number of Signatures Required; Contents of Formation Petition.

22-29-105. Petitions; number of signatures required; contents of formation petition.
(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) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 1998, 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) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 1998, 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) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(e) Repealed By Laws 1998, 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-106 - Requirements for Signers of Petition; Signer's Withdrawal Prohibited; Chief Petitioners Designated.

22-29-106. Requirements for signers of petition; signer's withdrawal prohibited; chief petitioners designated.
(a) This section applies to petitions authorized under a principal act or this act. Each person who signs a petition shall add after the signature the date of signing. If a person is signing the petition as an elector, the person shall add after his signature the person's date of birth and place of residence, giving street and number or a designation sufficient to enable the place of residence to be readily ascertained. If the signer is signing the petition as a landowner, the number of acres of land owned by the signer and the name of the county whose assessment roll is used for the purpose of determining the signer's right to vote shall be stated in the body of the petition or indicated opposite the signature. If the signer is a legal representative of the owner, the signature shall be accompanied by the signer's written authorization to sign as a legal representative.
(b) After a petition has been offered for filing, a person may not withdraw his name therefrom.
(c) A petition shall designate not more than three (3) persons as chief petitioners, setting forth their names and mailing addresses. A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts.
(d) The secretary of state shall, after consultation with the county clerks, develop uniform petition forms which shall be used by special districts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-107 - Requirements of Filing Petition; Validity and Certification of Signatures.

22-29-107. Requirements of filing petition; validity and certification of signatures.
(a) A petition shall not be accepted for filing unless the signatures thereon have been secured within six (6) months of the date on which the first signature on the petition was affixed. Petitions required to be filed with the county commissioners shall be filed with the county clerk. Petitions required to be filed with the district board shall be filed with the secretary of the district board. It is not necessary to offer all counterparts of a petition for filing at the same time, but all counterparts when certified as provided by subsection (c) of this section shall be filed at the same time.
(b) Within ten (10) business days after the date a petition is offered for filing, the county clerk or district secretary, as the case may be, shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the requisite number of qualified signers. If the requisite number of qualified signers have signed the petition, the county clerk or district secretary shall file the petition. If the requisite number have not signed, the county clerk or district secretary shall so notify the chief petitioners and may return the petition to the petitioners.
(c) A petition shall not be filed unless the certificate of the county clerk or the district secretary is attached thereto certifying that the county clerk or district secretary has verified the qualifications of the signers with the appropriate records, that the county clerk or district secretary has ascertained therefrom the number of qualified signers appearing on the petition, and that the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified signers.
(d) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-108 - Method of Determining Validity of Landowner Signatures.

22-29-108. Method of determining validity of landowner signatures.
(a) In examining any petition required or permitted to be signed by landowners, the county clerk or district secretary shall disregard the signature of a person not shown as owner on the assessment roll unless prior to certification the secretary or county clerk is furnished with written evidence, satisfactory to the county clerk or district secretary, that the signer:
(i) Is a legal representative of the owner;
(ii) Is entitled to be shown as owner of land on the assessment roll; or
(iii) Is a purchaser under a contract to purchase real property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-110 - County Clerk to Publish Proclamation; Filing Period.

22-29-110. County clerk to publish proclamation; filing period.
(a) Between one hundred one (101) and ninety-one (91) days before an organizational election held in conjunction with a primary or other August election, between ninety (90) and seventy (70) days before an organizational election held in conjunction with a May, general, November or mail ballot election held at any other time, the county clerk shall publish at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which all or part of the proposed district is situated a proclamation setting forth the date of the election, what county clerk is the filing officer, the question of formation, what offices are to be filled including the terms of the offices, the filing period for the offices and other pertinent election information. Minor errors in the proclamation shall not invalidate the forthcoming election.
(b) Between ninety-six (96) and eighty-one (81) days before a formation election held in conjunction with a primary or other August election, between ninety (90) and seventy (70) days before a formation election held in conjunction with a May, general, November or mail ballot election held at any other time, candidates may file an application for election in the office of the county clerk. The principal act shall determine who is eligible to be a candidate. The application shall be in substantially the following form:
APPLICATION FOR ELECTION
SPECIAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR
I, the undersigned, swear or affirm that I was born on ...., (year); that I have been a resident of .... district since ...., residing at ....; that I am an elector or landowner (check which one for eligibility) of said district and I do hereby request that my name, ...., be printed on the ballot of the formation (or other) election to be held on .... day of ...., (year) as a candidate for the office of director for a term of .... years. I hereby declare that if I am elected, I will qualify for the office.
Dated ....
Signature of Candidate
(c) The county clerk shall publish a sample ballot with the question of formation and candidates for directors together with any other ballot proposition at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which all or part of the proposed district is located, at least ten (10) business days prior to the election.
(d) No petitions for nomination shall be required in any election for district director. Any eligible person wishing to run for a special district office shall file an application for election as specified in subsection (b) of this section.
(e) A county clerk receiving an application for election shall determine whether the person seeking election is an eligible candidate.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-111 - Formation and Initial Director Election.

22-29-111. Formation and initial director election.
(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, 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-112 - Subsequent Director Elections.

22-29-112. Subsequent director elections.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-115 - Mail Ballot Elections; Definitions; General Provisions.

22-29-115. Mail ballot elections; definitions; general provisions.
(a) This section does not apply to a special district election held in conjunction with a primary, general or statewide special election. As used in W.S. 22-29-116:
(i) "Election official" means the county clerk for a formation election and a county clerk or district secretary for other elections;
(ii) "Mail ballot election" means an election for which voters cast ballots in a special district election by mail and in accordance with this chapter;
(iii) "Mail ballot package" means the packet of information provided by the election official to voters eligible to vote in the mail ballot election;
(iv) "Transmit" means to mail or to personally deliver.
(b) The secretary of state, after consultation with the county clerks, shall establish procedures for conducting mail ballot elections.
(c) Regardless of the number of eligible voters within the district, the county commissioners may order the formation election to be a mail ballot election.
(d) Regardless of the number of voters within its boundaries, a special district may, by rule or bylaw of its governing body, conduct by mail ballot elections to enlarge, withdraw, merge, consolidate, dissolve or such other election required by the principal act. A special district may by rule or bylaw pay the return postage of mail and absentee ballots.
(e) Upon the adoption of the rule or bylaw to conduct an election by the mail ballot procedure, each voter shall be mailed a mail ballot.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-117 - Change of District Name.

22-29-117. Change of district name.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-118 - Directors; Oath of Office.

22-29-118. Directors; oath of office.
All directors, whether elected or appointed, shall, within ten (10) business days after notification of election or appointment, take the oath of office provided in Wyoming constitution, article VI, section 20, before an officer authorized to administer oaths. The director shall also complete the written oath and without delay transmit a copy of the oath in writing to the respective county clerks for the first election and to the secretary of the district thereafter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-29-119 - District Officers; Meeting of Board; Conflict of Interest.

22-29-119. District officers; meeting of board; conflict of interest.
Each year the board of directors shall as soon as they are qualified elect a president, treasurer and secretary of the district. The board of directors shall hold regular and may hold special meetings as they determine. No trustee shall be directly interested financially in any contract, work done or property purchased by the district unless he has made full public disclosure and the board has unanimously approved his financial interest. A majority of directors constitutes a quorum for the transaction of district business.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 2 - Vacancies › Section 22-29-201 - Vacancies.

22-29-201. Vacancies.
(a) A director's office shall be deemed to be vacant upon the occurrence of any one (1) of the following events prior to the expiration of the term of office:
(i) If for any reason a properly qualified person is not elected to a director's office by the voters as required at a regular election;
(ii) If a person who was duly elected or appointed fails, neglects or refuses to subscribe to an oath of office or to furnish the bond as may be required in the principal act;
(iii) If a person who was duly elected or appointed submits a written resignation to the board of directors and the resignation has been duly accepted by the board of directors;
(iv) If the person who was duly elected or appointed ceases to be qualified for the office to which he was elected;
(v) If a person who was duly elected or appointed is found guilty of a felony;
(vi) If a court of competent jurisdiction voids the election or appointment or removes the person duly elected or appointed for any cause whatsoever, but only after his right to appeal has been waived or otherwise exhausted;
(vii) If the person who was duly elected or appointed fails to attend three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the board of directors without the board of directors having entered upon its minutes an approval for at least one (1) of those absences. This provision shall not apply to instances where failure to attend the meetings was due to a temporary mental or physical disability or illness;
(viii) If the person who was duly elected or appointed dies during his term of office;
(ix) If declared vacant by the board of county commissioners upon the failure of the district board to comply with W.S. 9-1-507(a)(vii) on or before December 30 of that same calendar year, after notice is given as provided by W.S. 9-1-507(j).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 2 - Vacancies › Section 22-29-202 - Filling by Appointment.

22-29-202. Filling by appointment.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 3 - Enlargement, Consolidation, Merger and Change of Boundaries › Section 22-29-301 - Enlargement Petitions.

22-29-301. Enlargement petitions.
(a) When any voters or landowners of an area wish to join a district, they may file an enlargement petition with the county commissioners. Unless otherwise provided under this subsection, the petition for enlargement may include provisions allowing the board of district directors to be enlarged by one (1) or more positions to be filled by voters residing or located in the new area, the number of positions to be determined by the petitioners and the district directors of the existing district. Before the petition is filed with the county commissioners, it shall be approved by the directors of the affected district and by any other agency also required by the principal act to approve the petition. The petition process shall be governed by W.S. 22-29-105 through 22-29-108. An election need not be held on an enlargement petition if the petition alleges and the county commissioners find:
(i) All landowners and all voters, if any, within the new area and the board of directors of the district agree to the inclusion of the new area within the district.
(ii) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 22, 2.
(b) W.S. 22-29-109 applies to the proceeding conducted by the county commissioners and the rights, powers and duties of petitioners and other persons having an interest in the proceedings. The county commissioners shall approve or disapprove the enlargement petition.
(c) Except as provided under subsection (a) of this section, if the enlargement petition is approved, there shall be an election which shall be conducted under this act. At the enlargement election, there shall also be elected temporary directors whose terms shall expire at the next regular district director election. At the first regular election following the enlargement election, the total number of directors shall be as stated in the principal act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 3 - Enlargement, Consolidation, Merger and Change of Boundaries › Section 22-29-302 - Merger of Districts; Effect.

22-29-302. Merger of districts; effect.
(a) A district may merge with another district even if formed under different principal acts, if the merger is first approved by the county commissioners and approved by the voters of each district. The districts included in the merger shall be considered joined to and absorbed into the surviving district.
(b) If the merger is approved, the district directors and officers of the merging districts shall transfer to the directors of the surviving district all funds, property, contracts and records of the merging districts. Upon the effective date of the merger:
(i) The surviving district shall succeed to all the property, contracts, rights and powers of the merging districts, and shall constitute and be a regularly organized district as if originally organized in the manner provided by the principal act;
(ii) Uncollected taxes, assessments or charges levied by the merging districts shall become the property of the surviving district and upon collection shall be credited to the account of the surviving district; and
(iii) The surviving district shall become liable for all the obligations, legal and contractual, of the merging districts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 3 - Enlargement, Consolidation, Merger and Change of Boundaries › Section 22-29-303 - Consolidation of Districts; Effect.

22-29-303. Consolidation of districts; effect.
(a) Two (2) or more districts even if formed under different principal acts may consolidate and form a new district if the consolidation is first approved by the county commissioners and approved by the voters. The districts included in the consolidation shall be considered joined into a single new district.
(b) If the consolidation is approved, the district directors and officers of the consolidating districts shall transfer to the directors of the successor district all funds, property, contracts and records of the consolidating districts. Upon the effective date of the consolidation:
(i) The successor district shall succeed to all the property, contracts, rights and powers of the consolidating districts, and shall constitute and be a regularly organized district as if originally organized in the manner provided by the principal act;
(ii) Uncollected taxes, assessments or charges levied by the consolidating districts shall become the property of the successor district and upon collection shall be credited to the account of the successor district; and
(iii) The successor district shall become liable for all the obligations, legal or contractual, of the consolidating districts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 3 - Enlargement, Consolidation, Merger and Change of Boundaries › Section 22-29-304 - Initiation of Merger and Consolidation; Election.

22-29-304. Initiation of merger and consolidation; election.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act › Article 3 - Enlargement, Consolidation, Merger and Change of Boundaries › Section 22-29-305 - Specific Provisions Relating to Enlargement, Merger and Consolidation Elections.

22-29-305. Specific provisions relating to enlargement, merger and consolidation elections.
(a) The elections effecting enlargement, merger or consolidation shall be governed by the following specific rules:
(i) For enlargement elections, the voters of both the existing district and the area to be added shall be entitled to vote;
(ii) For merger and consolidation elections, the voters of all the affected districts shall be entitled to vote;
(iii) If a majority of those voting in each district on the proposition favor the proposition, then it shall pass;
(iv) For enlargement elections, if the voters of the existing district have approved by election a mill levy to finance the operation of the district, then the voters of the area to be added shall also be required at the enlargement election to approve the same mill levy. If a majority of the voters in the area to be added voting on the proposition fails to approve the mill levy, then the enlargement, whether or not approved under paragraph (iii) of this subsection, shall fail. This paragraph shall not apply to an enlargement in which no election is required under W.S. 22-29-301(a);
(v) For merger and consolidation elections, if the voters of an existing district have approved by election a mill levy to finance the operations of the district and the other district has no mill levy or a lower mill levy, the voters of that other district shall also be required at the merger or consolidation election to approve a mill levy at the same level as the existing district or increase an existing mill levy to the same level as the existing district. If a majority of the voters in the other district voting on the proposition fails to approve or increase the mill levy as required, then the merger or consolidation, whether or not approved under paragraph (iii) of this subsection, shall fail.