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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 23 - Municipal Elections › Article 10 - Initiative and Referendum › Section 22-23-1005 - Ordinance Adopted by Governing Body Subject to Referendum Vote.

22-23-1005. Ordinance adopted by governing body subject to referendum vote.
An ordinance adopted by a municipal governing body shall be subject to a referendum vote if a petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors registered in the city or town is filed with the municipal clerk not later than twenty (20) days after the ordinance is first published after adoption as provided by law. To be counted the electors shall be registered voters when the completed petition is submitted for verification. The referendum petition shall set forth the ordinance in full and shall contain the signatures and residence addresses of persons signing the petition.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 23 - Municipal Elections › Article 10 - Initiative and Referendum › Section 22-23-1006 - Legal Sufficiency of Referendum Petition.

22-23-1006. Legal sufficiency of referendum petition.
The municipal clerk shall determine if the referendum petition meets the requirements of W.S. 22-23-1005, and if he finds a petition legally sufficient, he shall certify it to the governing body who shall suspend the ordinance.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 23 - Municipal Elections › Article 10 - Initiative and Referendum › Section 22-23-1007 - Partial Repeal of Ordinance Subject to Referendum; Acceptance or Rejection by Electors.

22-23-1007. Partial repeal of ordinance subject to referendum; acceptance or rejection by electors.
If the governing body does not entirely repeal an ordinance subject to referendum, it shall submit the question to the electors of the municipality in the same manner as an ordinance proposed by initiative petition. If a majority of the electors voting on the question favor rejection, the ordinance shall not become effective. If a majority of the electors voting on the question do not favor rejection, the ordinance shall become effective after the vote is canvassed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 2 - Paid Advertising in Any Communication Medium or Printed Literature to Support, Oppose or Influence Legislation › Section 22-24-201 - Paid Advertising; Penalty.

22-24-201. Paid advertising; penalty.
(a) Any group of persons who are associated for the purpose of raising, collecting or spending money for paid advertising in any communication media or for printed literature to support, oppose or otherwise influence legislation by the legislature of the state of Wyoming, which is or was the subject of a statewide initiative or referendum within the past four (4) years, shall:
(i) File a statement of formation listing the names and addresses of its chairman and treasurer with the secretary of state within ten (10) days after formation and prior to the publication, dissemination or broadcast of any paid advertising from the group;
(ii) File with the secretary of state a statement of contributions and expenditures setting forth the full and complete record of contributions including cash, goods or services and actual and promised expenditures, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, on the last Friday in December of each calendar year. In addition to the annual report, while the legislature is in session, there shall be filed an interim monthly statement for each month or portion thereof that the legislature is in session, within ten (10) days of the first day of the month for the previous month;
(iii) If the total contributions and expenditures reported under paragraph (a)(ii) of this section lists any contribution in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) from any source or sources other than an individual, the report shall include a full and complete disclosure of the funding source or sources of any nonindividual contributor which funded the advertising.
(b) Any group formed under this section shall file a termination report within thirty (30) days after it ceases the regulated activity but cessation of activity shall not relieve the group of the reporting requirement for that filing period.
(c) No group subject to this section shall pay for advertising in any communication media or printed literature without full disclosure of the name of the group.
(d) Nothing in this section shall require an individual or individuals who pay for advertising or literature to support, oppose or otherwise influence legislation to file under this section, provided the name of the individual or individuals is fully disclosed in the advertising or literature.
(e) As used in this section:
(i) "Communication media" means advertising on television, radio, in print media, on billboards and other electronic media;
(ii) "Printed literature" means any printed material but shall not include any member association printed communication not intended for public dissemination, bumper stickers, pens, pencils, buttons, rulers, nail files, balloons and yard signs.
(f) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided by W.S. 22-26-112.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-301 - Right of Initiative; Limitations.

22-24-301. Right of initiative; limitations.
The people may propose and enact laws by the initiative. However, the initiative shall not be used to dedicate revenues, make or repeal appropriations, create courts, define the jurisdiction of courts or prescribe their rules, enact local or special legislation, enact anything prohibited by the constitution for enactment by the legislature, or enact anything that is substantially the same as that defeated by an initiative election within five (5) years preceding the time of filing of the petition.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-302 - Application; Filing and Fee.

22-24-302. Application; filing and fee.
An initiative shall be proposed by filing an application with the secretary of state. A fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) shall accompany the application. This fee shall be deposited in the general fund.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-303 - Application; Contents.

22-24-303. Application; contents.
(a) The application shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall include:
(i) The proposed bill to be initiated;
(ii) The designation of a committee of three (3) applicants who shall represent all sponsors and subscribers in matters relating to the initiative; and
(iii) A statement that the committee of applicants are qualified registered voters who signed the application with the proposed bill attached.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-305 - Notice to Committee.

22-24-305. Notice to committee.
Notice to the committee of applicants on any matter pertaining to the application and petition shall be served on any member of the committee in person, by mail, or electronically, addressed to a committee member at the address indicated on the application.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-306 - Sponsors and Circulators.

22-24-306. Sponsors and circulators.
(a) The one hundred (100) qualified registered voters who subscribe to the application are designated as sponsors. The committee of applicants may designate additional qualified individuals to act as circulators of the petitions by giving written notice to the secretary of state signed by one (1) member of the committee of applicants verifying under oath the names, qualifications and addresses of those so designated. An individual shall not be qualified to act as a circulator unless he is a citizen of the United States and is at least eighteen (18) years of age. A member of the committee of applicants may act as a circulator if duly qualified.
(b) The committee of applicants shall file contribution and expenditure reports as required by W.S. 22-25-106.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-307 - Review by Secretary of State; Conditional Certification.

22-24-307. Review by secretary of state; conditional certification.
Within seven (7) calendar days after receiving a final proposed bill, the secretary of state shall review the proposed bill and its associated application and shall either conditionally certify it, pending submission of the qualified signatures required by W.S. 22-24-304(c), or notify the committee of applicants in writing of the grounds for denial.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-308 - Grounds for Denying Certification of Initiative Application.

22-24-308. Grounds for denying certification of initiative application.
(a) The secretary of state shall deny final certification of an initiative application if he determines that:
(i) The proposed bill to be initiated is not in the required form, including the requirements of W.S. 8-1-105;
(ii) The application is not in the required form;
(iii) The committee of applicants failed to submit a sufficient number of qualified registered voters as sponsors within thirty (30) days after submitting its final proposed bill and application for certification; or
(iv) The proposed bill was not submitted for review and comment in accordance with W.S. 22-24-304.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-309 - Fiscal Impact.

22-24-309. Fiscal impact.
(a) Upon the certification or conditional certification of any initiative application, if in the opinion of the secretary of state the proposed bill will have a fiscal impact on the state, the secretary of state shall prepare an estimate and explanation of the fiscal impact. The explanation shall include a statement that it is an estimate of fiscal impact to the state only and does not include an estimate of any impact upon political subdivisions. Upon request of the secretary of state, any agency in the executive department shall render assistance in preparing the estimate and explanation of fiscal impact.
(b) No later than fourteen (14) days after final certification of an initiative application, the secretary of state shall render to the committee of applicants its fiscal impact estimate and explanation. If the committee believes that the secretary of state's estimate is inaccurate, within fourteen (14) days after receiving the secretary of state's estimate and explanation, the committee of applicants may submit to the secretary of state its own estimate and explanation of fiscal impact. Upon receiving the committee of applicants' estimate and explanation, the secretary of state may revise its estimate if in the opinion of the secretary of state the committee demonstrates that the secretary of state's estimate is inaccurate. If the final estimated fiscal impact by the secretary of state and the final estimated fiscal impact by the committee of applicants differ by more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), the secretary of state's comments under the ballot proposition shall contain an estimated range of fiscal impact reflecting both estimates.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-310 - Petitions; Generally.

22-24-310. Petitions; generally.
(a) Upon final certification of an initiative application and the finalization of any fiscal estimate pursuant to W.S. 22-24-309, the secretary of state shall prescribe the form of and prepare petitions containing:
(i) A copy of the proposed bill;
(ii) An impartial summary of the subject matter of the bill;
(iii) The warning required by W.S. 22-24-311;
(iv) Sufficient space for printed names, signatures and addresses;
(v) If a circulator will be paid to solicit signatures on a petition, each signature page circulated by that circulator shall contain, in twelve (12) point or larger black boldface type, the following statement: "This circulator is being paid to solicit signatures for this ballot proposition." The statement shall be prominently displayed and made visible to the petition signer by the circulator; and
(vi) Other specifications necessary to assure proper handling and control.
(b) Pursuant to rules adopted by the secretary of state, petitions, for purposes of circulation, shall be prepared by the secretary of state at the sponsor's expense. Petitions shall be printed in a number reasonably calculated to allow full circulation throughout the state. A paid circulator shall solicit signatures on a petition only if each signature page circulated by that circulator contains the statement required under paragraph (a)(v) of this section.
(c) The secretary of state shall number each petition and shall keep a record of the petitions.
(d) Upon request of the committee of applicants, the secretary of state shall report the number of persons who voted in the preceding general election.
(e) The secretary of state, on any printed material circulated by the secretary of state describing the proposition, shall include notice whether any paid circulator was used to gather signatures as required by paragraph (a)(v) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-311 - Petitions; Statement of Warning.

22-24-311. Petitions; statement of warning.
Each petition shall include a statement of warning that a person who signs a name other than his own on the petition, or who knowingly signs his name more than once for the same proposition at one (1) election, or who signs the petition knowing that he is not a qualified registered voter, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-312 - Petitions; Circulation; Contests.

22-24-312. Petitions; circulation; contests.
(a) The petitions shall be circulated throughout the state only by a sponsor or an individual designated in accordance with W.S. 22-24-306 as a circulator and only in person.
(b) Any person may contest the qualifications of an individual designated as a circulator by filing a petition in the district court within ten (10) days of the solicitation activity. The court shall hear and decide any such action within five (5) days from the date the petition is filed.
(c) Any party prevailing in any action filed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may be awarded costs and reasonable attorney's fees by the court. The court shall notify the secretary of state of its findings as to the qualifications of a circulator within five (5) days of the determination.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-313 - Petitions; Subscribing to and Withdrawing Name.

22-24-313. Petitions; subscribing to and withdrawing name.
Any qualified registered voter may subscribe to the petition by signing his name and listing his address. A person who has signed the petition may withdraw his name only by giving written notice of his printed name, residence and contact information to the secretary of state before the time that the petition is filed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-314 - Petitions; Verification.

22-24-314. Petitions; verification.
(a) Before a petition is filed, it shall be verified by the sponsor or circulator who personally circulated it. The verification shall be in affidavit form and shall state in substance that:
(i) The person signing the affidavit is a sponsor or an individual designated and qualified in accordance with W.S. 22-24-306 and is the only circulator of that petition;
(ii) The signatures on the petition were made in his presence; and
(iii) To the best of his knowledge, such signatures are those of the persons whose names they purport to be.
(b) In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the secretary of state shall not:
(i) Count signatures on petitions not properly verified;
(ii) Count signatures on a petition circulated by an individual who has been determined not to be a qualified circulator pursuant to W.S. 22-24-312 or by the secretary of state in accordance with rules of his office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-315 - Petitions; Filing by Sponsors.

22-24-315. Petitions; filing by sponsors.
(a) Petitions may be filed with the secretary of state if signed by a sufficient number of qualified registered voters as required by the Wyoming constitution.
(b) Petitions for an initiative shall be submitted to the secretary of state for verification within the eighteen (18) month period following the date the first set of petition forms are provided to the sponsors. Any petition not submitted within the eighteen (18) month period is void for all purposes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-316 - Petitions; Review by Secretary of State.

22-24-316. Petitions; review by secretary of state.
(a) Within not more than sixty (60) days of the date all petitions are filed, the secretary of state shall review the petitions and shall notify the committee of applicants whether the petitions were properly or improperly filed. The petitions shall be determined to be improperly filed if:
(i) There is an insufficient total number of signatures of qualified registered voters; or
(ii) There is an insufficient number of signatures of qualified registered voters in at least two-thirds (2/3) of the counties of the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-317 - Ballot Proposition; Preparation and Contents.

22-24-317. Ballot proposition; preparation and contents.
(a) If a sufficient number of qualified petitions are filed, the secretary of state, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot proposition. The ballot proposition shall give a true and impartial summary of the proposed law, including the estimated fiscal impact or range of estimated fiscal impact on the state and explanation of the impact prepared in accordance with W.S. 22-24-309, and shall make provision for approval and for disapproval thereof.
(b) When any proposal relating to the investment of the permanent funds of the state of Wyoming is placed on the ballot, the secretary of state shall include in the ballot statement an estimate from the state treasurer of the estimated loss or gain in revenue from the proposal. If the final estimated loss or gain by the state treasurer and the final estimated loss or gain by the committee of sponsors of the ballot proposition differ by more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), the ballot statement shall contain the range of estimated loss or gain reflecting both estimates.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-318 - Ballot Proposition; Procedure for Placing on Ballot; Publication Requirements.

22-24-318. Ballot proposition; procedure for placing on ballot; publication requirements.
(a) Except as required under subsection (b) of this section, the same procedure for placing constitutional amendment questions on the ballot shall be used to place the initiative ballot proposition on the ballot.
(b) The ballot proposition for an initiative shall be published by the secretary of state in a newspaper of general circulation in the state in the newspaper edition immediately preceding the general election. Publication under this subsection shall contain the text of the initiative ballot and shall identify both a physical location and a web site address or other electronic location where the entire text of the initiative can be viewed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-319 - Ballot Proposition; When Placed on Ballot.

22-24-319. Ballot proposition; when placed on ballot.
(a) The ballot proposition for an initiative shall be placed on the election ballot of the first statewide general election that is held after:
(i) A sufficient number of qualified petitions were filed;
(ii) A legislative session has convened and adjourned; and
(iii) A period of one hundred twenty (120) days has expired since the adjournment of the legislative session. If the attorney general determines that an act of the legislature enacted after the petition is filed is substantially the same as the proposed law, the petition shall be void and the ballot proposition shall not be placed on the election ballot, and the secretary of state shall so notify the committee of applicants.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-321 - Action for Review of Determination.

22-24-321. Action for review of determination.
Any person aggrieved by any determination made under this article, by the secretary of state or by the attorney general, may bring an action in the district court of Laramie county to have the determination reviewed by filing application within thirty (30) days of the date on which notice of the determination was given.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-322 - Penalties.

22-24-322. Penalties.
(a) Any person who signs a name other than his own on a petition for initiative, or who knowingly signs his name more than once for the same proposition at one (1) election, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.
(b) Any member of the committee of applicants, sponsor or circulator who knowingly and willfully makes a false verification of the qualifications of a circulator pursuant to W.S. 22-24-306(a) or knowingly and willfully makes a false verification under W.S. 22-24-314, shall be guilty of false swearing and subject to the penalties provided by W.S. 22-26-101.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 3 - Initiative › Section 22-24-323 - Petitions; Payment for Signatures; Misrepresentation of Petition; Prohibition; Penalty.

22-24-323. Petitions; payment for signatures; misrepresentation of petition; prohibition; penalty.
(a) A circulator of an initiative petition or a person who causes the circulation of an initiative petition may not pay or offer to pay any compensation to another person for that person's signature on the initiative petition.
(b) A circulator of an initiative petition or a person who causes the circulation of an initiative petition shall not collect another person's signature on the petition by knowingly making a false statement with respect to or otherwise misrepresenting the proposed law contained within the initiative petition. A violation of this subsection is subject to the penalty imposed under W.S. 22-24-322(a).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-401 - Right of Referendum; Limitations.

22-24-401. Right of referendum; limitations.
The people may approve or reject acts of the legislature by the referendum. However, the referendum shall not be applied to dedications of revenue, to appropriations, to local or special legislation, or to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-402 - Application; Filing and Fee.

22-24-402. Application; filing and fee.
A referendum shall be proposed by filing an application with the secretary of state. A fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) shall accompany the application. This fee shall be deposited in the general fund.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-403 - Application; Contents.

22-24-403. Application; contents.
(a) The application shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall include:
(i) The act to be referred;
(ii) The designation of a committee of three (3) applicants who shall represent all sponsors and subscribers in matters relating to the referendum;
(iii) The signatures and addresses of not less than one hundred (100) sponsors who shall be qualified registered voters; and
(iv) A statement that the committee of applicants are qualified registered voters who signed the application with the proposed act attached.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-404 - Notice to Committee.

22-24-404. Notice to committee.
Notice to the committee of applicants on any matter pertaining to the application and petition shall be served on any member of the committee in person, by mail or electronically addressed to a committee member at the address indicated on the application.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-405 - Sponsors and Circulators.

22-24-405. Sponsors and circulators.
(a) The one hundred (100) qualified registered voters who subscribe to the application are designated as sponsors. The committee of applicants may designate additional qualified individuals to act as circulators of the petitions by giving written notice, signed by one (1) member of the committee of applicants, to the secretary of state verifying under oath the names, qualifications and addresses of those so designated. An individual shall not be qualified to act as a circulator unless he is a citizen of the United States and is at least eighteen (18) years of age. A member of the committee of applicants may act as a circulator if duly qualified.
(b) The committee of applicants shall file receipt and expenditure reports as required by W.S. 22-25-106.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-406 - Grounds for Denying Certification of Initiative or Referendum Application.

22-24-406. Grounds for denying certification of initiative or referendum application.
(a) The secretary of state shall deny certification of a referendum application if he determines that:
(i) The committee of applicants failed to submit a sufficient number of qualified registered voters as sponsors;
(ii) The application is not substantially in the required form; or
(iii) More than ninety (90) days have expired since the adjournment of the legislative session at which the act being referred was passed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-407 - Petitions; Generally.

22-24-407. Petitions; generally.
(a) If the application is certified, the secretary of state shall prescribe the form of and prepare petitions containing:
(i) A copy of the act to be referred;
(ii) An impartial summary of the subject matter of the act to be referred;
(iii) The warning required by W.S. 22-24-408;
(iv) Sufficient space for printed names, signatures and addresses;
(v) If a circulator will be paid to solicit signatures on a petition, each signature page circulated by that circulator shall contain, in twelve (12) point or larger black boldface type, the following statement: "This circulator is being paid to solicit signatures for this ballot proposition." The statement shall be prominently displayed and made visible to the petition signer by the circulator; and
(vi) Other specifications necessary to assure proper handling and control.
(b) Pursuant to rules adopted by the secretary of state, petitions, for purposes of circulation, shall be prepared by the secretary of state at the sponsor's expense. Petitions shall be printed in a number reasonably calculated to allow full circulation throughout the state. A paid circulator shall solicit signatures on a petition only if each signature page circulated by that circulator contains the statement required under paragraph (a)(v) of this section.
(c) The secretary of state shall number each petition and shall keep a record of the petitions.
(d) Upon request of the committee of applicants, the secretary of state shall report the number of persons who voted in the preceding general election.
(e) The secretary of state, on any printed material circulated by the secretary of state describing the proposition, shall include notice whether any paid circulator was used to gather signatures as required by paragraph (a)(v) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-408 - Petitions; Statement of Warning.

22-24-408. Petitions; statement of warning.
Each petition shall include a statement of warning that a person who signs a name other than his own on the petition, or who knowingly signs his name more than once for the same proposition at one (1) election, or who signs the petition knowing that he is not a qualified registered voter, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-409 - Petitions; Circulation; Contests.

22-24-409. Petitions; circulation; contests.
(a) The petitions shall be circulated throughout the state only by a sponsor or an individual designated in accordance with W.S. 22-24-405 as a circulator and only in person.
(b) Any person may contest the qualifications of an individual designated as a circulator by filing a petition in the district court within ten (10) days of the solicitation activity. The court shall hear and decide any such action within five (5) days from the date the petition is filed.
(c) Any party prevailing in any action filed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may be awarded costs and reasonable attorney's fees by the court. The court shall notify the secretary of state of its findings as to the qualifications of a circulator within five (5) days of the determination.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-410 - Petitions; Subscribing to and Withdrawing Name.

22-24-410. Petitions; subscribing to and withdrawing name.
Any qualified registered voter may subscribe to the petition by signing his name and listing his address. A person who has signed the petition may withdraw his name only by giving written notice of his printed name, residence and contact information to the secretary of state before the time that the petition is filed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-411 - Petitions; Verification.

22-24-411. Petitions; verification.
(a) Before a petition is filed, it shall be verified by the sponsor or circulator who personally circulated it. The verification shall be in affidavit form and shall state in substance that:
(i) The person signing the affidavit is a sponsor or an individual designated and qualified in accordance with W.S. 22-24-405 and is the only circulator of that petition;
(ii) The signatures on the petition were made in his presence; and
(iii) To the best of his knowledge, such signatures are those of the persons whose names they purport to be.
(b) In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the secretary of state shall not:
(i) Count signatures on petitions not properly verified;
(ii) Count signatures on a petition circulated by an individual who has been determined not to be a qualified circulator pursuant to W.S. 22-24-409 or by the secretary of state in accordance with rules of his office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-412 - Petitions; Filing by Sponsors.

22-24-412. Petitions; filing by sponsors.
Petitions may be filed with the secretary of state if signed by a sufficient number of qualified registered voters as required by the Wyoming constitution. Petitions may be filed only within ninety (90) days after the adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-413 - Petitions; Review by Secretary of State.

22-24-413. Petitions; review by secretary of state.
(a) Within not more than sixty (60) days of the date all petitions are filed, the secretary of state shall review the petitions and shall notify the committee of applicants whether the petitions were properly or improperly filed. The petitions shall be determined to be improperly filed if:
(i) There is an insufficient total number of signatures of qualified registered voters;
(ii) There is an insufficient number of signatures of qualified registered voters in at least two-thirds (2/3) of the counties of the state; or
(iii) The petitions for referendum were not filed within ninety (90) days after the adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-414 - Ballot Proposition; Preparation and Contents.

22-24-414. Ballot proposition; preparation and contents.
If a sufficient number of qualified petitions are filed, the secretary of state, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot proposition. The ballot proposition shall give a true and impartial summary of the referred act and shall make provision for approval and for disapproval thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-415 - Ballot Proposition; Procedure for Placing on Ballot; Publication Requirements.

22-24-415. Ballot proposition; procedure for placing on ballot; publication requirements.
(a) Except as required under subsection (b) of this section, the same procedure for placing constitutional amendment questions on the ballot shall be used to place the referendum ballot proposition on the ballot.
(b) The ballot proposition for a referendum shall be published by the secretary of state in a newspaper of general circulation in the state in the newspaper edition immediately preceding the general election. Publication under this subsection shall contain the text of the referendum ballot and shall identify both a physical location and a web site address or other electronic location where the entire text of the referendum can be viewed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-416 - Ballot Proposition; When Placed on Ballot.

22-24-416. Ballot proposition; when placed on ballot.
The ballot proposition for a referendum shall be placed on the election ballot of the first statewide general election held more than one hundred eighty (180) days after adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-418 - Action for Review of Determination.

22-24-418. Action for review of determination.
Any person aggrieved by any determination made under this article, by the secretary of state or by the attorney general, may bring an action in the district court of Laramie county to have the determination reviewed by filing application within thirty (30) days of the date on which notice of the determination was given.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-419 - Penalties.

22-24-419. Penalties.
(a) Any person who signs a name other than his own on a petition for referendum, or who knowingly signs his name more than once for the same proposition at one (1) election, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.
(b) Any member of the committee of applicants, sponsor or circulator who knowingly and willfully makes a false verification of the qualifications of a circulator pursuant to W.S. 22-24-405(a) or knowingly and willfully makes a false verification under W.S. 22-24-411, shall be guilty of false swearing and subject to the penalties provided by W.S. 22-26-101.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 24 - Initiative and Referendum › Article 4 - Referendum › Section 22-24-420 - Petitions; Payment for Signatures; Misrepresentation of Petition; Prohibition; Penalty.

22-24-420. Petitions; payment for signatures; misrepresentation of petition; prohibition; penalty.
(a) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 118, 2.
(b) A circulator of a referendum petition or a person who causes the circulation of a referendum petition may not pay or offer to pay any compensation to another person for that person's signature on the referendum petition.
(c) A circulator of a referendum petition or a person who causes the circulation of a referendum petition shall not collect another person's signature on the petition by knowingly making a false statement with respect to or otherwise misrepresenting the referred act contained within the referendum petition. A violation of this subsection is subject to the penalty imposed under W.S. 22-24-419(a).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Campaign Practices › Section 22-25-103 - Identifiable Expenses; Exceptions.

22-25-103. Identifiable expenses; exceptions.
(a) Identifiable expenses include:
(i) All forms of advertising expenses, including, but not limited to, radio, television, billboards and posters;
(ii) Printing expenses;
(iii) Expenses for retaining the services of a professional campaign consultant, or public relations or management firm;
(iv) Postage.
(b) Staff and postage expenses of a political party central committee, checking account service charges of a political action committee and a candidate's personal campaign expenses for travel and meals and checking account service charges are not identifiable expenses.
(c) Advertising expenses by a party central committee are not identifiable expenses for the candidate if the entire slate of candidates, below the national level, is advertised by the committee even though all candidates are not included in each advertisement so long as the expenses for each candidate on the slate are substantially the same in any election.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Campaign Practices › Section 22-25-105 - Campaign Reporting Forms; Instructions and Warning.

22-25-105. Campaign reporting forms; instructions and warning.
(a) The secretary of state shall prescribe the forms for reporting contributions and expenditures for primary, general and special election campaigns, together with written instructions for completing the form and a warning that violators are subject to criminal charges and civil penalties if the forms are not completed and filed pursuant to law. The forms along with instructions and warning shall be distributed to the county clerk and shall be made available, whether in electronic or paper form, by the county clerk to each person filing an application for nomination in his office and to each political action committee and candidate's campaign committee required to file with the county clerk.
(b) The secretary of state shall promulgate rules to allow the forms required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and any other forms and reports required to be filed with him pursuant to this chapter to be filed electronically.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Campaign Practices › Section 22-25-107 - Where Reports to Be Filed.

22-25-107. Where reports to be filed.
(a) All reports required under this chapter shall be filed as follows:
(i) Any candidate for a municipal, county, judicial, school or college board office and any political action committee or candidate's campaign committee supporting such a candidate and any political action committee or organization supporting or opposing a municipal initiative or referendum or ballot proposition within the county, or any organization that causes an independent expenditure or electioneering communication to be made within the county, shall file with the county clerk;
(ii) Any candidate for a state legislative or district judgeship office and any political action committee or candidate's campaign committee supporting or opposing such a candidate, shall file with the secretary of state;
(iii) Any candidate for statewide office shall file with the secretary of state;
(iv) A county party central committee shall file with the secretary of state;
(v) A state party central committee shall file with the secretary of state;
(vi) Precinct committeemen and precinct committeewomen elected at the primary election shall not be required to file a statement of contributions and expenditures;
(vii) Any political action committee or organization supporting or opposing any statewide initiative or referendum petition drive, any statewide ballot proposition or any candidate for statewide office and any organization causing an electioneering communication or an independent expenditure to be made and filing pursuant to W.S. 22-25-106(b)(i) or (h) shall file reports required by this section with the secretary of state.
(b) Reports required to be filed at least seven (7) days before any primary, general or special election shall be filed electronically.
(c) Any reports required under this chapter to be filed with:
(i) The secretary of state, shall be filed electronically as provided under W.S. 9-2-2501;
(ii) A county clerk, may be filed electronically if the board of county commissioners has adopted rules consistent with the requirements of W.S. 9-2-2501 which allow for electronic filing.
(d) Whenever "county clerk" is used in this chapter, it means the county clerk of the county in which the person resides.
(e) The secretary of state shall maintain a searchable database of reports filed pursuant to this chapter available to the public on or through the Internet as defined in W.S. 9-2-3219(a)(iii). The secretary of state shall be responsible for the provision of training and instruction for filers on how to access and use the campaign finance electronic filing system. The training shall be for the purpose of educating filers about use of the system, and is not intended to assist filers with filing their reports.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Campaign Practices › Section 22-25-110 - Campaign Advertising in Communications Media.

22-25-110. Campaign advertising in communications media.
(a) It is unlawful for a candidate, political action committee, organization, including organizations causing an electioneering communication or an independent expenditure to be made, candidate's campaign committee, or any political party central committee to pay for campaign literature or campaign advertising without conspicuously displaying or speaking the following disclosure: "paid for by (name of candidate, organization or committee sponsoring the campaign literature or campaign advertising)". The disclosure set forth in this subsection shall be required in the following forms of campaign literature or campaign advertising:
(i) Printed campaign literature or campaign advertising including mailers, pamphlets, brochures, periodicals or billboards;
(ii) Campaign advertising appearing on the radio or distributed through a telephone or cellular system or other solely auditory medium;
(iii) Campaign advertising appearing on television;
(iv) Paid placement of campaign advertising on the internet or other electronic communication network. This paragraph shall not apply when including the disclosure is impracticable due to size and text limitations in electronic campaign advertising, provided that the campaign advertising shall include a hyperlink to an internet website containing the disclosure.
(b) For purposes of this section, "campaign literature or campaign advertising" does not include small campaign items such as tickets, bumper stickers, pens, pencils, buttons, rulers, nail files, balloons and yard signs displaying the name of the candidate or office sought and any other items specified by rule of the secretary of state.
(c) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 1, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Campaign Practices › Section 22-25-115 - Written Campaign Advertising; Prohibiting Placement on Public Property; Exception.

22-25-115. Written campaign advertising; prohibiting placement on public property; exception.
Except as provided herein, written campaign advertising shall not be placed on or attached to any real or personal property of the state or its political subdivisions. This prohibition shall not apply to fairgrounds of the Wyoming state fair or of any county fair organized under the laws of this state. The University of Wyoming, any community college and school district may permit such advertising subject to regulation by their governing board as to time, place and manner. Any rules and regulations adopted shall provide for equal access to opposing political views. Subject to the approval of the landowner and any rules and regulations adopted by a municipality, campaign materials may be placed on municipal street rights-of-way. The department of transportation shall allow campaign materials to be placed on a state right-of-way within a municipality to the same extent which the municipality allows campaign materials to be placed on municipal street rights-of-way. Nothing in this section shall apply to any interstate highway.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 22 - Elections › Chapter 26 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 22-26-101 - Felony Offenses Generally.

22-26-101. Felony offenses generally.
(a) The following acts in connection with or related to the election process or an election, if knowingly and willfully committed, are felony offenses punishable by not more than five (5) years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both:
(i) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 40, 2.
(ii) Unlawful opening of a ballot box;
(iii) Unlawful opening of a voting machine;
(iv) Unlawful possession of a key;
(v) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 40, 2.
(vi) Falsifying election documents;
(vii) False swearing;
(viii) Offering a bribe;
(ix) Accepting a bribe;
(x) Intimidation;
(xi) Violating W.S. 22-9-125(d)(iv).