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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 12 - Certification of Voting Equipment › Section 12-7 - Purchasing New Equipment

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) In order to
				facilitate compliance with HAVA and state election laws, no county shall
				purchase any new equipment, trade old equipment for new equipment, or install
				any updates, patches or add-ons without the prior written notification to the
				secretary of state and subsequent approval by the secretary of state.
(b) Any new equipment that is purchased by
				either the state or county must be certified pursuant to these rules.
(c) Counties must keep an inventory of all
				voting system equipment to include:
(i) The
				type of equipment being used to include peripherals;
(ii) The quantity of each;
(iii) The serial number of each;
(iv) The software version, if applicable, of
				each; and
(v) The firmware version,
				if applicable, of each piece of hardware.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 13 - ELECTION JUDGES AND COUNTING BOARD MEMBERS › Section 13-2 - Duties of the County Clerk

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The County
				Clerk shall appoint election judges and counting board members in accordance
				with
				W.S.
				22-8-101.
(b) The County Clerk has the authority to
				determine who may be an election judge or counting board member. Candidates may
				not serve as an election judge in a precinct where the candidate's name will
				appear on the ballot.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 13 - ELECTION JUDGES AND COUNTING BOARD MEMBERS › Section 13-3 - Duties of Election Judges and Counting Board Members

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Election judges
				shall inventory ballots delivered pursuant to
				W.S.
				22-12-108, and the total shall be marked in
				the poll book or inventory log.
(b)
				Election judges shall verify the number of voters by comparing the poll book
				numbering with the number of voted ballots displayed on the voting machine. Any
				discrepancies shall be recorded by documenting the discrepancy, the time, and
				any additional information related to the discrepancy.
(c) Election judges shall report errors or
				problems with the voting equipment to the County Clerk's Office as soon as
				possible.
(d) Election judges shall
				provide assistance to curb-side voters in accordance with Chapter 5, Section 4
				of these rules.
(e) At the close of
				the polls, election judges shall count the unused and spoiled ballots to
				balance the inventory of ballots they received and record the inventory in the
				poll book or inventory log.
(f)
				Counted ballots shall be locked in a secure container and sealed. The seal
				shall remain on the container until returned to the County Clerk.
(g) At the close of the polls, election
				judges shall secure all equipment using the procedures established by the
				equipment manufacturer, the County Clerk and the Secretary of State's
				rules.
(h) At the close of the
				polls, election judges and counting board members shall return all voting
				supplies, poll books, inventory logs and ballot boxes to the County Clerk as
				soon as possible.
(i) Election
				judges and counting board members shall not post or give out unofficial results
				except to the County Clerk.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 13 - ELECTION JUDGES AND COUNTING BOARD MEMBERS › Section 13-4 - Absentee Ballots

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) For absentee
				ballots that are counted at the polling place location, or if a county clerk is
				using a central counting center:
(i) If an
				absentee ballot has been sent to a voter and that voter attempts to vote at the
				polls, the election judge shall determine whether an absentee ballot has been
				received in the County Clerk's office for that voter.
(ii) If the absentee ballot has been received
				in the County Clerk's office, the voter may not vote in person.
(iii) If the election judge is not able to
				reach the County Clerk, the judge shall offer to let the voter vote a
				provisional ballot. The decision to count the provisional ballot shall be
				decided by the county canvassing board pursuant to
				W.S.
				22-15-105(d).
(iv) If the voter's absentee ballot has not
				been received by the County Clerk's office, the voter shall be allowed to
				vote.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 13 - ELECTION JUDGES AND COUNTING BOARD MEMBERS › Section 13-5 - Student Election Judges

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Individuals
				between 16 and 18 years old may serve as student election judges by filing an
				application with the County Clerk. A student election judge appointed by the
				County Clerk shall subscribe to the oath required by
				W.S.
				22-8-115 and may register persons to
				vote.
(b) The application form for
				student election judges shall be prescribed by the Secretary of
				State.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 13 - ELECTION JUDGES AND COUNTING BOARD MEMBERS › Section 13-6 - Judges' Work Schedule

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The head or
				chief judge may not work a split shift.
(b) The County Clerk shall determine if
				election judges may work split shifts during an election. The County Clerk
				shall:
(i) Determine which precincts, if any,
				may use spilt shifts.
(ii) Set
				specific hours to be worked.
(iii)
				Ensure that each shift includes an equal number of election judges representing
				each major political party. If major political parties cannot be represented,
				the County Clerk may use unaffiliated election judges.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 14 - POLLING PLACES › Section 14-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Ballot Box"
				means any container that holds election ballots that can be locked and
				sealed.
(b) "Auxiliary Bin" means
				any container that contains voted ballots that have not been tabulated by a
				tabulating machine due to equipment failure or other emergency as determined by
				the County Clerk, that can be locked and sealed.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 14 - POLLING PLACES › Section 14-3 - Prior to Polls Opening

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The County
				Clerk and their election judges shall ensure the security of the equipment and
				materials in transit to the polling place and at the polling place prior to the
				opening of the polls. Election judges shall recheck all security seals and
				security measures prior to the opening of the polls.
(b) Election judges shall inventory ballots
				delivered pursuant to W.S. 22-12- 108, and the total shall be marked in the
				poll book or inventory log.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 14 - POLLING PLACES › Section 14-4 - During Polling Hours

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any issue
				encountered with the voting equipment shall be reported by the election judges
				to the County Clerk's Office. The county clerk shall report the issue to the
				Secretary of State as soon as possible.
(b) In precincts where absentee ballots are
				counted at the polls, a sign shall be posted stating that election judges may
				be processing absentee ballots while voters are in the polling area.
(c) Poll watchers from any political party
				are allowed at the polling place only if the County Clerk has been notified of
				the name of the poll watcher, and the time and polling place that the poll
				watcher will serve. Election judges shall be trained by the County Clerk on
				poll watchers' duties prior to election day. Poll watchers may not sit at the
				same table as election judges. No one other than the election judges may ask
				voters questions. Poll watchers shall wear appropriate identification as
				determined by the County Clerk.
(d)
				If the election judges determine that a precinct will not have a sufficient
				number of ballots and the polling place does not have a ballot on demand
				printer, the election judges shall notify the County Clerk as soon as possible.
				When the County Clerk has been notified by the election judges of the need for
				additional ballots:
(i) The County Clerk shall
				prepare and deliver ballots to the polling place and document the number of
				additional ballots printed and delivered;
(ii) Upon delivery of the ballots, the
				election judges shall confirm the number of ballots received at the polling
				place and mark the number on the balance sheet prior to using the
				ballots;
(iii) If the County Clerk
				does not have a ballot on demand printer, the County Clerk shall supply the
				precinct with copies of the ballot to serve as emergency ballots. Election
				judges shall confirm the number of emergency ballots received at the polling
				place and mark the number on the balance sheet prior to using the emergency
				ballots;
(iv) Voted emergency
				ballots shall be placed in the auxiliary bin and shall be treated by the County
				Clerk as damaged ballots and processed in accordance with Chapter 6 of the
				Election Procedures Rules.
(v) If
				the emergency ballots cannot be duplicated and tabulated, they shall be counted
				by hand by the canvassing board and the results tallied in the poll book or
				inventory log.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 14 - POLLING PLACES › Section 14-5 - After the Polls Close

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) If the County
				Clerk has directed election judges to process absentee ballots after the polls
				close, the election judges shall not process the absentee ballots until all
				voters in line have voted.
(b) The
				election judges shall count the number of ballots in the auxiliary bin, mark
				this number on the balance sheet, and transfer the ballots from the auxiliary
				bin to a sealed ballot box to be delivered to the County Clerk.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 14 - POLLING PLACES › Section 14-6 - Opening, Closing, and Re-Opening the Polls

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) As used in this
				section, "opening of polls," means activating a ballot tabulation device so
				that votes may be tabulated, "closing of polls," means deactivating a ballot
				tabulation device so that votes may not be tabulated, and "re-opening of polls"
				means activating a ballot tabulation device, after the ballot tabulation device
				has been deactivated. "Opening of polls," "closing of polls," and "re-opening
				of polls," does not mean the opening or closing of a polling place.
(b) Polls shall be opened, closed, and
				re-opened in accordance with statute, and at the direction of the County
				Clerk.
(c) At the direction of the
				County Clerk and in the presence of two (2) or more election judges from
				different political parties, if available, the polls may be re-opened subject
				to the following:
(i) Election judges shall
				provide notice to voters present at the polls.
(ii) If election judges find ballots in the
				auxiliary bin or discover other non-counted ballots after the polls have
				closed, they shall call the County Clerk and report it immediately.
(iii) The County Clerk may instruct election
				judges to re-open the polls to process all non-counted ballots. If the County
				Clerk does not instruct election judges to re-open the polls and process all
				non-counted ballots, the County Clerk shall submit the non-counted ballots to
				the County Canvassing Board to process.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 15 - ELECTION RESULTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE › Section 15-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State, pursuant to
				  W.S.
				  22-2-121, is authorized to promulgate such
				  rules as are necessary to maintain uniform voting and vote counting procedures
				  and orderly voting and to comply with the requirements of the Help America Vote
				  Act of 2002 (HAVA), Public
				  Law 107-252.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 15 - ELECTION RESULTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE › Section 15-2 - Purpose

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated to establish standards and
				  procedures for sending official and unofficial election reports to the
				  Secretary of States Office, in accordance with
				  W.S.
				  22-8-101,
et
				  seq.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 15 - ELECTION RESULTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE › Section 15-3 - Applicability

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules apply to all local election officials with
				  responsibilities as designated in
				  W.S.
				  22-8-101,
et
				  seq.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 15 - ELECTION RESULTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE › Section 15-4 - Election Night Results

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The County
				Clerk shall immediately submit unofficial results as prescribed by the
				Secretary of State's Office, including:
(i)
				The precinct-by-precinct results;
(ii) Over and under votes;
(iii) Write-in vote totals; and
				either
(iv) Total ballots cast by
				party for the Primary Election; or
(v) Total ballots cast for the General
				Election.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 15 - ELECTION RESULTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE › Section 15-5 - Following the Canvassing Board Meeting

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The County
				Clerk shall immediately submit official results via email to the Secretary of
				State's Office, using the report forms as designated by the Secretary of State.
				These shall include:
(i) The
				precinct-by-precinct results;
(ii)
				Over and under votes;
(iii)
				Write-in vote totals;
(iv)
				Applicable write-in spread sheet/information that could have affected the
				outcome of the races of interest to the Secretary of State;
(v) Number of provisional ballots
				received;
(vi) Number of
				provisional ballots counted;
(vii)
				Reasons for rejection of provisional ballots;
(viii) Total ballots cast;
(ix) Total ballots cast by
				precinct;
(x) Provisional ballot
				spreadsheet; and
(xi) Any other
				information deemed necessary to complete the State Canvass.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 15 - ELECTION RESULTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE › Section 15-6 - Emergency Procedures

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State's Office shall have a written
				  procedure on alternative ways to report the unofficial and official results
				  should it be impossible to report in the normal method.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 15 - ELECTION RESULTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE › Section 15-7 - Recount

Current through July 13, 2024
When a County Clerk conducts a retabulation following an
				  election, such retabulation may constitute a recount pursuant to
				  W.S.
				  22-16-109(b).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 16 - VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 16-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State, pursuant to
				  W.S.
				  22-2-121, is authorized to promulgate such
				  rules as are necessary to maintain uniform voting, to maintain orderly voting
				  and to comply with the requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
				  (HAVA), Public Law
				  107-252 and the Military and Overseas Voter
				  Empowerment Act of 2009 (MOVE). Section 303 of HAVA requires the use of a
				  statewide voter registration system to serve as the single system for storing
				  and managing the official list of registered voters throughout the State. The
				  statewide voter registration system shall be designated the statewide voter
				  registration system and shall be used by all counties for the conduct of all
				  federal and statewide elections for full compliance with HAVA and
				  MOVE.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 16 - VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 16-4 - Completion of Voter Registration Application

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Party Affiliation.
Voters must select one of the currently
				recognized political parties or select "unaffiliated" on the voter registration
				(VR) application. If a recognized party loses status, the affiliation of the
				voter will remain in the voter registration database, but will appear as
				unaffiliated on all reports unless the voter formally changes his affiliation
				to a currently recognized party.
(b) The statewide voter registration
				application form will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and can be found
				on-line. This form must be signed in front of a registry agent.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 16 - VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 16-5 - Voter Registration Drives

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) County Clerks
				may not accept batches of voter registration applications. An individual must
				submit his voter registration application in person or by mail, and said
				application must comply with the requirements of
				W.S.
				22-3-103.
(b) County Clerks may not conduct voter
				registration drives except in a public area that is owned or occupied by a
				political subdivision or governmental institution, agency, or entity.
(c) All copies of identification submitted in
				accordance with W.S. W.S.
				W.S.
				22-3-117(a) and
				22-3-118(c) shall
				be attached to the voter registration application and shall be kept
				confidential in accordance with other voter registration information. All
				copies shall be retained for no less than twenty-four (24) months, or until a
				voter votes in person and presents identification at the polls, after which
				said documents can be destroyed.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 16 - VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 16-6 - Adding a Voter to the Voter Registration System

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
				All counties shall enter election day voter registration applications into the
				statewide voter registration system not later than thirty (30) calendar days
				following any election held under
				W.S.
				22-2-101. The Secretary of State may allow a
				five (5) calendar day extension if requested in writing by the County Clerk
				stating the reason for the necessity of an extension.
(b) In order to preserve historical data on
				voters, when a voter exists in the statewide voter registration system, whether
				active or inactive, County Clerks shall not create a new/duplicate record when
				registering the voter. Instead, County Clerks must update the current active
				record or reactivate the existing inactive record.
(c) The County Clerk shall process all
				potential duplicate voter records prior to conducting absentee voting in any
				federal or statewide election by:
(i) Marking
				in the statewide voter registration system the duplicate voting records as not
				a match; or
(ii) Merging the
				duplicate voting records in the statewide voter registration system that are a
				match.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 16 - VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 16-7 - Cancelling a Voter Registration

Current through July 13, 2024
When the County Clerk has information that a registration
				  should be cancelled, he shall mail a notice to cancel pursuant to
				  W.S.
				  22-3-116. The notice shall state that the
				  cancellation shall occur within twenty (20) days from the date the notice was
				  mailed unless the elector asks that his name remain on the registry list. A
				  felon who requests to remain on the list must provide proof that he is a
				  qualified elector.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 16 - VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 16-8 - Access to Voter Registration System

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Counties are
				required to access the statewide voter registration system only from approved
				locations. Any connection from a source that is not approved is a violation of
				the user access documents signed by all users of the system and could
				jeopardize the security of the HAVA-compliant statewide voter registration
				system.
(b) Approved locations are
				limited to the County Clerk's Office, unless:
(i) The County Clerk requests permission in
				writing for remote access;
(ii) The
				County Clerk certifies that the remote access meets the following criteria:
(A) The connection between the remote site
				and the County Clerk's Office must be through a secure Virtual Private Network
				(VPN) connection; and
(B) The VPN
				connection must be based on one of the following technologies:
(I) IPsec (Internet Protocol
				Security);
(II) L2TP (layer 2
				tunneling protocol); or
(III) SSL
				(Secure Sockets Layer); and
(C) The computer used from the remote
				location must have current anti-virus software installed; and
(D) The computer must be in compliance with
				the County's standard security practices.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 17 - PRIVACY OF VOTER INFORMATION › Section 17-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State, pursuant to
				  W.S.
				  22-2-121, is authorized to promulgate such
				  rules as are necessary to maintain uniform voting procedures and to comply with
				  the requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA),
				  Public Law
				  107-252.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 17 - PRIVACY OF VOTER INFORMATION › Section 17-4 - Privacy of Information

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any registered
				voter may request that his residence and/or mailing address be concealed from
				public inspection on the voter registration list. Such request shall be made in
				writing to the County Clerk and shall demonstrate a threat to the voter's
				safety. Upon receipt of such request, the County Clerk shall take the
				appropriate steps to ensure that such person's residence and/or mailing address
				is not publicly disclosed.
(b) Upon
				submission of a certified copy of a court order granting that a voter's name be
				kept confidential, the person's name shall be removed from all voter records
				available for public inspection. However, if receipt of such certified order is
				within forth-five (45) days of the election, the voter's name shall be removed
				from the voter records within seven (7) days after the election.
(c)W.S.
				22-2-113(d) specifies voter
				registration information that is deemed confidential. County Clerks shall
				maintain confidentiality by omitting confidential information from poll lists;
				from all reports provided to candidates, candidates campaign committee's or
				political action committees; and from any report made available to the public
				or to political parties. Such confidential information will appear on the
				statewide voter registration database, but access is limited to those users
				authorized to utilize the database.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 18 - CANDIDATES › Section 18-4 - Campaign Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Candidates are
				required to file in specific filing offices. At the time of filing, candidates
				are to be provided with information regarding how to access the following
				items:
(i) Campaign guide; and
(ii) Information on campaign finance
				disclosure reports.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 18 - CANDIDATES › Section 18-5 - Candidate Withdrawal

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) These rules
				apply to all candidates whose name appears on the ballot of an election
				administered by a County Clerk and are to be used when a candidate withdraws
				from an election.
(b) Upon receipt
				of written and signed notification by a candidate of his intention to withdraw
				from a race, a candidate's name will be removed from the ballot. If the ballot
				has been finalized and approved for printing prior to notification, the County
				Clerk will prominently post a notice at each polling place declaring the
				withdrawal. The notice shall state the full name of the candidate as it is
				printed on the ballot, the office the candidate was seeking, and all other
				pertinent information the County Clerk deems helpful to the voters. If the
				withdrawal notice is received by a filing office other than the County Clerk, a
				copy of the withdrawal will be immediately transferred to the County Clerk
				conducting the election.
(c) Prior
				to election day, but during absentee voting, the notice shall be posted in a
				prominent location at all absentee voting locations so it is easily visible to
				all absentee voters. A withdrawal notice shall be included with all absentee
				ballots mailed to voters effective from the day of formal notice of withdrawal
				to the end of the absentee balloting process.
(d) If time allows, notice should be provided
				with the publication of the sample ballots and polling place
				information.
(e) Once a candidate
				has withdrawn his name from the election, he may not subsequently change his
				mind and request his name be placed on the ballot. If the time for filing
				nomination applications has not yet closed, a candidate who has withdrawn may
				file another application.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 18 - CANDIDATES › Section 18-6 - Candidate Name

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A candidate is
				required to use his full name on his application for nomination or election.
				Fictitious or pseudo names will not be allowed. The Secretary of State or a
				County Clerk may ask for verification of name at time of filing. A candidate
				may not change his name after the application period for nomination or election
				has closed.
(b) A candidate may not
				change the ballot name he used on his application between the Primary, General
				and Special Election. For example, because of the confusion it could cause the
				voter, a person who marries or divorces between the Primary, General and
				Special Election will not be permitted to change his ballot name on the
				ballot.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 19 - WRITE-IN VOTES › Section 19-1 - Authority and Purpose

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State, pursuant to
				  W.S.
				  22-2-121, is authorized to promulgate such
				  rules as are necessary to maintain uniform voting and vote counting procedures
				  and orderly voting and to comply with the requirements of the Help America Vote
				  Act of 2002 (HAVA),
				  Public
				  Law 107-252. These rules are promulgated to
				  establish procedures for the counting of write-in votes and notification of
				  successful candidates and apply to all local election officials with
				  responsibilities as designated in
				  W.S.
				  22-8-101, et seq. Definitions from Chapter
				  29, Section 2 shall apply to this Chapter.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 19 - WRITE-IN VOTES › Section 19-2 - Valid Write-In Votes

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) To constitute a
				valid write-in vote, the following shall apply for each of the following ballot
				devices:
(i)
Ballot Tabulation
				Devices
(A) The oval next to the
				write-in line must be filled;
(B)
				The name must be written on the line provided; and
(C) Stickers with preprinted names cannot be
				used on a ballot.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 19 - WRITE-IN VOTES › Section 19-4 - Valid Write-In Votes

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) To constitute a
				valid write-in vote:
(i)
Optical Scan
				Machines
(A) The oval next to the
				write-in line must be filled;
(B)
				The name must be written on the line provided; and
(C) Stickers with preprinted names cannot be
				used on a ballot.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 19 - WRITE-IN VOTES › Section 19-5 - Notifying Successful Municipal Candidates

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Canvassing
				Board shall determine if the municipal write-in has received at least three (3)
				votes. The Canvassing Board shall then determine if the write-in candidate is a
				qualified voter residing in that municipality and ward, if applicable. The
				Canvassing Board shall determine the write-in candidate(s) that received the
				most votes based on the number of offices up for election. If there is a tie,
				lots shall be cast by the Canvassing Board and the winner shall be notified as
				required in
				W.S.
				22-16-106(b).
(b) A notice of all eligible write-in
				candidates as set forth in the County Canvass shall be forwarded to the
				Municipal Clerk. Failure of the successful write-in candidate to accept the
				nomination within five (5) days shall result in a vacancy which may be filled
				as provided in W.S.
				W.S.
				22-23-308.
(c) All nominations for the General Election
				must be submitted to the County Clerk not less than sixty (60) days prior to
				the General Election as provided in
				
										22-23-308(c).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 20 - POSSESSION OF BALLOTS › Section 20-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State, pursuant to WS
										22-2-121, is authorized to promulgate such
				  rules as are necessary to maintain uniform voting and vote counting procedures
				  and orderly voting and to comply with the requirements of the Help America Vote
				  Act of 2002 (HAVA), Public
				  Law 107-252.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 20 - POSSESSION OF BALLOTS › Section 20-4 - Possession of Ballots

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)W.S.
				22-6-107 states ballots shall be in the
				County Clerks possession forty (40) days before the election and under the
				Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) forty-five (45)
				days before the election.
(b) In
				the event ballots are not in the possession of the County Clerks by the
				statutory deadline, County Clerks shall notify the Secretary of State and shall
				immediately prepare emergency ballots as follows:
(i) Print absentee ballots in-house with a
				ballot-on-demand printer, if available to them; or
(ii) Print ballots in another County with
				ballot-on-demand capabilities, if possible; or
(iii) Prepare paper copies which cannot be
				machine read, but could be duplicated by the duplicating board, the absentee
				board or the election judges at the polls. Such duplicate ballots shall be
				machine counted.
(iv) If there is
				not sufficient ballot stock that can be machine counted and stock cannot be
				obtained in another County using ballot-on-demand capabilities, the County
				Clerk shall immediately notify the Secretary of State. The duplicating board,
				absentee board or the election judges at the polls shall then hand count those
				ballots.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 21 - WYOMING CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM (WYCFIS) › Section 21-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State, pursuant to Wyoming
				  Statute
										22-25-105, may promulgate such rules as are
				  necessary to implement and maintain the electronic campaign finance information
				  system.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 21 - WYOMING CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM (WYCFIS) › Section 21-4 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Account" means
				the online account established by any person for reporting campaign
				contributions and expenditures.
(b)
				"Address of record" means any physical mailing address or email address of a
				person or officer on a Wyoming Campaign Finance Information System (WYCFIS)
				account.
(c) "Committee" means a
				candidate's campaign committee or a political action committee.
(d) "In-kind contribution" means a donation
				of a good, service, or any item of value in place of a monetary
				donation.
(e) "Person" means any
				individual or entity, including candidate campaign committees, political action
				committees, political parties, organizations supporting or opposing any ballot
				proposition or causing electioneering communications or independent
				expenditures to be made, or any other persons, committees, or organizations,
				that Wyoming law requires to file campaign finance statements.
(f) "Responsible party" means a candidate,
				committee officer, chairman, treasurer, or other person that
				W.S.
				22-25-106 requires to file campaign finance
				reports.
(g) "WYCFIS" means the
				electronic Wyoming Campaign Finance Information System.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 21 - WYOMING CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM (WYCFIS) › Section 21-5 - Establishing an Account

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All persons who
				are required by law to electronically sign and electronically file campaign
				finance reports using WYCFIS must establish a WYCFIS account.
(b) Persons establishing a WYCFIS account
				must provide all information requested by WYCFIS.
(c) All persons shall keep their email
				addresses and all other contact information in their WYCFIS account
				current.
(d) The Secretary of
				State's Office shall send all correspondence to a person's or officer's address
				of record.
(e) If a candidate has
				not created a WYCFIS account by July 1 of the election year in which they are
				running, the Secretary of State's Office shall create the candidate's WYCFIS
				account. The candidate must file campaign finance reports using their WYCFIS
				account.
(f) The Secretary of
				State's Office shall review all WYCFIS account applications for compliance with
				the law and these rules. The Secretary of State's Office shall reject any
				WYCFIS account application that is incomplete or does not contain all required
				information. In addition, the Secretary of State's Office may reject any WYCFIS
				account application for the following reasons:
(i) A person is applying as a candidate for a
				position for which they are not qualified; or
(ii) A person is using a fictitious or false
				name.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 21 - WYOMING CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM (WYCFIS) › Section 21-6 - Signing the Application

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Secretary
				of State's Office shall consider an electronic WYCFIS account application form
				to be signed when the responsible party types his or her name on the form and
				checks the box stating that the responsible party has read and understood the
				WYCFIS terms and conditions and that he or she declares, under penalty, of
				perjury that the information is true and correct.
(b) Typed signatures must match the name as
				previously entered on the account application form in WYCFIS.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 21 - WYOMING CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM (WYCFIS) › Section 21-7 - Filing Deadlines

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) An application
				to set up a WYCFIS account may be filed at any time, but the Secretary of
				State's Office must approve an application before a person can file any
				campaign finance reports.
(b)
				Campaign finance reports must be electronically filed before midnight on the
				last day for filing a required campaign finance report.
(c) Write-in candidates must file a
				contribution and expenditure report pursuant to
				W.S.
				22-25-106(a), regardless of
				whether the candidate has received or expended funds, unless the candidate did
				not actively seek office.
(d) A
				Special Election under
				W.S.
				22-16-122 shall be considered a continuation
				of the election, whether Primary or General, for purposes of campaign finance
				reporting.
(i) In a Special Election, persons
				shall report their contributions and expenditures using the amendment process
				in WYCFIS.
(ii) Contributions
				received or expended for a Special Election must be designated as such in
				WYCFIS.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 21 - WYOMING CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM (WYCFIS) › Section 21-8 - Reporting Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any committee
				that receives regularly scheduled payroll deductions or automatic monthly
				contributions from individuals pursuant to
				W.S.
				22-25-102(h) may report
				those contributions cumulatively by individual at each required reporting
				period, providing the committee retains documentation of each
				contribution.
(b) Any person may
				transfer funds from their campaign account to any other campaign account. Such
				transfer of funds is an expenditure and the receipt of such funds is a
				contribution. Both must be reported.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 21 - WYOMING CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM (WYCFIS) › Section 21-9 - Closing an Account

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) At the end of
				an election cycle, the Secretary of State's Office shall administratively close
				all active individual candidate accounts and accounts for organizations
				supporting or opposing any ballot proposition or causing electioneering
				communications or independent expenditures to be made. A candidate may open a
				new candidate account starting January 1 of the new election cycle.
(b) Committee accounts shall remain open and
				be subject to all statutorily required ongoing reports until the account's
				responsible party closes the account.
(c) Thirty (30) days after the Primary
				Election, the Secretary of State's Office may administratively close the
				candidate account of any candidate who was not successful in the Primary.
				Administratively closing an account does not absolve the candidate from filing
				any required campaign finance reports.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 21 - WYOMING CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM (WYCFIS) › Section 21-10 - Penalties for Delinquent Filings

Current through July 13, 2024
Any candidate, candidate's campaign committee, political
				  action committee or organization that fails to file a required report under
				  W.S.
				  22-25-106 shall be subject to civil penalties
				  pursuant to W.S.
				  W.S.
				  22-25-108.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 22 - BALLOT PREPARATION › Section 22-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State, pursuant to WS
										22-2-121, is authorized to promulgate such
				  rules as are necessary to maintain uniform voting and vote counting procedures
				  and orderly voting.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 22 - BALLOT PREPARATION › Section 22-4 - Order of Listing on Ballot

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Primary and
				General Election ballots shall contain the offices to be voted on in the order
				established by
				W.S.
				22-6-117.
(b) Party position on the General Election
				ballot for each office is determined by the number of votes received by each
				party within the County for the office of representative in congress at the
				last preceding General Election, as set forth in W.S. W.S.
				W.S.
				22-6-121.
(c) On the Primary partisan ballot, if any
				party does not have a candidate for a particular office, the ballot shall not
				state, "No candidate filed."
(d) On
				the General ballot, if any party does not have a candidate for a particular
				office, the ballot shall not list the major party nor state, "No candidate
				filed."
(e) All statutes pertaining
				to write-in spaces per office must be followed.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 23 - CLOSING THE ELECTION IN THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM › Section 23-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State, pursuant to WS
										22-2-121, is authorized to promulgate such
				  rules as are necessary to maintain uniform voting and vote counting procedures
				  and orderly voting and to comply with the requirements of the Help America Vote
				  Act of 2002 (HAVA), Public
				  Law 107-252.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 23 - CLOSING THE ELECTION IN THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM › Section 23-2 - Purpose

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated to establish standards and
				  procedures for the reporting of election data for purposes of complying with
				  HAVA requirements.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 23 - CLOSING THE ELECTION IN THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM › Section 23-4 - Procedures for Closing the Election

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The County
				Clerk must check the Completed Election Day Registrations box in the statewide
				voter registration system to finalize the General Election day registration
				reporting process.
(b) The County
				Clerk must certify the election in the statewide voter registration system by
				December 31 on even numbered years or on an alternate date if directed by the
				Secretary of State if required to meet federal mandates.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 24 - PETITIONS › Section 24-2 - Independent Candidate Petitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Independent
				candidates for partisan office shall be nominated by filing a petition
				containing the number of valid signatures required by
				W.S.
				22-5-304 with the Secretary of State or the
				County Clerk not less than seventy (70) days before a General
				Election.
(b) The petition for
				nomination shall be approved for circulation by the appropriate filing office
				prior to collecting signatures in substantially the same form as found in W.S.
				22-5301.
(c) A registered elector
				may sign more than one (1) independent candidate's petition for nomination to
				the same office.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 24 - PETITIONS › Section 24-3 - Counting of Signatures on Petitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) If the
				registered elector was not registered to vote on the day they signed the
				petition, that elector's signature shall not be counted.
(b) A signature shall not be valid if the
				date the petition was signed by the elector does not coincide with the
				circulation dates of the petition.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 24 - PETITIONS › Section 24-4 - Curing Defective Petitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Petitions must
				have at least the minimum number of required signatures before being submitted
				to the appropriate filing office for signature validation.
(b) If the filing office determines that
				there are at least the minimum number of signatures, the filing office shall
				accept the petition for signature validation.
(c) After validating the petition signatures,
				if the number of valid signatures submitted does not meet the number required,
				the filing office shall contact the petitioner informing them that they have
				not met the signature requirement of the petition. The petition may then be
				cured if the petitioner submits additional valid signatures before the last
				date for filing.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 25 - Post-Election Audit › Section 25-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State, pursuant to
				  W.S.
				  22-2-121, is authorized to promulgate such
				  rules as are necessary to maintain uniform voting and vote counting procedures
				  and orderly voting and to comply with the requirements of the Help America Vote
				  Act of 2002 (HAVA), Public
				  Law 107-252.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 25 - Post-Election Audit › Section 25-2 - Purpose

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated for purposes of complying with
				  HAVA requirements and to establish standards and procedures for the post
				  election audit of ballots using the automated tabulating equipment used to
				  tabulate votes. These procedures are for the purpose of spot checking the
				  operation of the automated tabulating equipment and not for the purpose of
				  validating the conduct or outcome of any specific election. Specific election
				  results are regulated through the canvassing process.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 26 - SPECIAL DISTRICT ELECTIONS › Section 26-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The secretary of state has authority to promulgate these
				  rules after consultation with the county clerks under
				  W.S.
				  22-29-114 and W.S.
				  W.S.
				  22-29-115(b).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 26 - SPECIAL DISTRICT ELECTIONS › Section 26-4 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) As used in
				these rules:
(i) "Absentee voting" means
				voting by electors who are not casting their ballot at their designated polling
				place on election day.
(ii)
				"Conventional election" means the type of special district election held in
				accordance with
				W.S.
				22-29-101 through
				22-29-114;
(iii) "District secretary" means the director
				of the district who is responsible for the compilation of minutes, notice of
				meetings, and other logistical matters of the district;
(iv) "Election judge" means one who presides
				over the polling place, handing out ballots, giving instructions, challenging,
				and collecting and securing ballots.