Title 22 — Title 22 — Elections

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 preserv…

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.

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 th…

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.

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,…

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…

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) (iv) and addresse…

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 th…

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 designat…

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 co…

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 individu…

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 …

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 petit…

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 re…

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 …

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.

Insufficiency of application or petition. A referendum submitted to the voters shall not be void because of the insufficiency of the application or petitions by which the submission was procured.

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…

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 fo…

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 …