Title 22, Title 22 — Elections

Vacancies in nomination for minor and provisional parties; withdrawal restricted. (a) Any vacancy in nomination which occurs if a minor or provisional party certified candidate dies, is disqualified to hold the office for which nominated or files a withdrawal or rejection of nomi…

Certification of candidates nominated; printing of names. Not less than sixty (60) days before each general election the secretary of state shall transmit to each county clerk under party headings a certified list of the name and address of each person nominated by primary electi…

County clerk to print ballots; exception. (a) The county clerk shall print official ballots for his county, for all primary, general and special elections. (b) All other ballots shall be provided by the official responsible for conducting the election.

Official ballots. (a) The official ballot shall contain the name of every candidate and every ballot proposition lawfully entitled to appear on the ballot. Only official ballots shall be cast at any election. (b) The official absentee ballot shall be in the form prescribed by law…

Sample ballots; printing, distribution, posting. The officer providing the official ballot shall also print sample ballots which shall be identical to the official ballot except that it shall contain the words "SAMPLE" in large clear letters and may be printed on paper of a diffe…

Sample ballots; publication. The officer providing the official ballots shall publish sample ballots at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district in which each primary and general election is held within two (2) weeks prior to the election. This notice shal…

Replacement of lost ballots. Official ballots not delivered to a polling place or lost, stolen or destroyed shall be replaced immediately by the official providing the ballot. Judges of election receiving replacement ballots shall sign a receipt therefor in which they shall state…

Time for possession of ballots and labels. (a) Official ballots for primary and general elections shall be in the county clerk's possession forty-five (45) days before the election. If a clerk is unable to obtain ballots on time, the secretary of state shall provide by rule and r…

Errors or omissions; posting. (a) The official responsible for preparing the ballot shall correct errors or omissions as soon as possible. (b) The official shall post a copy of each ballot in his office not later than the day when the official must have the ballot in his possessi…

Elector's petition alleging error or omission. (a) Not later than three (3) days after the ballot is posted an elector may file a notarized affidavit with the county clerk alleging that an error or omission exists in any official ballot to be voted within the county. The county c…

Ballot propositions. A ballot proposition shall be printed as nearly as possible in the manner and form prescribed by law for a constitutional amendment.

Only name of candidate on ballot; exception. A candidate may use the name on the ballot by which he is generally known. Professional titles and degrees shall not appear on the ballot. If in the opinion of the officer with whom the application for nomination or election is filed t…

Name to appear only once; exception. (a) No candidate's name shall appear on the partisan ballot more than once, except that of a candidate for the office of precinct committeeman or committeewoman, who may also seek the office of president or vice president of the United States …

More than 1 ballot on machine. More than one (1) ballot may appear on a voting machine but if several ballots are placed on a machine they shall be clearly separated to prevent confusion.

Specifications for paper ballots; arrangements on voting machines. Official paper ballots shall be uniform in size, printed in black ink on good quality paper through which printing cannot be read. Ballots shall be white except as otherwise provided. On a voting machine each colu…

Printing type size of party and candidate names. On official ballots the political party name or title shall be printed in capital letters not less than one-eighth (1/8) inch nor more than one-fourth (1/4) of an inch in height. The names of all candidates shall be printed in the …

Order of listing offices in partisan elections. (a) The major party primary and general partisan election ballots shall contain the offices to be voted on in the following order: (i) President and vice-president of the United States, or electors therefor, or as otherwise required…

Primary ballot colors. (a) The primary ballot of political parties shall be printed on the following colored paper or on paper with the following color demarcation as provided by rule and regulation of the secretary of state: (i) Republican party-White; (ii) Democratic party-Blue…

If the ballot contains a proposed constitutional amendment or other ballot proposition, the instructions shall also include the following: "To vote for or against a proposed constitutional amendment, initiative or referendum, or other ballot proposition, mark the square printed a…

Format of general election ballot. (a) The general election ballot shall be printed in substantial compliance with this format: (i) Across the top shall be printed "Official General Election Ballot"; (ii) On the first line shall be printed the name of the county in which the ball…

Political party ballot position on general election ballot; order of candidates' names. (a) Political party position shall be determined on the general election ballot according to the number of votes received by each party within the county for the office of representative in co…

Rotation of candidates' names; equal lines on voting machines. The names of candidates for each office shall be rotated on all ballots by precinct for all elections. In each county the name of each candidate shall appear substantially an equal number of times at the top, at the b…

Nonpartisan election ballots and ballot propositions. Primary and general election ballots for nonpartisan offices and ballot propositions shall be printed on yellow paper or paper with yellow demarcation as provided by rule and regulation of the secretary of state, separate from…

Ballot propositions format. Following all offices on nonpartisan ballots, ballot propositions shall be printed in the order prescribed by law. The name and official number, if any, of each ballot proposition shall be printed adjacent to the proposition in large letters. Nonpartis…

Order of offices and ballot propositions on nonpartisan ballots. (a) The nonpartisan ballot shall contain the offices and ballot propositions to be voted on in the following order: (i) Retention of justices of the supreme court; (ii) Retention of district court judges; (iii) Rete…

Form of nonpartisan ballots. (a) The official nonpartisan ballot for a general election shall be printed in substantially the following form: OFFICIAL NONPARTISAN ELECTION BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION County of ...., Election District ...., Precinct .... Date .... (here print instruct…

Rotation of names on nonpartisan ballots. (a) The names of candidates for each nonpartisan office shall be rotated on the ballot in the same manner as required by law for candidates for partisan office. (b) Rotation is not necessary if the number of candidates is equal to or less…

Ballots for other elections. At the county clerk's discretion, separate ballots for bond, school and community college districts, and special district elections may be required and shall be provided by the authority responsible for holding the election. Ballots shall conform as n…

Post-election ballot audit. (a) Each county clerk shall complete an audit of the county's unofficial election results by identifying and reviewing the smallest observable percentage between the statewide candidates who received the most votes and the statewide candidates who rece…

Election districts. The board of county commissioners with the advice or recommendation of the county clerk, no later than its first meeting in May in every general election year shall divide the county into not more than thirty (30) election districts. Each district shall be des…

Change in precinct boundary. (a) A precinct boundary shall not be changed unless a notice describing all proposed changes is posted on the county's official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the designate…

Establishing or altering election districts or precincts; designation of special precincts. (a) In establishing or altering election districts or voting precincts, the board of county commissioners shall be guided by the interests and convenience of the greatest number of elector…

Procedure following resolution altering precinct area. Within five (5) days after the adoption of a resolution dividing or consolidating a precinct, or changing a precinct boundary, the county clerk shall send a certified copy of the resolution to the secretary of state and to th…

Election district number to precede precinct number. Whenever they are both referred to, the election district number shall precede the voting precinct number.

Notice of election officials needed; county chairmen to submit list of names; municipal clerks list of names appointment. (a) Not later than the third Tuesday of April in each general election year, each county clerk shall notify the county chairmen of the major and minor politic…

Qualifications. Except as otherwise provided by this section, judges of election and members of counting boards shall be registered electors and shall be physically, morally and mentally competent to perform their duties. The county clerk may appoint persons who are at least sixt…

Terms. Judges of election and members of counting boards serve for two (2) years or until their successors are appointed.

Number of judges in each polling place. At least three (3) judges shall be appointed for each polling place. Additional judges may be appointed in a polling place as determined necessary by the county clerk.

Absentee ballot counting boards. If the alternate procedure for counting absentee ballots described in W.S. 22-9-125 is used, at least three (3) judges shall be appointed as an absentee ballot counting board in the same manner as other election judges are appointed. These judges …

Appointment, composition and authority of counting boards; when judges to count. (a) The county clerk shall appoint a counting board for each paper ballot polling place casting more than three hundred (300) votes at the last general election, and may appoint a counting board in s…

Party representation. Judges and members of counting boards shall be divided between the participating political parties as nearly equal as possible.

Notice of appointment. The county clerk shall immediately mail a notice of appointment to each person selected to serve as a judge of election or a member of a counting board or alternate. The notice shall also state that attendance at the training school for election officials i…

Acceptance of appointment. With each notice of appointment delivered by the county clerk there shall be a form for acceptance of the appointment or notice that each appointee shall be required to notify the county clerk of acceptance. The county clerk shall state the date by whic…

Filling vacancies. (a) Any vacancy occurring prior to an election day shall be filled by the county clerk from the list of alternates. If no alternates exist, any elector who is qualified may be appointed. Any expedient method of notice of appointment to the county clerk and to t…

Training schools; generally and payment for attending. Not later than four (4) days before the primary and general election, the county clerk under the direction of the secretary of state shall conduct a training school for judges of election and members of counting boards to pro…

Training schools; mileage payment and certificate. Judges of election and members of counting boards and their alternates will be paid mileage in excess of five (5) miles at the rate authorized for county employees for attendance at training schools. The county clerk shall issue …

Oath for election officials. (a) An election official shall subscribe to this oath in writing before entering upon his duties at each election: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will impartially and to the best of my knowledge and ability perform the duties of my office. I …

Compensation. Judges of election and members of counting boards shall be compensated for services at a rate to be determined by the board of county commissioners at the June meeting and stated on the notice sent to each nominee. The rate shall be not less than the state minimum w…

Duty to assist absent electors to vote. The state and county selective service boards, all military organizations, the adjutant general, citizens and officers of this state are charged with the duty of cooperation with election officials and absent electors to assist absent quali…

Who may vote by absentee ballot. (a) Any qualified elector may vote by absentee ballot. (b) A qualified elector who leaves the state with the intent to make his residence elsewhere may vote by absentee ballot in Wyoming until he has met the residency requirement in his new state …