Title 22 — Title 22 — Elections

Announcement that polls will close; electors allowed to vote; proclamation of closing. At 6:30 p.m. the judges of election shall announce that the polls will close in thirty (30) minutes. Electors present and waiting to vote at 7:00 p.m. shall be permitted to enter the polls and …

Judges work schedule. At the discretion of the county clerk, election judges may be allowed to work at the polling place on election day for a period of time less than the total amount of time the polls are open provided the polling place has a sufficient number of election judge…

Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.

Who may be present after all votes are cast and polls close; making pollbooks agree; counting votes. After all the votes are cast and the polls are officially declared closed, only election judges shall be permitted in a polling place. When all ballots are cast, the machine shall…

discrepancies. Counting in paper ballot precincts; Unless otherwise validated by a canvassing board pursuant to W.S. 22-13-105, ballots not initialed by a judge of election or county clerk shall not be counted. If the number of ballots is not equal to the number of voters entered…

Entry of paper ballot votes. Paper ballots shall be opened by the counting board and every vote for a candidate or ballot proposition shall be entered on a list. A vote which is not clearly marked shall not be tallied for that office or question but votes clearly marked on the re…

Vote tallying in voting machine polling places. (a) In voting machine polling places, the judges of election shall cast all remaining absentee ballots on a voting machine in the manner prescribed by W.S. 22-9-121 and shall lock and seal the voting machines. They shall certify in …

Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 138, § 2.

Tabulation of count. The unofficial tabulation indicating the vote by precinct shall immediately be transmitted by the county clerk to the secretary of state. These unofficial tabulations shall be tabulated by the secretary of the state. The secretary of state shall provide proce…

Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 243, § 5.

Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 243, § 5.

records. Sealing paper ballots and voting machine Paper ballots shall be sealed by the election judges in an envelope after being counted and tallied, unless the ballots are being counted at a central counting center as authorized by W.S. 22-14-114(b). One (1) copy of each voting…

Returning records and returns to clerk. (a) Unless the votes are being counted at a central counting center as authorized by W.S. 22-14-114(b), an election judge or peace officer as defined under W.S. 7-2-101(a)(iv)(A) or (B) and acting under the authority of the county clerk sha…

Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 243, § 5.

Return of voting machine keys and supplies. (a) Keys to voting machines shall be returned to the county clerk in an envelope sealed and signed by an election judge and endorsed by an election judge of a different political party affiliation. On this envelope shall be recorded the…

Counting of ballots. (a) For ballots designed to be counted by machine, each individual vote shall be determined by the voting equipment and shall not be determined subjectively by human tabulation except when the intent of the voter is unmistakable but the ballot was received in…

Right to vote may be challenged. Registration is evidence of a person's right to vote at any election, but this right may be challenged at the polls in the manner prescribed by law.

Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.

Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.

Grounds for challenge. (a) A person offering to vote may be challenged for the following reasons: (i) Not a qualified elector; (ii) Not entitled to vote in the precinct; (iii) Name does not appear on poll list and the person cannot meet the requirements to register at the polls; …

Challenged person may vote; generally. (a) If a person offering to vote is challenged, and the challenge is not resolved in accordance with W.S. 22-15-106, an election judge shall offer the voter a ballot clearly marked "provisional" and which cannot be automatically tabulated. (…

Where name not on poll list. A person challenged on the ground that his name does not appear on the poll list may vote if a judge of election obtains verification from the county clerk that the person is entitled to vote in that election within that county.

Repealed by Laws 2002, Ch. 18 § 3.

Duty of judges to challenge. It is the duty of the judges to challenge electors whenever existence of legal grounds for doing so is known or apparent to the judges.

Poll watchers; certification; qualification; authority; removal. (a) The county chairman of each political party may certify poll watchers prior to the day of the election to serve in each polling place. Not more than one (1) poll watcher from each political party may serve simul…

County canvassing board; compensation. The county canvassing board is the county clerk and two (2) electors of different political parties resident in the county appointed by the county clerk. The two (2) electors shall receive the same compensation as election judges. All canvas…

Abstract of vote; returns not filed. (a) The county clerk shall prepare an abstract of the vote of all precincts in the county following a county primary, special or general election. The abstract shall contain all items required in W.S. 22-16-103(c)(viii). (b) The county clerk s…

(a) County canvass procedures. Prior to the county canvass, the county clerk shall: (i) Examine the poll books, tally sheets, precinct certifications and oaths of election officials; (ii) Summarize the number of votes cast in each precinct for every candidate appearing on the bal…

Repealed by Laws 2002, Ch. 18, § 3.

Tie votes. A tie vote shall be decided at an open meeting by lots cast by the county canvassing board or other authority holding the election, except in elections for members of the state legislature, which shall be determined as provided in W.S.

Write-in candidates. (a) Each write-in candidate nominated at a primary election, who has not previously filed an application for nomination shall accept nomination by filing an application for nomination and paying the filing fee in the office in which he would have been require…

Certified results. The certified results of the county canvass shall be posted in the office of the county clerk and copies made available to interested persons.

Results furnished secretary of state. Immediately upon completion of the county canvass, the county clerk shall notify the secretary of state of the election results. A copy of the county abstract, after being certified by the county canvassing boards, shall immediately be delive…

Recounts. (a) The county canvassing board shall make a recount of precinct votes if it appears to the board that a recount is required due to irregularities in that precinct. (b) There shall be a recount made of all the votes cast for any office in which the difference in number …

How candidate may obtain recount; where affidavit filed. (a) A candidate may obtain a recount of votes for the office he is seeking by making and filing an affidavit alleging that fraud or error occurred in counting, returning or canvassing the votes cast in any part of the distr…

Recount of ballot proposition. (a) A recount of votes of a ballot proposition may be obtained in one (1) of the following manners: (i) A recount will be made if the proposition receives a number of votes, greater or lesser, within one percent (1%) of the number of votes required …

result. Precincts to be recounted; recount official (a) follows: The number of precincts to be recounted shall be as (i) If the recount is requested by a candidate, all precincts in which that candidate was voted upon for that office shall be recounted; (ii) If the recount is req…

Recount deposit; expense of recount. (a) An affidavit requesting a recount must be accompanied by the following deposit: (i) If the difference in number of votes cast as calculated pursuant to W.S. 22-16-109(b) is one percent (1%) or greater but less than five percent (5%), five …

recount. Certificates of election or nomination after When the time within which to request a recount has expired without one being requested, or when a recount has been completed, the county clerk shall immediately prepare and mail certificates of election or nomination to each …

State canvassing board. The state canvassing board is the governor, secretary of state, state auditor and state treasurer.

abstracts. Statewide abstract; discrepancies with county From the unofficial tabulations delivered directly to his office, the secretary of state shall tabulate a statewide abstract by counties of votes for president and vice-president, state officers, justice of the supreme cour…

Content of state abstract. The state abstract of an election shall indicate by county the number of ballots cast by each political party, if known, the total votes cast for each candidate, the names of all write-in candidates receiving a sufficient number of votes to affect the r…

Meeting of state canvassing board. The state canvassing board shall meet no later than the second Wednesday following the election. The secretary of state shall send a messenger to obtain official county abstracts not filed in a reasonable length of time. The canvassing board sha…

Tie vote in state abstract. A tie vote for an office contained in the state abstract shall be resolved at an open meeting by lots cast by the state canvassing board.

Filing of state abstract. When the canvass by the state canvassing board is completed and certified, the secretary of state shall file the official state abstract in his office with the minutes of the state canvassing board meeting signed by the members of the state canvassing bo…

Certificates of nomination and election following state or county canvass. (a) When the state canvass is concluded, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of nomination to each candidate nominated at a primary election and certify the names of nominees as provided in W.…

election. Election declared null and void; special (a) If a canvassing board is unable to determine which candidate has been elected or nominated, the canvassing board shall declare any part of the election results to be null and void as to that office and the county clerk shall …

Special mail ballot elections; procedures. (a) A special mail ballot election, as provided in this section, may be held in response to a determination under W.S. 22-16-122(a). (b) In a special mail ballot election, official ballots shall be prepared and all other pre-election pro…

Right to contest elections; exception; grounds. (a) A qualified elector may contest the right of a person declared elected to an office in the elector's county, municipality, district or precinct, other than the office of state legislator, United States president and vice-preside…

Commencement by verified petition; contents. (a) Election contests for all primary election offices and all general election offices other than state legislators, United States president and vice-president and presidential elector, may be commenced by the contestant filing with t…