Title 22, Title 22 — Elections

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 (a) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 118, § 2.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 …

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no individual other than the candidate, or the candidate's immediate family shall contribute directly or indirectly: (i) To any candidate for statewide political office, or to any candidate for statewide political office’s candida…

Contribution of funds or election assistance restricted; limitation on contributions; right to communicate; civil penalty. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no organization except a political party, political action committee or candidate's campaign committee, dir…

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 cons…

Restriction on party funds in primary elections. No political party funds shall be expended directly or indirectly in the aid of the nomination of any one person as against another person of the same political party running in the primary election.

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…

Filing of campaign reports. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (g) and (j) of this section and in addition to other reports required by this subsection: (i) Every candidate, whether successful or not, shall file an itemized statement of contributions and expenditures…

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 a…

Failure of persons to file reports; notice; penalties; reconsideration. (a) Any person required to file a report under W.S. 22-25-106 shall be given notice prior to an election, by the appropriate filing office specified under W.S. 22-25-107, that failure to file the report withi…

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 p…

Campaign advertising rates. Rates charged for political campaign advertising shall not be higher than rates charged for local advertising of the same quality and quantity.

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 ap…

Prohibition of foreign funding influencing statewide ballot measures. (a) As used in this section: (i) "Directly or indirectly" means acting either alone or jointly with, through or on behalf of any committee, organization, person or entity; (ii) "Foreign national" means as defin…

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 mo…

Registration offenses. (a) Registration offenses consist of performing any of the following acts in connection with or related to the election process or an election: (i) Signing or offering to sign an application to register when not a qualified elector or to register under a fa…

Unlawful opening of ballot box. Unlawful opening of a ballot box consists of opening a ballot box or inspecting or removing the contents thereof without lawful authority, or conspiring with others so to open a ballot box.

Unlawful opening of voting machine. Unlawful opening of a voting machine consists of opening, unlocking, inspecting, tampering with, resetting or adjusting a voting machine without lawful authority, or conspiring with others to do so.

Unlawful possession of key. Unlawful possession of a key consists of the possession at any time of a key to a voting machine or ballot box, or making a duplicate thereof, unless authorized by law.

False voting. (a) False voting consists of performing any of the following acts in connection with or related to the election process or an election: (i) Voting, or offering to vote, when not a qualified elector entitled to vote at the election; (ii) Voting, or offering to vote, …

Falsifying election documents. (a) Falsifying election documents consists of performing any of the following acts with the intent to deceive or mislead an elector or an election official: (i) Printing, distributing or displaying false instructions for voting or for the conduct of…

False swearing. False swearing consists of taking an oath required by the Election Code with the knowledge that the thing or matter sworn to is not true and correct.

Offering bribe. (a) Offering bribe consists of willfully advancing, paying, offering to pay or causing to be paid, or promising, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing to a person, for any of the following purposes: (i) To induce a person to vote or refrain fro…

Accepting bribe. Accepting a bribe consists of knowingly accepting any payment or promise of payment, directly or indirectly, of money or other valuable thing for any of the unlawful purposes specified in W.S. 22-26-109.

Intimidation. (a) Intimidation consists of: (i) Inducing, or attempting to induce, fear in an election official or elector by use of threats of force, violence, harm or loss, or any form of economic retaliation, for the purpose of impeding or preventing the free exercise of the e…

Misdemeanor offenses generally. (a) Unless a different penalty is specifically provided in this code, the following acts, if knowingly and willfully committed, are misdemeanor offenses punishable by not more than six (6) months in a county jail or a fine of not more than one thou…

Electioneering too close to a polling place. (a) Electioneering too close to a polling place or absentee polling place under W.S. 22-9-125 when voting is being conducted, consists of any form of campaigning, including the display of campaign signs or distribution of campaign lite…

Disturbing polling place. Disturbing a polling place consists of creating any disorder or disruption at a polling place on election day, or absentee polling place under W.S. 22-9-125, or interfering with the orderly conduct of an election.

Unlawful possession of alcoholic or malt beverages. Unlawful possession of alcoholic or malt beverages at a polling place consists of the use or possession of any alcoholic or malt beverages by an election official while performing his official duties or the use or possession by …

Interfering with employee's political rights. Interfering with an employee's political rights consists of an employer making, adopting, enforcing or attempting to enforce any order, rule, regulation or policy forbidding or preventing any employee from becoming a candidate for pub…

Discharging employee because of nomination for or election to office. Discharging an employee because of nomination for or election to office consists of any employer discharging or causing to leave his, or their employ, temporarily or permanently, any person or persons because h…

Causing or attempting to cause candidate to withdraw or refuse nomination or election. Causing or attempting to cause a candidate to withdraw or refuse nomination or election consists of any person, or agent, or officer, or any company, or corporation either causing or attempting…

Violation of Election Code by officials. Violation of the Election Code by an official consists of the willful violation of the Election Code by any official or by any deputy or assistant official, or the willful failure or refusal of any official or assistant to perform an act o…

Violation of Election Code when specific penalty not imposed. If the Election Code does not impose a specific penalty for the willful violation of a provision prohibiting a specific act or requiring the discharge of a specific duty, whoever knowingly commits a violation or fails …

Violations of election code; complaints; investigations and prosecutions. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person may file a written complaint with the secretary of state regarding any violation of the Election Code by any statewide or legislative candidate, …

Provisions severable. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application; and t…

Short title. This chapter may be cited as the "Special District Elections Act of 1994."

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Director" or "district director" means a voting member of the governing body of a special district, regardless of what title is used in the principal act; (ii) "Principal act" means the statutes under which a special district listed unde…

Applicability to special districts; general provisions. (a) This act applies to the following districts as specified in subsection (b) of this section: (i) Special cemetery districts; (ii) Conservation districts; (iii) Fire protection districts, including county commission fire p…

Definitions when principal act is silent. (a) When used in a principal act, the following definitions apply, unless the term is otherwise specifically defined in that principal act: (i) "Elector" means a qualified elector; (A) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (B) Repealed By …

Petitions; number of signatures required; contents of formation petition. (a) A petition to form a special district shall be signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the landowners owning at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessed valuation of property within …

Requirements for signers of petition; signer's withdrawal prohibited; chief petitioners designated. (a) This section applies to petitions authorized under a principal act or this act. Each person who signs a petition shall add after the signature the date of signing. If a person …

Requirements of filing petition; validity and certification of signatures. (a) A petition shall not be accepted for filing unless the signatures thereon have been secured within six (6) months of the date on which the first signature on the petition was affixed. Petitions require…

Method of determining validity of landowner signatures. (a) In examining any petition required or permitted to be signed by landowners, the county clerk or district secretary shall disregard the signature of a person not shown as owner on the assessment roll unless prior to certi…