2023 23LSO-0272
STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE FILE NO. SF0163
Election integrity-primary elections.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Biteman, Brennan, Dockstader,
Hutchings, Salazar and Steinmetz and Representative(s) Jennings
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to elections; providing that an elector
2 shall declare or change political party affiliation prior
3 to the first day on which primary election nomination
4 applications may be filed; and providing for an effective
5 date.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section 1. W.S. 22-3-115(a)(vi), 22-5-212 and
10 22-5-214 are amended to read:
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12 22-3-115. Grounds for cancellation of registration.
13
14 (a) A registered elector's registration shall be
15 cancelled for any one (1) of the following reasons:
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2 (vi) Upon written request of the elector at any
3 time except for the period for which party changes are
4 prohibited as specified in W.S. 22-5-214.
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6 22-5-212. When declaration of party affiliation
7 required.
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9 An elector requesting a major party ballot must shall
10 declare his or change party affiliation, or sign an
11 application for change of affiliation in accordance with
12 W.S. 22-5-214 before he may receive receiving a party
13 ballot. An elector may vote only the nonpartisan ballot and
14 if so, is not required to declare his party affiliation.
15 Requesting a partisan primary election ballot constitutes a
16 declaration of party affiliation. A change in declaration
17 of party affiliation shall be in accordance with the
18 requirements of W.S. 22-5-214 and shall be entered on the
19 poll list by the election judge.
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21 22-5-214. Declaration or change in party affiliation.
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1 (a) For a primary election, an elector may declare or
2 change party affiliation by completing an application
3 signed before a notarial officer or election official and
4 filing it with the county clerk prior to the first day on
5 which an application for nomination may be filed under W.S.
6 22-5-209.
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8 (b) For a general election, an elector may declare or
9 change his party affiliation by completing an application
10 signed before a notarial officer or election official, and
11 filing it with the county clerk after the primary election
12 and not less than fourteen (14) days before the primary
13 general election or at the polls on the day of the primary
14 or general election, or when requesting an absentee ballot
15 for the general election.
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17 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
18 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
19 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
20 Constitution.
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22 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 22-3-115, 22-5-212, 22-5-214