HB0274 - Elections-nomination application forms.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0578 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0274
Elections-nomination application forms.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) McGraw, Boswell and
Johnson, W. and
Senator(s) Case and Massie
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
elections; requiring specified election
2 forms
to contain the address of the candidate; and
3
providing for an effective date.
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5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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7 Section
1. W.S. 22-5-204(b), 22-5-205(a), 22-5-301,
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22-22-202(a), 22-23-302 and 22-29-110(b) are amended to
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read:
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11 22-5-204. Application for nomination
or election;
12 party registration; form.
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14 (b) An eligible
person seeking nomination or election
15 for a partisan office shall be registered in
the party
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1 whose
nomination he seeks and shall file an application in
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substantially the following form:
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4 APPLICATION FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION BY PARTY PRIMARY
5
6 State of Wyoming)
7 ) ss
8 County of .... )
9 I, ...., swear or affirm that I was born
on ....,
10 ....(year), that I have been a resident of
the state of
11 Wyoming since ...., and that I am a
registered voter of
12 Election District No. ...., in Precinct No.
...., residing
13 at ....,
in County of ...., (if for the office of state
14 senator or representative) in Senate (House)
District ....,
15 state of Wyoming, and registered as a member
of .... party,
16 and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the
17 official party ballot at the next primary
election as a
18 candidate for the office of ...., and hereby
declare that
19 if nominated and elected, I will qualify for
the office.
20 Dated the .... day of ...., ....(year).
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22 .....................(Signature)
23 ............ (Residence Address)
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1 22-5-205. Nomination application form
for nonpartisan
2 office.
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4 (a) An eligible
person seeking nomination for a
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nonpartisan office must file an application in
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substantially the following form:
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8 APPLICATION FOR NOMINATION BY NONPARTISAN PRIMARY
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10 State of Wyoming)
11 ) ss
12 County of .... )
13
14 I,
...., swear or affirm that I was born on ...., that
15 I have been a resident of the State of
Wyoming since ....,
16 and that I am a registered voter of ....
County residing at
17 ....
and that I am eligible to be elected to such office,
18 and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the
19 official nonpartisan ballot at the next
primary election as
20 a candidate for the office indicated below
as follows:
21 Justice of the peace.
22 I am seeking (1) the regular term or (2) the unexpired
23 term which terminates on the .... day of
...., ....(year).
24 Dated this .... day of ...., ....(year).
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1 ....................... Signature
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3 22-5-301. Independent partisan candidates; form.
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5 (a) Independent
candidates for partisan public
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offices may be nominated by filing a signed petition in
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substantially the following form:
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9 PETITION FOR NOMINATION
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11 I, ...., swear or affirm that I was born on ....,
12 ....(year), that I have been a resident of
the State of
13 Wyoming since ...., and that I am a
registered voter of
14 Election District No. ...., in Precinct No.
...., County of
15 ...., residing at
...., (if for the office of state senator
16 or representative) in Senate (House)
District ...., State
17 of Wyoming, and having obtained the number
of signatures
18 required by law for nomination by petition,
I hereby
19 request that my name be printed on the
official ballot at
20 the next general election as an independent
candidate for
21 the office of .... and declare that if
nominated and
22 elected, I will qualify for the office.
23 Dated the .... day of ...., ....(year).
24 ....................... (Signature)
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1 ............... (Residence Address)
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3 The eligible, registered
electors supporting my nomination,
4 and
numbering not less than two percent (2%) of the total
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number of votes cast for Representative in Congress at the
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last general election in the political subdivision for
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which this petition is filed, are as follows:
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9 (Signature) (Printed Name) (Residence) (Date)
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11 1. ........................................................
12 2. ........................................................
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14 VERIFICATION BY CIRCULATORS
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16 I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a circulator of this
17 petition, and I solely and personally
circulated this
18 petition, that all the signatures appearing
herein were
19 made in my presence from .... (month) ....
(day),
20 ....(year) through .... (month) .... (day),
....(year), and
21 to the best of my knowledge and belief such
signatures are
22 those of the persons whose names they
purport to be.
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24 ............... (Signature)
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1 ........(Residence Address)
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3 22-22-202. Filing of application; form.
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5 (a) A qualified
elector may be nominated for the
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office of school district trustee or member of a community
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college board by filing an application for election in the
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office of the county clerk not more than ninety (90) nor
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less than seventy (70) days prior to the election. The
10 application shall be in substantially the
following form:
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12 APPLICATION FOR ELECTION FOR SCHOOL OR
13 COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEE
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15 I,
the undersigned, swear or affirm that I was born on
16 ...., ....(year), and that I have been a
resident of the
17 State of Wyoming since ...., and that I am a
registered
18 voter of the .... school district or
community college
19 district (and resident of trustee residence
area or
20 subdistrict ...., if any) residing at .... and I do hereby
21 request that my name, ...., be printed on
the ballot of the
22 election to be held on the .... day of ....,
....(year), as
23 a candidate for the office of .... for a
term of ....
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years. I hereby declare that if I am elected, I will
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qualify for the office.
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4 Dated: ....
5 .......... (Signature of Candidate)
6 .... Name as it is to appear on the ballot
7 ............... (Residence Address)
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9 22-23-302. Filing fee; petition form.
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11 Not more than ninety-six (96) days and not
later than
12 seventy-four (74) days preceding the
municipal primary
13 election, each candidate for a municipal
office shall pay a
14 nonrefundable filing fee of twenty-five
dollars ($25.00)
15 and sign and file with the municipal clerk a
petition in
16 substantially the following form:
17
18 State of Wyoming)
19 ) ss
20 County of .... )
21
22 I,
...., the undersigned, swear or affirm that I was
23 born on ...., ....(year), and that I have
been a resident
24 of the State of Wyoming since ...., residing at ...., and
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1 that
I am a registered voter of Election District No. ....,
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Precinct No. ...., in Ward No. ...., in the City of ....,
3 and
the State of Wyoming as of the closing of the municipal
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clerk's office on the day this petition is filed, do hereby
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petition and request that my name be printed upon the
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Official Municipal Primary Ballot at the next primary
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election as a candidate for the office of .... I hereby
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declare that if nominated and elected I will qualify for
9 the
office.
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11 Dated: ......
12 ...........(Signature of Candidate)
13 ................(Residence Address)
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15 22-29-110. County clerk to publish
proclamation;
16 filing period.
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18 (b) Not more
than thirty-nine (39) and not less than
19 thirty (30) days before the formation
election, candidates
20 may file an application for election in the
office of the
21 county clerk. The principal act shall
determine who is
22 eligible to be a candidate. The application
shall be in
23 substantially the following form:
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1 APPLICATION FOR ELECTION
2 SPECIAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR
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4 I, the undersigned, swear or affirm that I was born on
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...., (year); that I have been a resident of .... district
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since ...., residing at ....; that I am an
elector or
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landowner (check which one for eligibility) of said
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district and I do hereby request that my name, ...., be
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printed on the ballot of the formation (or other) election
10 to be held on .... day of ....,
(year) as a candidate for
11 the office of director for a term of
.... years. I hereby
12 declare that if I am elected, I will
qualify for the
13 office.
14 Dated ....
15 ...........................
16 Signature of Candidate
17 ...........................
18 Residence Address
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20 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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22 (END)
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