HB0274 - Elections-nomination application forms.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0578

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0274

 

 

Elections-nomination application forms.

 

Sponsored by:

 

 

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.

 4 

 5  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

 6 

 7         Section 1.  W.S. 22-5-204(b), 22-5-205(a), 22-5-301,
 8  22-22-202(a), 22-23-302 and 22-29-110(b) are amended to
 9  read:

10 

11         22-5-204.  Application for nomination or election;
12  party registration; form.

13 

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
 2  substantially the following form:

 3 

 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).

21 

22  .....................(Signature)

23  ............ (Residence Address)

24 

 

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 1         22-5-205.  Nomination application form for nonpartisan
 2  office.

 3 

 4         (a)  An eligible person seeking nomination for a
 5  nonpartisan office must file an application in
 6  substantially the following form:

 7 

 8  APPLICATION FOR NOMINATION BY NONPARTISAN PRIMARY

 9 

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

 2 

 3         22-5-301.  Independent partisan candidates; form.

 4 

 5         (a)  Independent candidates for partisan public
 6  offices may be nominated by filing a signed petition in
 7  substantially the following form:

 8 

 9  PETITION FOR NOMINATION

10 

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)

 2 

 3  The eligible, registered electors supporting my nomination,
 4  and numbering not less than two percent (2%) of the total
 5  number of votes cast for Representative in Congress at the
 6  last general election in the political subdivision for
 7  which this petition is filed, are as follows:

 8 

 9           (Signature)  (Printed Name)  (Residence)  (Date)

10 

11  1. ........................................................

12  2. ........................................................

13 

14  VERIFICATION BY CIRCULATORS

15 

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.

23 

24  ............... (Signature)

 

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 1  ........(Residence Address)

 2 

 3         22-22-202.  Filing of application; form.

 4 

 5         (a)  A qualified elector may be nominated for the
 6  office of school district trustee or member of a community
 7  college board by filing an application for election in the
 8  office of the county clerk not more than ninety (90) nor
 9  less than seventy (70) days prior to the election. The
10  application shall be in substantially the following form:

11 

12  APPLICATION FOR ELECTION FOR SCHOOL OR

13  COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEE

14 

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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 1  years. I hereby declare that if I am elected, I will
 2  qualify for the office.

 3 

 4  Dated: ....

 5  .......... (Signature of Candidate)

 6  .... Name as it is to appear on the ballot

 7  ............... (Residence Address)

 8 

 9         22-23-302.  Filing fee; petition form.

10 

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. ....,
 2  Precinct No. ...., in Ward No. ...., in the City of ....,
 3  and the State of Wyoming as of the closing of the municipal
 4  clerk's office on the day this petition is filed, do hereby
 5  petition and request that my name be printed upon the
 6  Official Municipal Primary Ballot at the next primary
 7  election as a candidate for the office of .... I hereby
 8  declare that if nominated and elected I will qualify for
 9  the office.

10 

11  Dated: ......

12  ...........(Signature of Candidate)

13  ................(Residence Address)

14 

15         22-29-110.  County clerk to publish proclamation;
16  filing period.

17 

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:

24 

 

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 1  APPLICATION FOR ELECTION

 2  SPECIAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR

 3 

 4         I, the undersigned, swear or affirm that I was born on
 5  ...., (year); that I have been a resident of .... district
 6  since ...., residing at ....; that I am an elector or
 7  landowner (check which one for eligibility) of said
 8  district and I do hereby request that my name, ...., be
 9  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

19 

20         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

21 

22                         (END)

 

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