SF0145 - Election code-write-in votes.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0591

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO.  SF0145

 

 

Election code-write-in votes.

 

Sponsored by:  Senator(s) Goodenough

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to the election code; amending necessary
 2  votes for nominating write-in candidates as specified; and
 3  providing for an effective date.

 4 

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

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 7         Section 1.  W.S. 22-5-215 is amended to read:

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 9         22-5-215.  Nomination of partisan candidates and
10  write-in candidates.

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12  On each party ballot the candidate or candidates equal in
13  number to the number to be elected to each office who
14  receive the largest number of votes shall be nominated and
15  shall be entitled to have their names printed on the ballot
16  for the next general election. A write-in candidate shall
17  not be nominated and shall not be entitled to have his name

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 1  printed on the ballot for the next general election unless
 2  he received at least twenty-five (25) five (5) write-in
 3  votes.

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

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 7                         (END)

 

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