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S.F. No. 0020 |
Election code-revisions. |
Sponsored
By: Joint Corporations, Elections and Political
Subdivisions Interim Committee
AN ACT relating to elections; clarifying notification
procedures for nominations and write in candidates; providing for a fee;
clarifying requirements for petition for nomination; clarifying procedure for
delivery of ballots; clarifying a provision relating to filling of vacancies in
four year terms of office; repealing obsolete provisions requiring ink stamps
and folded ballots; modifying provisions for spoiled ballots; providing for
appointment of canvassing board members by county clerk; modifying methods for
filling vacancies in municipal elections; clarifying date for submission of
municipal ballot initiatives; clarifying date for qualification of petition
signatures; clarifying when electioneering occurs; repealing obsolete
provisions; and providing for an effective date.
12/6/2010 Bill Number Assigned
1/11/2011 S Received for Introduction
1/11/2011 S Introduced and Referred to S07
1/14/2011 S07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Case, Hines, Johnson, Martin and Scott
Ayes 5 Nays
0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
1/14/2011 S
Placed on General File
SF0020SS001/ADOPTED
Page 5-line 13 Delete "candidates"
insert "the office".
Page 5-line 14 Delete "other" insert
"county commissioner".
Page 5-line 22 After "filed."
Insert "If a district's boundaries have changed since the last general
election, then the required number of petition signatures shall be not less
than two percent (2%) of the number of registered voters in the current
district boundaries at the close of day on the day immediately preceding the
primary election.".
Page 9-line 21 Before "shall"
insert "or county clerk".
CASE, CHAIRMAN
1/17/2011 S
Passed CoW
SF0020S2001/FAILED
Page 1-line 8 Delete
"providing for".
Page 1-line 9 Delete.
Page 2-line 5 Delete
"22‑16‑101,".
Page 10-lines
5 through 11 Delete. PETERSON
SF0020S2002/ADOPTED
Delete the
Senate Standing Committee Amendment (SF0020SS001/A) and further amend as
follows:
Page 3-line 24 After "than" strike balance
of the line and insert "the number required
under W.S. 22‑5‑304,".
Page 4-lines 1
through 5 Strike and delete.
Page 4-line 6 Strike through "filed,".
Page 5-lines 8
through 22 Delete and insert:
"(a) For a statewide
partisan office, a petition shall be signed by registered electors,
resident in the legislative district or other
district or political subdivision in which the petitioner will be a candidate, state and eligible to vote for him, numbering not
less than two percent (2%) of the total number of votes cast for representative
in congress in the last general election for the political
subdivision or legislative district for which the petition is filed entire state.
(b) For
a countywide partisan office, a petition shall be signed by registered
electors, resident in the county and eligible to vote for him, numbering not
less than two percent (2%) of the total number of votes cast for representative
in congress in the last general election for the entire county.
(c) For
a district partisan election, a petition shall be signed by registered
electors, resident in the district and eligible to vote for him, numbering not
less than two percent (2%) of the total number of votes cast for the office in
that particular district in the last general election. If a district's boundaries have changed since
the last general election, then the required number of petition signatures
shall not be less than two percent (2%) of the number of registered voters in
the current district boundaries at the close of day on the day immediately
preceding the primary election.".
Page 9-line 21 Before "shall"
insert "or county clerk". CASE
1/18/2011 S
Passed 2nd
1/19/2011 S
Passed 3rd
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s)
Nays:
Senator(s)
Ayes 27 Nays
3 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
1/21/2011 H Received for Introduction
1/31/2011 H Introduced and Referred to H07
2/8/2011 H07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Blikre, Byrd, Jaggi, Kroeker, Patton, Roscoe,
Shepperson and Stubson
Excused:
Representative(s) Illoway
Ayes 8 Nays
0 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/8/2011 H
Placed on General File
SF0020HS001/ADOPTED
(TO ENGROSSED COPY)
Page 1-line 10 Delete entirely.
Page 1-line 11 Delete "elections;".
Page 2-line 6 Delete "22-23-308(b),".
Page 5-line 9 Strike "him" insert "the petitioner".
Page 5-line 17 Delete "him" insert "the
petitioner".
Page 5-line 24 Delete "him" insert "the
petitioner".
Page 14-lines
14 through 21 Delete
entirely. STUBSON, VICE-CHAIRMAN
2/9/2011 H
Passed CoW
2/10/2011 H
Passed 2nd
2/11/2011 H
Passed 3rd
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Botten,
Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Childers,
Connolly, Craft, Edmonds, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Gingery, Goggles,
Greene, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kroeker, Krone,
Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B.,
Patton, Peasley, Pederson, Petersen, Petroff, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek,
Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Vranish, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and
Zwonitzer, Dv.
Excused:
Representative(s) Davison, Gay, Greear and Shepperson
Ayes 56 Nays
0 Excused 4 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/14/2011 S
Received for Concurrence
2/14/2011 S
Did Concur
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Anderson, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Case, Christensen, Coe,
Cooper, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks,
Hines, Jennings, Johnson, Landen, Martin, Meier, Nicholas, P., Nutting,
Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss, Schiffer, Scott and Von Flatern
Ayes 30 Nays
0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/14/2011 Assigned
Number SEA No. 0015
2/15/2011 S
President Signed SEA No. 0015
2/15/2011 H
Speaker Signed SEA No. 0015
2/18/2011 Governor
Signed SEA No. 0015
2/18/2011 Assigned
Chapter Number
Chapter
No. 0038 Session
Laws of Wyoming 2011