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HB0061 • 2008

Election judges.

AN ACT relating to elections; providing that election judges may work shifts on election day; providing for excused absences for student election judges; repealing conflicting statutes; and providing for an effective date.

Elections
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Millin
Last action
2008-02-28
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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HB0061HS001

Standing Committee • H07

Failed

Plain English: Failed Standing Committee by H07

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Bill History

  1. 2008-02-28 Senate

    S Placed on General File; Did Not Consider In CoW

  2. 2008-02-28 Senate

    S07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  3. 2008-02-20 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S07

  4. 2008-02-20 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  5. 2008-02-20 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  6. 2008-02-19 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  7. 2008-02-18 House

    H Passed CoW

  8. 2008-02-18 House

    Amendment Failed

  9. 2008-02-14 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2008-02-14 House

    H07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  11. 2008-02-12 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07

  12. 2008-02-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2008-01-23 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2008
STATE OF
WYOMING
08LSO-0105

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0061

Election judges.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Millin, Craft, Illoway and Lubnau and Senator(s) Fecht and Sessions

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to elections; providing that election judges may work shifts on election day; providing
for excused absences for student
election judges
;
repealing conflicting statutes; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.
W.S. 22
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8
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117 and 22
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13
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118 are created to read:

22
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8
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117.

Excused absences for student election judges.

(a)

An election judge who is a student of a public school shall be excused from school on election day and those days necessary for training school under W.S. 22
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8
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113.

(b)

The county clerk shall provide notification no later than seven (7) days before the student election judges first necessary absences to each school district superintendent in the county stating:

(i)

The name of each student in the district serving as election judges;

(ii)

The school the student attends; and

(iii)

The dates for which the student is excused under subsection (a) of this section.

22
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13
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118.

Judges work schedule.

At the discretion of the county clerk, election judges may be allowed to work at the polling premise on election day for a period of time less than the total amount of time the polls are open provided the polling station has a sufficient number of election judges on duty at all times to comply with the requirements of this title. An election judge shall not leave his polling station during his work shift.

Section 2.
W.S. 22
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13
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116 is repealed.

Section 3.
This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become a law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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