SF0004 • 2011

Elections-military and overseas voters.

AN ACT relating to elections; providing timeline for possession of ballots for military and overseas voters; providing for electronic transmission of ballots to military and overseas voters; and providing for an effective date.

Elections

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Corporations
Last action: 2011-02-17
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 2/17/2011

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2011-02-17 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2011-02-17 Governor
Governor Signed SEA0009
2011-02-14 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0009
2011-02-11 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0009
2011-02-11 LSO
Assigned Number SEA0009
2011-02-11 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2011-02-10 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2011-02-09 House
H Passed CoW
2011-02-07 House
H Placed on General File
2011-02-07 House
H07 Recommended Do Pass
2011-01-31 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07
2011-01-18 House
H Received for Introduction
2011-01-18 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2011-01-17 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2011-01-14 Senate
S Passed CoW
2011-01-13 Senate
S Placed on General File
2011-01-13 Senate
S07 Recommended Do Pass
2011-01-11 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S07
2011-01-11 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2010-11-18 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
SF0004
Drafter:

LGC

LSO No.:
11LSO-0147
Effective Date:

2/17/2011

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0009

Chapter No.:
15

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Corporations, Elections and Political
Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Elections-military
and overseas voters.

Subject:
Provision
of ballots to military and overseas

voters.

Summary/Major Elements:

The Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, was recently amended to require
states to provide ballots to military and overseas voters at least 45 days
before an election.

This act amends Wyoming law to meet the requirements of the federal law.

This act authorizes county
clerks to provide absentee ballots for primary and general elections in an
electronic format to those with rights under the federal law.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0004

ENROLLED ACT NO. 9, SENATE

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
elections; providing timeline for possession of ballots for military and overseas voters; providing for electronic transmission of ballots to military and overseas voters;
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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6
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107 and 22
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9
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109 are amended to read:

22
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6
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107.

Time for possession of ballots and labels.

(a)

Official ballots
and labels
for primary and general elections shall be in the county clerk's possession forty (40) days before the election.
If a clerk is unable to obtain ballots on time, the secretary of state shall provide by rule and regulation for the clerk to obtain and use substitute ballots.

(b)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, county clerks shall make official
absentee
ballots for primary and general elections available to voters with rights under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff,

and future acts amendatory or supplemental thereto
,
forty-five (45) days before the election.

22
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9
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109.

Form of absentee ballot.

(a)

The absentee ballot shall be in the same form prescribed by law for the official ballot or a reasonable printed reproduction of the prescribed form for electronic ballots.

(b)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section,
official
absentee ballots for primary and general elections may be provided in an electronic format to voters with rights under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk