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SF0007 • 2012
Election districts-revisions.
AN ACT relating to election districts; providing for establishment of election districts in May; providing for allocation of precinct committeemen and committeewomen in years in which redistricting occurs; and providing for an effective date.
Elections
Enacted
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Bill History
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2012-03-06
LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
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2012-03-06
Governor
Governor Signed SEA0002
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2012-03-02
House
H Speaker Signed SEA No.0002
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2012-03-01
Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0002
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2012-03-01
LSO
Assigned Number SEA0002
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2012-03-01
House
H Passed 3rd Reading
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2012-02-29
House
H Passed 2nd Reading
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2012-02-28
House
H Passed CoW
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2012-02-27
House
H Placed on General File
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2012-02-27
House
H07 Recommended Do Pass
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2012-02-22
House
H Introduced and Referred to H07
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2012-02-21
House
H Received for Introduction
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2012-02-21
Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
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2012-02-20
Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
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2012-02-17
Senate
S Passed CoW
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2012-02-16
Senate
S Placed on General File
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2012-02-16
Senate
S07 Recommended Do Pass
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2012-02-13
Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S07
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2012-02-13
Senate
S Received for Introduction
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2011-12-29
LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
SF0007 Bill No.: SF0007 Drafter: LGC LSO No.: 12LSO-0128 Effective Date: March 6, 2012 Enrolled Act No.: SEA0002 Chapter No.: CH0009 Prime Sponsor: Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee Catch Title: Election districts-revisions. Subject: Provides for election of precinct committeemen and committeewomen in legislative redistricting years. Summary/Major Elements: Under current law, each political party in each precinct shall elect one precinct committeeman and one precinct committeewoman for each two hundred fifty votes cast in an election district for the partys candidate for congress in the last general election. This act provides that in a legislative redistricting year, each political party in each precinct shall elect one precinct committeeman and one precinct committeewoman for each two hundred fifty voters registered in that political party at the time election districts are adopted. This act changes the date county commissioners must divide the county into election districts from April to May of each general election year.
Current Bill Text
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WORKING DRAFT ORIGINAL SENATE FILE NO. 0007 ENROLLED ACT NO. 2, SENATE SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2012 BUDGET SESSION AN ACT relating to election districts; providing for establishment of election districts in May; providing for allocation of precinct committeemen and committeewomen in years in wh ich redistricting occurs; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. W.S. 22 ‑ 4 ‑ 101(b) and by creating a new subsection (c) and 22 ‑ 7 ‑ 101 are amended to read: 22 ‑ 4 ‑ 101. Application; composition, election and qualifications of county central committees; certificate of election. (b) The county central committee of each political party consists of precinct committeemen and committeewomen elected in the county at the regular biennial primary election. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, e ach political party in each precinct shall elect one (1) committeeman and one (1) committeewoman for each two hundred fifty (250) votes or major fraction thereof cast for the party's candidate for representative in congress in the last general election, but provided that no precinct shall be entitled to less than one (1) precinct committeeman and precinct committeewoman. Precinct committeemen and committeewomen shall be electors registered in the party and resident in the precinct. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of election to the precinct committeemen and committeewomen elected and concurrently notify the county central committee chairman. The certificate shall state the term of office which shall begin on the day the primary election is canvassed and shall expire on the date the next regular biennial primary election is canvassed. If a precinct boundary line is changed for any reason, the county commissioners shall determine the number of precinct committeemen and committeewomen to which the affected precinct is entitled. (c) In any general election year in which a new plan of legislative districts is required, the number of precinct committeemen and committeewomen shall be one (1) committeeman and one (1) committeewoman for each two hun d red fifty (250) votes or major fraction thereof of voters registered in that political party at the time election districts are adopted by the county commissioners as provided in W.S. 22-7-101 , provided that no precinct shall be entitled to less than one (1) precinct committeeman and precinct committeewoman . 22 ‑ 7 ‑ 101. Election districts. The board of county commissioners with the advice or recommendation of the county clerk, no later than its first meeting in April May in every general election year shall divide the county into not more than thirty (30) election districts. Each district shall be designated by number. Election districts shall be changed only at this designated meeting. Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution. (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 1