Political party affiliation.

WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0150

HOUSE BILL
NO.

HB0141

Political party affiliation.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Eklund, Hutchings, Jaggi, Miller and Reeder and Senator(s) Anderson, J.D. (SD02), Bebout and Nutting

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
elections;
modifying
when
declaration of party affiliation is required and procedures relating to declaration; modifying when
a
voter may change party affiliation;
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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212 and 22
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214 are amended to read:

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When declaration of party affiliation required.

An elector requesting a major party ballot must declare his party affiliation, or sign an application for change
of
affiliation before he may receive a party ballot.
An
elector may vote only the nonpartisan ballot and if so, is not required to declare his party affiliation.
An elector may not receive a
partisan
ballot
for
a primary election if at the time of requesting the ballot he is entered in the
pollbook
as affiliated with a different political party.
Requesting a partisan primary election ballot constitutes a declaration of party affiliation.
A
change in

declaration of party affiliation
resulting from a request for a partisan
primary election
ballot by a previously unaffiliated
elector

shall be entered on the poll list by the election judge.

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P
arty affiliation.

A previously unaffiliated elector who
v
otes a partisan primary election ballot shall be entered on the poll list by the election judge. A previously unaffiliated elector may also become affiliated with a party and a
n
affiliated

elector may change his party affiliation by completing an application signed before a notarial officer or election official, and filing it with the county clerk
not later than

at any time not within

thirty (30) days before
the
primary election
,

or

at the polls on the day of the
primary or

general election, or when requesting an absentee ballot.

If the request for
an
absentee ballot is made for a
partisan ballot for a
primary election no change in party affiliation shall be made unless the request for the absentee ballot is made at least thirty
(30)
days before the primary election
.
A

change in declaration of party affiliation

at a general election
shall be entered on the poll list by the election judge.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 201
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