HB0178 • 2021

Voter registration requirements.

AN ACT relating to elections; amending the number of days before an election that a person may register to vote or change party affiliation; 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 Haroldson
Last action: 2021-03-08
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify which exact elections are affected by the change in deadlines, only mentioning certain types of elections as per W.S. 22-2-101(a)(i) and (ii).

Voter Registration Requirements

The bill changes the deadline for voter registration and party affiliation change before certain elections in Wyoming.

What This Bill Does

Changes the number of days a person can register to vote or change their political party from 14 days to 29 days before specified elections.

Who It Names or Affects

People who want to register to vote or change their political party affiliation in Wyoming for certain types of elections.

Terms To Know

Elector: A person who is eligible to vote in an election.
Primary Election: An initial election where voters choose candidates for a political party's nomination.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was not considered for introduction, so it has no legal effect.
It is unclear which specific elections are affected by the change in registration deadlines.

Bill History

2021-03-08 House
H Did Not Consider for Introduction
2021-03-08 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2021-03-02 House
H Received for Introduction
2021-03-01 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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21LSO-0587
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0587
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0178

Voter registration requirements.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Haroldson, Andrew, Baker, Bear, Blackburn, Gray, Jennings, Styvar and Wharff and Senator(s) Boner and Steinmetz

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to elections; amending the number of days before an election that a person may register to vote or 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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102(a)(intro) and 22
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5
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214 are amended to read:

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102.

Qualifications; temporary registration.

(a)

A person may register to vote not less than fourteen (14) days before an election, at any election specified in W.S.
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2
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101(a)(i)
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2
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101(a)(iii)
through (viii) or as provided by W.S. 22
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117,
and not less than twenty
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nine (29) days before an election, at any election specified in W.S. 22
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2
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101(a)(i) or 22
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2
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101(a)(ii),
who satisfies the following qualifications:

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214.

Change in party affiliation.

An 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 less than
fourteen (14)
twenty
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nine (29)
days before the primary election or at the polls on the day of the
primary or
general election, or when requesting an absentee ballot.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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