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24LSO-0091
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0091
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0038
Voter qualifications-durational residency requirement.
Sponsored by: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a qualified elector to be a bona fide resident of the state of Wyoming for not less than thirty (30) days before the date of the election in which they offer to vote; providing an exception for electors otherwise qualified to vote for president and vice president of the United States; making conforming changes; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 18
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102(a)(ix)(E), (F) and by creating a new subparagraph (G), 22
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102(a)(xxvi), 22
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102(a) by creating a new paragraph (vi) and by creating a new subsection (f), 22
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103(b) and 22
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104(a)(v)(E), (F) and by creating a new subparagraph (G) are amended to read:
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102.
Definitions.
(a)
As used in this act:
(ix)
"Qualified elector" means a natural person who:
(E)
Has not been convicted of a felony or if convicted has had his civil rights or voting rights restored;
and
(F)
Is registered to vote
; and
(G)
Has been a bona fide resident of Wyoming for not less than thirty (30) days before the date of the election at which he offers to vote
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102.
Definitions.
(a)
The definitions contained in this chapter apply to words and phrases used in this Election Code and govern the construction of those words and phrases unless they are specifically modified by the context in which they appear. As used in this Election Code:
(xxvi)
"Qualified elector" includes every citizen of the United States who is a bona fide resident of Wyoming,
has been a bona fide resident of Wyoming for not less than thirty (30) days before the date of the election at which he offers to vote,
has registered to vote and will be at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day of the election at which he may offer to vote. No person is a qualified elector who is a currently adjudicated mentally incompetent person, or who has been convicted of a felony and his civil or voting rights have not been restored. A literacy test shall not be imposed as a condition to voting in any election;
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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. 22
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101(a)(i) through (viii) or as provided by W.S. 22
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117, who satisfies the following qualifications:
(vi)
He has been a bona fide resident of Wyoming for not less than thirty (30) days before the date of the election at which he offers to vote.
(f)
Any elector who meets all of the qualifications of subsection (a) of this section except the elector has not resided in Wyoming for thirty (30) days or more before the date of a presidential election at which he offers to vote, shall be qualified to vote for president and vice president of the United States but for no other offices.
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103.
Furnishing of oath forms; contents thereof.
(b)
Following the provision of the information required in subsection (a) of this section, the form shall require the applicant's signature in full below the following oath:
I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States; that I am a bona fide resident of the state of Wyoming and this county;
I have resided in the state for not less than thirty (30) days before the date of the election;
that if registered in another county or state, I hereby request that my registration be withdrawn; that I will be at least eighteen (18) years of age on or before the next election; that I am not currently adjudicated a mentally incompetent person, that I have not been convicted of a felony, or if I have been convicted of a felony, I have had my civil or voting rights restored by a competent authority; and that the voter registration information contained herein is true and accurate to my best knowledge and belief.
.... (Signature in full of applicant)
Subscribed and affirmed or sworn to before me by .... this .... day of ...., (year).
.... (Signature and title of registry agent
or person authorized to administer oaths)
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104.
Definitions when principal act is silent.
(a)
When used in a principal act, the following definitions apply, unless the term is otherwise specifically defined in that principal act:
(v)
"Qualified elector" means a natural person who:
(E)
Has not been convicted of a felony, or, if so convicted, has had his civil or voting rights restored;
and
(F)
Has registered to vote
; and
(G)
Has been a bona fide resident of Wyoming for not less than thirty (30) days before the date of the election at which he offers to vote
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Section 2
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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
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