Major political parties-state central party voting members.

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details about ensuring voting proportionality and setting an effective date that are not supported in the provided official material.

Clarifying Voting Rules for State Central Committee Members

The bill aims to clarify the voting requirements and procedures for members of the state central committee of major political parties in Wyoming.

What This Bill Does

• Amends existing law to specify how votes are counted on the state central committee, ensuring that each member's vote is weighted based on the number of registered voters from their county at the last congressional election.

Who It Names or Affects

• Members of the state central committee of major political parties in Wyoming.

Terms To Know

State Central Committee

A group that represents a political party at the state level and includes elected members from each county.

Weighted Voting

A system where some votes count more than others, often based on population or membership size.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass in the session and therefore has no legal effect.
• It only affects major political parties in Wyoming.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0155
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0155
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0029

Major political parties-state central party voting members.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Case

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to political parties; clarifying voting requirements for members of the state central committee of major political parties; 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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110 is amended to read:

22
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110.

Composition of state central committee; voting.

The state central committee consists of state committeemen and committeewomen and county chairmen elected at the odd
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numbered year meeting of the county central committees, and of any other party officials provided by the bylaws of the party.
Voting on any action of the state central committee shall be conducted in a manner so that the votes of each voting member are weighted across all voting members based on the number of registered voters of the party at the last congressional election in the county of the voting member in proportion to the total number of statewide registered voters of the party at the last congressional election.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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