Wyoming 2025 Regular Session

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1	1		2025
2	2		STATE OF WYOMING
3		-	25LSO-0484
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5		-	1HB0173
	3	+	25LSO-04841HB0173
6	4		HOUSE BILL NO. HB0173
7	5		Independent candidate requirements.
8	6		Sponsored by: Representative(s) Haroldson, Angelos, Bear,
9	7		Brady, Bratten, Brown, G, Filer, Geringer,
10	8		Hoeft, Johnson, Knapp, Lien, Locke, McCann,
11	9		Rodriguez-Williams, Schmid, Singh, Smith, S,
12	10		Webb, Webber, Wharff and Winter and
13	11		Senator(s) Boner, Pearson, Smith, D and
14	12		Steinmetz
15	13		A BILL
16	14		for
17	15		1 AN ACT relating to elections; requiring independent
18	16		2 candidates to swear that they are unaffiliated or not
19		-	3 registered with a major ~~or minor~~ political party; revising
20		-	4 ~~the~~ number of signatures required for independent
21		-	5 ~~candidates to~~ appear on the general election ballot;
22		-	6 ~~revising the~~ deadline to file a petition as an independent
23		-	7 ~~candidate;~~ and providing for an effective date.
	17	+	3 registered with a major political party; revising the
	18	+	4 number of signatures required for independent candidates to
	19	+	5 appear on the general election ballot; revising the
	20	+	6 deadline to file a petition as an independent candidate;
	21	+	7 and providing for an effective date.
24	22		8
25	23		9
26	24		10
27	25		11W.S. 22-5-301(a), 22-5-304 and 22-5-307
28	26		12 are amended to read:
29		-	13 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0484
30		-	ENGROSSED
31		-	2HB01731
	27	+	13 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04842HB01731
32	28		2
33	29		3 (a) Independent candidates for partisan public
34	30		4 offices may be nominated by filing a signed petition in
35	31		5 substantially the following form:
36	32		6
37	33		7 PETITION FOR NOMINATION
38	34		8
39	35		9 I, ...., swear or affirm that I was born on ....,
40	36		10 ....(year), that I have been a resident of the State of
41	37		11 Wyoming since ...., and that I am a registered voter of
42	38		12 Election District No. ...., in Precinct No. ...., County of
43	39		13 ...., residing at ...., (if for the office of state senator
44	40		14 or representative, commissioner or other district office)
45	41		15 in Senate (House) (Commissioner or other) District ....,
46	42		16 State of Wyoming, (if for the office of governor), that I
47	43		17
48		-	18 and that I resided at the
49		-	19 physical residential addresses listed below during the past
50		-	20 five (5) years, and having obtained the number of
51		-	21 signatures required by law for nomination by petition, I
52		-	22 hereby request that my name be printed on the official
53		-	23 ballot at the next general election as an independent 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0484
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56		-	1 candidate for the office of .... and declare that if
57		-	2 nominated and elected, I will qualify for the office.
	44	+	18 and that I resided at the physical
	45	+	19 residential addresses listed below during the past five (5)
	46	+	20 years, and having obtained the number of signatures
	47	+	21 required by law for nomination by petition, I hereby
	48	+	22 request that my name be printed on the official ballot at
	49	+	23 the next general election as an independent candidate for 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04843HB0173
	50	+	1 the office of .... and declare that if nominated and
	51	+	2 elected, I will qualify for the office.
58	52		3
59	53		4 (If for the office of United States senator or
60	54		5 representative in congress) I have not, at any time when
61	55		6 knowingly seeking nomination or election to this office,
62	56		7 claimed or been currently claiming any residence or
63	57		8 received the benefits of residency from any other state,
64	58		9 excluding the benefits of residency related to or
65	59		10 incidental from maintaining a residence at or near the
66	60		11 United States capital.
67	61		12
68	62		13 (If for the office of governor) I have resided at the
69	63		14 following physical residential addresses during the past
70	64		15 five (5) years:
71	65		16
72	66		17 (Residence) (Date)
73	67		18
74	68		19 1. ................... ...................
75	69		20
76	70		21 2. ................... ...................
77	71		22
78		-	23 Dated the .... day of ...., ....(year). 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0484
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	72	+	23 Dated the .... day of ...., ....(year). 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04844HB0173
81	73		1
82	74		2 ....................... (Signature)
83	75		3
84	76		4 The eligible, registered electors supporting my nomination,
85	77		5 and numbering not less than the number required under W.S.
86	78		6 22-5-304, are as follows:
87	79		7
88	80		8 (Signature) (Printed Name) (Residence) (Date)
89	81		9
90	82		10 1. ...................
91	83		11
92	84		12 2. ...................
93	85		13
94	86		14 VERIFICATION BY CIRCULATORS
95	87		15
96	88		16 I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a circulator of this
97	89		17 petition, and I solely and personally circulated this
98	90		18 petition, that all the signatures appearing herein were
99	91		19 made in my presence from .... (month) .... (day),
100	92		20 ....(year) through .... (month) .... (day), ....(year), and
101	93		21 to the best of my knowledge and belief such signatures are
102	94		22 those of the persons whose names they purport to be.
103		-	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0484
104		-	ENGROSSED
105		-	5HB01731 ............... (Signature)
	95	+	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04845HB01731 ............... (Signature)
106	96		2
107	97		3
108	98		4
109	99		5
110	100		6 (a) For a statewide partisan office, a petition shall
111	101		7 be signed by registered electors, resident in the state and
112	102		8 eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering not less
113		-	9 than
114		-	10 ~~number~~ of votes cast for representative in congress in the
115		-	11 ~~last~~ general election for the entire state.
	103	+	9 than of the total number
	104	+	10 of votes cast for representative in congress in the last
	105	+	11 general election for the entire state.
116	106		12
117	107		13 (b) For a countywide partisan office, a petition
118	108		14 shall be signed by registered electors, resident in the
119	109		15 county and eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering
120	110		16 not less than of the
121	111		17 total number of votes cast for representative in congress
122	112		18 in the last general election for the entire county.
123	113		19
124	114		20 (c) For a district partisan election, a petition
125	115		21 shall be signed by registered electors, resident in the
126	116		22 district and eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering
127		-	23 not less than of the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0484
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	117	+	23 not less than of the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04846HB0173
130	118		1 total number of votes cast for the office in that
131	119		2 particular district in the last general election. If a
132	120		3 district's boundaries have changed since the last general
133	121		4 election, then the required number of petition signatures
134	122		5 shall not be less than
135	123		6 of the number of
136	124		7
137	125		8
138	126		9.
139	127		10
140	128		11
141	129		12
142		-	13
143		-	14
144		-	15 the secretary of
145		-	16 state and the county clerk
146		-	17 than before
147		-	18 general
148		-	19 election .
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152		-	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0484
153		-	ENGROSSED
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155		-	1
156		-	2. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
157		-	3
158		-	4 (END)
	130	+	13 Petitions filed with the secretary of state and with the
	131	+	14 county clerk shall be filed not less than
	132	+	15 before
	133	+	16 general election year.
	134	+	17
	135	+	18. This act is effective July 1, 2025
	136	+	19
	137	+	20 (END)