2010 Wyoming Statutes
Title 22 - Elections
Chapter 15 - Challenging

CHAPTER 15 - CHALLENGING

 

22-15-101. Right to vote may be challenged.

 

Registration is evidence of a person's right to vote at any election, but this right may be challenged at the polls in the manner prescribed by law.

 

22-15-102. Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, 5.

 

22-15-103. Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, 5.

 

22-15-104. Grounds for challenge.

 

(a) A person offering to vote may be challenged for the following reasons:

 

(i) Not a qualified elector;

 

(ii) Not entitled to vote in the precinct;

 

(iii) Name does not appear on poll list and the person cannot meet the requirements to register at the polls;

 

(iv) Not the person he represents himself to be;

 

(v) Has already voted.

 

22-15-105. Challenged person may vote; generally.

 

(a) If a person offering to vote is challenged, and the challenge is not resolved in accordance with W.S. 22-15-106, an election judge shall offer the voter a ballot clearly marked "provisional" and which cannot be automatically tabulated.

 

(b) A person challenged on any ground may vote by provisional ballot, if he subscribes this oath in writing before a judge of election:

 

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am the person I represent myself to be and that I am a qualified elector entitled to vote in this precinct at this election and that this is the only ballot I have or will vote in this election.".

 

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Signature of voter

 

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Signature of judge

 

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Precinct and District No.

 

(c) The oath required by this section shall be printed on the provisional ballot envelope.

 

(d) A challenged voter may present information and documentation of his eligibility to register at the election or to vote to the county clerk until the close of business on the day following the election. Any information presented shall be considered by the canvassing board in determining the voter's eligibility to register at the election or to vote and whether to open and count his provisional ballot. The provisional ballot shall be counted only after the voter has, by presenting documentation required under this code to the county clerk, established he had previously registered and is a qualified elector or he was eligible to register at the election and is a qualified elector.

 

22-15-106. Where name not on poll list.

 

A person challenged on the ground that his name does not appear on the poll list may vote if a judge of election obtains verification from the county clerk that the person is entitled to vote in that election within that county.

 

22-15-107. Repealed by Laws 2002, Ch. 18 3.

 

22-15-108. Duty of judges to challenge.

 

It is the duty of the judges to challenge electors whenever existence of legal grounds for doing so is known or apparent to the judges.

 

22-15-109. Poll watchers; certification; qualification; authority; removal.

 

(a) The county chairman of each political party may certify poll watchers prior to the day of the election to serve in each precinct. Not more than one (1) poll watcher from each political party may serve simultaneously unless the chief judge determines that one (1) additional poll watcher from each political party may be accommodated in the polling premises without disrupting the polling process.

 

(b) A poll watcher shall belong to the political party he represents and shall be a registered elector residing in the county. A poll watcher shall serve only at the precinct designated on the certificate. A poll watcher is authorized to observe voter turn out and registration and may make written memoranda but shall not challenge voters, conduct electioneering activities or disrupt the polling process.

 

(c) The chief judge may remove a poll watcher from the polling premises for disturbing the polling place, or for any other violation of the Election Code.