Wyoming Statutes
§ 22-17-101 — Right to contest elections; exception; grounds
Wyoming § 22-17-101
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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 22-17-101 (2026).
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(a)A qualified elector may contest the right of a person
declared elected to an office in the elector's county,
municipality, district or precinct, other than the office of
state legislator, United States president and vice-president and
presidential elector, on the following grounds:
(i)Misconduct or material negligence of an election
official which affected the result of the election;
(ii)The person whose election is contested is not
eligible to hold the office;
(iii)The person whose election is contested offered
to give a bribe to a voter or election official to procure his
election;
(iv)Illegal votes were counted or legal votes were
not counted;
(v)The person whose election is contested violated
the provisions of W. S. 22-26-101 through 22-26-121.
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Summons; conduct of suit§ 22-17-104
Judgment for costs§ 22-17-106
Grounds for contesting ballot propositions§ 22-17-107
Defense of contested ballot proposition§ 22-17-108
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Wyoming § 22-17-101, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wy/17/22-17-101.