§ 22-2-117 — Vote required for election; ratification

Wyoming § 22-2-117

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 22: Elections
• Ch. 2: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) Partisan and nonpartisan candidates who receive the
largest number of votes for each office to be filled at the
general election are elected. Nothing in this election code
shall be deemed to authorize any election in Wyoming to be
conducted through ranked choice voting. Any existing or future
ordinance enacted or adopted by a county, municipality or any
other governmental entity that purports to authorize ranked
choice voting in violation of this subsection is void. As used
in this subsection, "ranked choice voting" means a voting method
that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of
preference and has ballots cast to be tabulated in multiple
rounds following the elimination of a candidate until the
candidate or candidates with the most votes are declared
winners, or any other system that allows a voter to vote for
more than the number of candidates permitted to fill a
particular office.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 100, § 3, Ch. 168, § 202.
(c) With the exception of constitutional amendments and
statewide initiatives and referenda, all ballot propositions
shall be passed if the majority of those casting ballots on that
proposition vote in favor of such proposition.
(d) A proposed amendment to the constitution of the state
of Wyoming submitted by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of each of the
houses of the state legislature or a proposed new constitution
submitted by a constitutional convention shall be placed on the
ballot at the next general election and shall be ratified if
approved by a majority of the electors voting at the next
general election.
(e) If votes in an amount in excess of fifty percent (50%)
of those voting in the general election are cast in favor of
adoption of an initiated measure, the proposed law shall be
enacted, and the secretary of state shall so certify. The act
shall become effective ninety (90) days after certification.
(f) If votes in an amount in excess of fifty percent (50%)
of those voting in the general election are cast in favor of
rejection of an act referred, the act is rejected, and the
secretary of state shall so certify. The act rejected by
referendum is void thirty (30) days after certification.