§ 22-2-121 — Chief election officer to prepare forms; rules; advice

Wyoming § 22-2-121

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

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(a) In carrying out his responsibilities under title 22,
the secretary of state shall prepare:
(i) Written directives and instructions relating to
and based on the election laws;
(ii) Sample copies of prescribed and suggested forms;
(iii) Advice or request from the attorney general's
office advisory opinions on the effect of election laws and
their application, operation and interpretation.
(b) The secretary of state shall promulgate such rules as
are necessary to maintain uniform voting and vote counting
procedures and orderly voting.
(c) The secretary of state shall have the authority to
issue a directive to the county election officers necessary to
ensure voter registration and elector participation when a
uniformed services or emergency personnel elector could not
otherwise vote.
(d) The secretary of state is authorized to adopt rules
and regulations necessary to comply with the requirements of the
Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, including a
state-based administrative complaint procedure, which shall not
be subject to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(e) The secretary of state is authorized to adopt rules
and regulations necessary to comply with the requirements of the
Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act of 2009, P.L. 111-
84, and shall have the authority to issue directives to county
election officers necessary to ensure compliance with the act.
Directives authorized under this subsection may include:
(i) That ballots be available for Uniformed and
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act voters forty-five (45)
days prior to the election;
(ii) How ballots are to be transmitted
electronically;
(iii) How returned ballots shall be tabulated; and
(iv) What information shall be provided to Uniformed
and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act voters.
(f) The secretary of state shall have the authority to
issue directives to county election officers necessary to ensure
the proper conduct of elections, including voter registration
and elector participation when there is a declared natural
disaster or other impending or declared emergency which
interferes with an election.
(g) The secretary of state shall adopt rules and
regulations that allow for the counting of ballots at a central
counting center. The rules shall specify procedures for
delivering ballots to the central counting center.