§ 22-4-402 — Petition; form; validity

Wyoming § 22-4-402

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 22: Elections
• Ch. 4: POLITICAL PARTIES
• Art. 4: FORMATION OF NEW PROVISIONAL PARTIES

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(a) Any group of persons desiring to form a new political
party within this state shall file a petition with the secretary
of state not later than May 1 in any general election year in
which the party seeks to qualify for the general election
ballot.
(b) The petition shall be approved by the secretary of
state prior to circulation and shall conform in substance to the
following:
PETITION FOR FORMATION
OF A POLITICAL PARTY
I know the contents of this petition including the names of
the provisional party officers and request that the ________
party be printed on the ballot for the next general election. I
am a registered elector for the next primary and general
election. (This statement shall appear at the head of each
petition page.)
PROVISIONAL PARTY OFFICERS
NAME ADDRESS
CHAIRPERSON __________________________________________
TREASURER ____________________________________________
PETITIONERS
(Signature) (Printed Name)
(Residence) (Date)
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
VERIFICATION BY CIRCULATORS
I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a circulator of this
petition, and I solely and personally circulated this petition,
that all the signatures appearing herein were made in my
presence from ....(month) ....(day), ....(year) through
....(month) ....(day), ....(year), and to the best of my
knowledge and belief such signatures are those of the persons
whose names they purport to be.
.... (signature)
.... (residence address)
(c) The name of the party printed on the petition shall
consist of not more than two (2) words and shall not be
identical to, nor similar to, the name of any existing qualified
political party as determined by the secretary of state, nor to
the word "independent".
(d) To be valid, a petition shall contain the names and
signatures of registered electors equal in number to not less
than two percent (2%) of the total number of votes cast for the
office of United States house of representatives in the last
general election.
(e) The petition shall be circulated no earlier than March
1 of the year preceding the general election.