§ 22-3-117 — Absentee registration generally; use of federal postcard

Wyoming § 22-3-117

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 22: Elections
• Ch. 3: REGISTRATION

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(a) Notwithstanding any other section or provision in this
chapter, any citizen of the United States who is a resident of
Wyoming may apply for registration by providing the information
required by W.S. 22-3-103(a), acceptable identification, proof
of United States citizenship and proof of residence and by
completing and subscribing the form of voter registration oath
prescribed by W.S. 22-3-103(b) before any person authorized by
law to administer oaths. Each county clerk shall furnish the
voter registration oath forms. The applicant shall mail or
return the completed voter registration oath form to the county
clerk in the county in which the applicant resides. In order to
vote in the next election, the application must be received in
the county clerk's office before the close of registration for
that election, or:
(i) Be received by mail or email and processed by the
county clerk during the closed period described in W.S. 22-3-
102(a) if it is accompanied by an absentee ballot request for
elections where a voter may register at the polls;
(ii) Be made at the county clerk's office during the
closed period described in W.S. 22-3-102(a) if the voter
simultaneously votes at the county clerk's office; or
(iii) Be made and processed at the absentee polling
place during the closed period described in W.S. 22-3-102(a) if
the voter simultaneously votes at the absentee polling place
established for that purpose pursuant to W.S. 22-9-125.
(b) Under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff (2002) the following persons shall
be allowed to simultaneously register and make application for
an absentee ballot through the use of the Federal Postcard
Application (FPCA), provided those persons are residents of this
state or in the case of overseas citizens, they were last
domiciled in Wyoming immediately prior to their departure from
the United States and are not registered to vote in any other
jurisdiction:
(i) Members of the uniformed services and their
spouses and dependents residing with them;
(ii) Overseas citizens and their spouses and
dependents residing with them;
(iii) Citizens temporarily residing outside of the
United States, and their spouses and dependents residing with
them; and
(iv) Any other person to whom federal law requires
this privilege be extended.
(c) Annual registration through the Federal Postcard
Application constitutes temporary registration for the purpose
of voting in any election during the calendar year for which the
voter registered, and the registration of such a registrant
shall be maintained as provided in W.S. 22-3-102(d). The
Federal Postcard Application shall be accepted if completed and
signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
(d) If any person specified in subsection (b) of this
section desires permanent registration, that person shall
provide the information required by W.S. 22-3-103(a) and
subscribe to the voter registration oath prescribed by W.S.
22-3-103(b). The oath shall be self-administered under penalty
of perjury and notwithstanding W.S. 22-3-104 does not require
the signature of an oath-taking official.