§ 22-6-120 — Format of general election ballot

Wyoming § 22-6-120

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 22: Elections
• Ch. 6: BALLOTS

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(a) The general election ballot shall be printed in
substantial compliance with this format:
(i) Across the top shall be printed "Official General
Election Ballot";
(ii) On the first line shall be printed the name of
the county in which the ballot is used, the date of the
election, and blank lines for entry of the election district and
precinct number;
(iii) On the second line shall be printed the same
instructions as prescribed for primary elections in W.S.
22-6-119;
(iv) The designation of offices and the applicable
term of office shall be printed preceding the names of
candidates for the office;
(v) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.
(vi) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.
(vii) The names of partisan party candidates, if
candidates have filed, and independent candidates, if candidates
have filed, shall be printed in a separate column or columns,
row or rows, and the name of the party represented or the word
"Independent" shall be printed directly above the candidate's
name or at the end of the row. If there are a number of
candidates representing a party, or independents, the county
clerk at his discretion may designate a separate vertical column
or columns, or row or rows to said candidates and print the name
of said party or the word "Independent" at the top of the column
or beginning of the row;
(viii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.
(ix) For offices to which more than one (1) person is
to be elected, the names of candidates in each column running
for the office shall be offset or staggered to prevent two (2)
names from appearing directly opposite each other;
(x) Below the names of candidates for each office
shall be printed blank lines for write-in candidates equal in
number to the number of persons to be elected;
(xi) Adjacent to the name of each candidate, except
those running for the office of president and vice-president of
the United States and their electors, and adjacent to each blank
line for write-in candidates, shall be printed a square for
marking the vote. A single square shall be printed to indicate
the vote for candidates for the office of president and vice-
president of the United States. No square shall appear at the
top of a column;
(xii) Adjacent to the description of any office shall
be printed "Vote for one" or if the office is to be filled by
more than one (1) candidate shall be printed "Vote For Not More
Than", then the appropriate words and figures designating the
proper number to be elected;
(xiii) Vertical columns containing the names of
candidates shall be separated by a blank line one-twelfth inch
wide;
(xiv) The official statement of the ballot
proposition shall commence on the next line;
(xv) Adjacent to the final line of such statement
shall be printed two (2) squares on the same line. Above the
first square shall be printed the word "For" and above the
second square shall be printed the word "Against";
(xvi) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.