Wyoming Statutes
Wyo. Stat. § 22-23-202 (2026)
Optional mode of election for towns; procedures
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by charter ordinance.
(a) Any municipality may, by charter ordinance enacted
pursuant to article 13, section 1(c) of the Wyoming
constitution, elect not to conduct its elections for office or
for municipal ballot propositions in the same manner as
statewide elections, in which case the charter ordinance shall
at a minimum provide:
(i) The manner in which notice of elections shall be
given;
(ii) The procedure by which candidates shall be
nominated for office, and by which vacancies in nomination are
to be filled;
(iii) The date, time and place of the election which
shall be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in
the month of May every two (2) years;
(iv) The manner in which precinct officials and a
canvassing board shall be appointed;
(v) That the municipal clerk is responsible for:
(A) Determining if a person seeking nomination
is a qualified candidate;
(B) Preparing the ballots in substantially the
same form as the general election nonpartisan ballot;
(C) Designating polling places;
(D) Otherwise conducting the election.
(vi) That the municipality shall bear the expense of
the election;
(vii) The manner in which election results are
certified and persons receiving the highest number of votes are
notified.
(b) Those matters not otherwise provided for in a charter
ordinance shall be governed by chapters 1 through 21, 23, 25 and
26 of this Election Code.Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2015–2015 · leading case: City of Casper v. Holloway, 354 P.3d 65 (Wyo. 2015).
City of Casper v. Holloway, 354 P.3d 65 (Wyo. 2015). “In her complaint, Holloway states jurisdiction pursuant to "W.S. 22-23-202" but we understand that citation to be an inadvertent mistake and assume she meant § 22-23-101.”
City of Casper, & V.H. Mcdonald, CPA, In His Capacity as the Admin. Servs. Dir. of the City of Casper v. Kimberly Holloway, Individually & as a Citizen of Casper, Wyoming, & as a Member of the Smoke Free Comm., 2015 WY 93 (Wyo. 2015). “3 In her complaint, Holloway states jurisdiction pursuant to “W.S. 22-23-202” but we understand that citation to be an inadvertent mistake and assume she meant § 22-23-101.”
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