HB0054

Modifies requirements for independent candidates in Wyoming elections by increasing signature thresholds, revising filing deadlines, and requiring candidates to affirm they are unaffiliated with major or minor political parties.

• Requires independent candidates to swear or affirm in their nomination petition that they are unaffiliated voters or otherwise not registered with a major or minor political party. (W.S. 22-5-301(a), Sec. 1)
• Increases the required number of petition signatures for statewide partisan offices from 2% to 5% of the total votes cast for U.S. Representative in the last general election. (W.S. 22-5-304(a), Sec. 1)
• Increases the required number of petition signatures for countywide partisan offices from 2% to 5% of the total votes cast for U.S. Representative in the last general election in that county. (W.S. 22-5-304(b), Sec. 1)
• Increases the required number of petition signatures for district partisan elections from 2% to 5% of votes cast for that office in the district in the last general election, or 5% of registered voters in the current district if boundaries have changed. (W.S. 22-5-304(c), Sec. 1)
• Revises the filing deadline for independent candidate petitions to require obtaining secretary of state approval to circulate the petition not less than 81 days before the general election, with 14 additional days to file the petition after approval. (W.S. 22-5-307, Sec. 1)

Effective: immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution

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