SF0114

Changes Wyoming House of Representatives elections from single-member districts to a multi-member county-based district system using proportional representation with list voting.

• Establishes new election procedures for state representatives where voters can vote for one list of candidates nominated by a political party or vote for individual candidates up to the number of representatives to be elected from the district. (W.S. 22-30-101(b), (c), (d))
• Requires political parties to certify their nomination method by June 1 of even-numbered years and allows major parties to nominate via primary election, with candidates ordered on the general election list by votes received, or through conventions, caucuses, or party committees for parties not using primaries. (W.S. 22-30-102)
• Specifies that representatives elected in each house district shall be apportioned among nominated candidate lists using the greatest divisors method (Jefferson method) based on votes received in the general election. (W.S. 22-30-103(a), (b), (c))
• Redefines Wyoming House legislative districts as eleven county-based multi-member districts, with district 1 (Natrona) electing 9 representatives, district 3 (Laramie) electing 11 representatives, and other districts electing between 1 and 7 representatives depending on county composition. (W.S. 28-2-119(b))
• Amends nomination procedures for state representatives to comply with the new list-voting system and requires that nomination of candidates for state representatives follow the new provisions in W.S. 22-30-101 through 22-30-103. (W.S. 22-5-215, W.S. 22-4-303)
• Modifies petition requirements for independent candidates running for state representative by dividing the required number of petition signatures by the number of representatives to be elected from the district. (W.S. 22-5-304(c))
• Exempts state representative elections from standard ballot formatting requirements regarding name rotation, alphabetical ordering, and column/row separation, allowing the new list-based ballot format. (W.S. 22-6-120(a)(vii), (ix), W.S. 22-6-121(a), W.S. 22-6-122)
• Requires county canvassing boards to record votes for both individual candidates and lists of candidates on election abstracts.