Section 14-6 - Re-Opening The Polls (a) The terms "opening of polls," "closing of polls," and "re-opening of polls" refer to activating (turning on and off) the electronic voting machines, and the terms are not intended to refer or relate to the opening or closing of the physical polling place.
(b) There may be conditions when it is necessary for an election judge to "Re-Open Polls" on machines. At the direction of the County Clerk and in the presence of two (2) or more election judges with different political party affiliations, if available, the polls may be "re-opened" only under the following conditions and procedures: - (i) Election judges must provide notice to voters present at polls if required to turn machines off and on during Election Day for any reason.
- (ii) If election judges find ballots in the emergency bin or discover other non-counted ballots after the machines have been set to "Close Polls," they must call the County Clerk and report it immediately.
- (iii) County Clerks can instruct election judges to "re-open the polls" if the County Clerk determines that is best procedure, or the County Clerk can require the non-counted ballots be submitted to the County Canvassing Board to process.
- (iv) Election judges must sign all statements printed on the machine tapes that are printed by the machines when a machine is activated, i.e., "opened" or "closed".
- (v) In the event election judges re-open polls, they will provide a written statement of events for review by the County Canvassing Board.
002-14 Wyo. Code R. § 14-6