Section 18-15-106 - Candidates to file petition; printing names of candidates on ballot; publication of names(a) Candidates for the office of special district trustee shall file an application in the office of the county clerk in substantially the following form: APPLICATION FOR ELECTION FOR SENIOR CITIZEN SERVE DISTRICT TRUSTEE
I, the undersigned, certify that I was born on ...., (year); and that I have been a resident of the State of Wyoming since ....; that I am a registered voter of the .... senior citizen service district and I do hereby request that my name, ...., be printed on the ballot of the election to be held on the ....day of ...., (year), as a candidate for the office of .... for a term of four (4) years. I hereby declare that if I am elected, I will qualify for the office.
Dated: ....
....(Signature of Candidate)
....(Residence Address)
(b) Except for the election of the initial board of trustees, applications under subsection (a) of this section shall be filed not more than ninety-six (96) days and not later than seventy-four (74) days prior to the election. For the election of the initial board of trustees, applications shall be filed not later than ten (10) days after the primary election establishing the district.(c) All names filed shall be printed on a ballot and furnished to each elector at each polling place on the day of election. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a voter from writing in the name of any qualified person on the ballot. The names of all persons filing as candidates shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county not later than the Saturday preceding the election.(d) The official ballot shall contain the following information:(i) The name of the district;(ii) The number of offices to be filled, the length of term for each office and the number and names of candidates for each office for whom each voter is entitled to vote.(e) The names of candidates shall appear without party designation, one (1) name to a line. The names of candidates shall be rotated by precinct. Sufficient blank lines for write-in candidates shall be provided for each office.(f) Unless otherwise provided, a district election shall be governed by the laws regulating statewide elections and be conducted and canvassed by the same election officials, using the same poll lists and at the same times and polling places, as county elections.Amended by Laws 2017 , ch. 161, § 1, eff. 7/1/2017.