Current through the 2024 Budget Session
Section 22-6-130 - Post-election ballot audit(a) Each county clerk shall complete an audit of the county's unofficial election results by identifying and reviewing the smallest observable percentage between the statewide candidates who received the most votes and the statewide candidates who received the second highest votes for each contest within the county not later than the first Thursday following a primary, special or general election. Additional contests may be added to the audit at the discretion of the county clerk. Using a formula developed by the University of Wyoming, each county clerk shall use the smallest observable percentage to determine a statistically significant sample size of the ballots to be audited under this section. To ensure the timely completion of this procedure under this subsection, the number of ballots audited shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the total number of ballots cast.(b) Each county clerk shall conduct an audit of the election using the statistically significant ballot sample size and the corresponding ballots for the contests selected for audit determined under subsection (a) of this section. Each county clerk shall provide the audit results to the secretary of state not later than one (1) day before the meeting of the state canvassing board as provided in W.S. 22-16-118.Added by Laws 2023, ch. 177,§ 1, eff. 3/9/2023.