Election ballot order and party affiliation.
This bill changes Wyoming's election ballot rules by allowing independent candidates to list a party affiliation (e.g., "Independent - Green Party") alongside the word "Independent" on ballots. It modifies how candidates are ordered, requiring partisan candidates to appear in sequence based on their party's vote totals from the last congressional election in that county. Independents will still appear after all parties, listed alphabetically, and the bill takes effect immediately upon becoming law. The changes apply to all general election ballots for state and local offices.
Bill status
died
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Jan 2023
House Failed
Jan 2023
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2023
Last action Jan 17, 2023
Floor votes · House Jan 17, 2023
How they voted
10–47
Failed · 1 other
Total votes 58
Jan 17, 2023
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican53
88% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 17, 2023
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (10-47-1)
house
Jan 17, 2023
Committee
H COW:Failed 12-49-1-0-0
lower
Jan 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-3-1-0-0
lower
Jan 12, 2023
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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