Section 22-12-101 - Designation and Notice of Polling Places; External Location; Change in Location.

WY Stat § 22-12-101 (2019) (N/A)
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22-12-101. Designation and notice of polling places; external location; change in location.

(a) Polling places shall be designated by the county clerk, who shall publish their location at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county within two (2) weeks prior to a statewide election. Polling places may be located outside of the precinct if the board of county commissioners determines and records in its minutes the reasons that it is required by the public convenience.

(b) A polling place designated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and used in the 2014 general election shall be not be changed unless a notice describing the proposed change is posted on the county's official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the designated official newspaper of the county. The notice shall include the date and place of the county commissioners meeting where the proposed change will be discussed. The county clerk shall notify the county chairman of each political party in the county not later than fifteen (15) days before the meeting. A proposed change in the location of a polling place may be adopted by the county clerk at a meeting of the county commissioners during which the proposed change is discussed.