Section 41-8-109 - Referendum Prerequisite to Establishment; Voting; Ballots; Right of Landowners to Vote; Proxies.

WY Stat § 41-8-109 (2019) (N/A)
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41-8-109. Referendum prerequisite to establishment; voting; ballots; right of landowners to vote; proxies.

(a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

(b) All qualified electors of the district and owners of land lying within the boundaries of the proposed district, as determined by written authorizations as specified in W.S. 41-8-101(f) and subsections (c) and (d) of this section, shall be eligible to vote in the referendum. In applying provisions of the Special District Elections Act of 1994 to this act, the terms "elector" or "voter" shall include qualified electors and landowners.

(c) A written authorization for voting purposes shall be filed with the election official conducting the special district election not later than thirty (30) days prior to the election.

(d) In examining any written authorization required or permitted to be signed by landowners, the county clerk or district secretary shall accept the first written authorization filed unless prior to certification the secretary or county clerk is furnished with written evidence, satisfactory to the county clerk or district secretary, that a new representative has been appointed by the owners, signed by a majority of the persons named as owners on the previously filed written authorization or as shown on a copy of a recorded deed attached to the written authorization.