22-21-201.

22-21-201.

22-21-102. Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 100, § 5.

22-21-103. How bond question to be submitted to electors; contents.

Each bond question shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the political subdivision. Every bond election shall be held on the same day as a primary election or a general election, or on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in May or November, or on the Tuesday next following the third Monday in August. Not less than one hundred ten (110) days before a bond election, the political subdivision shall provide written notification to the county clerk specifying the date of the election and the bond question. The bond question shall state the purpose of the bonds, the maximum principal amount thereof, the maximum number of years allowed for the indebtedness and the maximum rate of interest to be paid thereon. The secretary of state may promulgate reasonable rules for conducting bond elections where the election is not held at the same time as the general or primary election.

22-21-104. Publication or posting of election notice; contents.

Between one hundred one (101) and ninety-one (91) days before a bond election held in conjunction with a primary or other August election and between ninety (90) and seventy (70) days before a bond election held in conjunction with a May, general or other November election, the county clerk shall publish notice of the election at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision, notice shall be posted at each polling place in the political subdivision between ninety (90) and seventy (70) days before the election. Any notice of election hereunder shall specify the name of the political subdivision, the date, time and place of election, the question or questions to be submitted, and the fact that only qualified electors of the political subdivision may vote thereon. If a bond election is being held within a political subdivision at the same time and place as a regular or other election, the notice of bond election may, at the discretion of the county clerk, be combined with and given in the same manner as the notice of the regular or other election in such political subdivision.

22-21-105. Election districts.

The political subdivision may be divided by the governing body into convenient subdivisions for the purpose of such election or the governing body may adopt the election districts and precincts established for general or other elections.

22-21-106. Errors.

No error in any election on the creation of an indebtedness shall invalidate the election, unless it is determined that the error would change the result.

22-21-107. Contests; procedure.

Any five (5) qualified electors of the political subdivision may contest an election on the question of the creation of an indebtedness upon filing in the district court of any county in which the political subdivision is wholly or partially located, within fourteen (14) days after the result of the election shall have been determined, a petition alleging an error that would change the result of the election, in like form as in other cases of contested elections in the district court. The political subdivision shall be made defendant, and process shall be served upon the clerk of the governing body or other chief clerical officer as in other civil actions. No civil action contesting the results of such an election or alleging election errors may be commenced after the expiration of such fourteen (14) day period.

22-21-108. Who is entitled to vote. Any qualified elector in the political subdivision shall be entitled to vote on the bond question in person or by absentee ballot, for the precinct in which he is registered, as provided by law.

22-21-109. Supplies; regulations; costs.

The county clerk may utilize voting machines or electronic voting systems at any bond election and may prescribe the form of the ballot, the duties of election officials, and other reasonable regulations pertaining thereto. The political subdivision holding the bond election shall pay the actual costs of the election or an equitably proportioned share of a concurrent election, as determined by the county clerk.

22-21-110. Ballot canvass; results certified; declaration; effect of defeat.

Immediately after the closing of the polls, the counting board shall proceed to count the ballots. The results disclosed by the count shall be certified by the counting board to the clerk of the political subdivision. If the majority of the ballots cast on a bond question is in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the proposal shall be approved, and the governing body of the political subdivision, in the manner provided by law, shall then proceed to declare the results of said election, and complete the printing, execution, advertising, and sale of the bonds, but if the majority is opposed to such issuance, the proposal to issue bonds for the same general purpose shall not again be submitted to election within a period of twelve (12) months or as otherwise provided by law.

22-21-111. Authority granted.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing any type of project or the issuance of bonds for any purpose not otherwise authorized by the laws specifically applicable to the political subdivision in question.

22-21-112. Effect on prior bond elections.

This act shall have no effect on any bond election heretofore conducted, and any bonds authorized at such an election which have not been delivered may be sold and delivered as if this act had not been adopted.

ARTICLE 2 - STATE  22-21-201. State bond elections.

(a) A statewide bond election may be held on the same days as authorized for bond elections under W.S. 22-21-103. A statewide bond election shall be conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as a general election.

(b) The proclamation of such an election shall be published as provided in W.S. 22-2-109. No other notice of such election need be published.

(c) Precincts may be consolidated for the purpose of any special election held under this section at the discretion of the county clerk. Three (3) judges shall be appointed for the polling place in such special elections, and additional judges may be appointed if deemed necessary by the county clerk.

(d) The question submitted at such a bond election shall be deemed adopted, if a majority of the electors voting thereon approve the proposition.

CHAPTER 22 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS

ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

22-22-101. Cost of school or community college district elections.

The cost of a school or community college district election or equitably proportioned shares of a concurrent election as determined by the county clerk shall be paid by the appropriate board from the funds of the school district or community college district.

22-22-102. Date of election of trustees; terms.

(a) The election of members of the board of trustees of each school district and community college district shall be held at the regular polling places for each district on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November in general election years, except as otherwise provided by law. Terms of office shall run for four (4) years beginning at 12:00 noon on the first day in December following the election, except as otherwise provided by law.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 204, § 2.  (c) Not more than a simple majority of members of the board of trustees of each school district and each community college district shall be elected at any election unless the election is to fill an unexpired term. This subsection shall not apply to the election of the initial board of a community college district or the first regular election of a community college district board.

22-22-103. Establishment of election dates by boards of county commissioners.

For school or community college district elections set by boards of county commissioners, in determining the date of an election each county commissioner's vote shall be weighted in proportion to the number of county commissioners and the population of electors of the district residing within that commissioner's county. The population of electors shall be determined by the most recent voter registration lists.

ARTICLE 2 - NOMINATIONS

22-22-201. Eligibility for office.

(a) A qualified elector resident in a school district is eligible to hold the office of school district trustee in the school district, but only from the trustee residence area in which he resides if the district is divided into residence areas.

(b) A qualified elector resident in a community college district may be elected to the district board of the community college district, but only from the subdistrict in which he resides if the district is divided into subdistricts.

22-22-202. Filing of application; form.

(a) A qualified elector may be nominated for the office of school district trustee or member of a community college board by filing an application for election in the office of the county clerk not more than ninety (90) nor less than seventy (70) days prior to the election. The application shall be in substantially the following form:

APPLICATION FOR ELECTION FOR SCHOOL OR

COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEE I, the undersigned, swear or affirm that I was born on ...., ....(year), and that I have been a resident of the State of Wyoming since ...., and that I am a registered voter of the .... school district or community college district (and resident of trustee residence area or subdistrict ...., if any), residing at ...., 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 .... years. I hereby declare that if I am elected, I will qualify for the office.

Dated: ....

.......... (Signature of Candidate)

.... Name as it is to appear on the ballot

(b) Repealed by Laws 1983, ch. 80, § 2.

22-22-203. Determining validity of application; placement on ballot; procedure for multi-county districts.

(a) The county clerk receiving a nomination application shall determine whether the person seeking nomination is a qualified candidate. If the application is sufficient in all respects, the name of the person nominated shall appear on the official ballot for the election specified in the application. In the case of a school or community college district which crosses county boundaries, the clerk of the county in which a valid application is filed shall certify the name of the person nominated to the clerk of the other county or counties involved for placement on the official ballot for the election specified in the application.

(b) Each county clerk in each election involving a school or community college district which crosses county boundaries shall determine whether voting machines, electronic voting system, paper ballots, or a combination thereof, shall be used to insure that each qualified elector votes only for the candidate or candidates from the school district and trustee residence area, if any, and from the community college district and subdistrict, if any, for which he is entitled to vote.

ARTICLE 3 - SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE ELECTION PROCEDURE  22-22-301. "District" defined.

As used in this article including W.S. 22-22-301 through