Wyoming Regulations § 14-4 During Polling Hours

Regulation Text

(a) Any issue encountered with the voting equipment shall be reported by the election judges to the County Clerk's Office. The county clerk shall report the issue to the Secretary of State as soon as possible.

(b) In precincts where absentee ballots are counted at the polls, a sign shall be posted stating that election judges may be processing absentee ballots while voters are in the polling area.

(c) Poll watchers from any political party are allowed at the polling place only if the County Clerk has been notified of the name of the poll watcher, and the time and polling place that the poll watcher will serve. Election judges shall be trained by the County Clerk on poll watchers' duties prior to election day. Poll watchers may not sit at the same table as election judges. No one other than the election judges may ask voters questions. Poll watchers shall wear appropriate identification as determined by the County Clerk.

(d) If the election judges determine that a precinct will not have a sufficient number of ballots and the polling place does not have a ballot on demand printer, the election judges shall notify the County Clerk as soon as possible. When the County Clerk has been notified by the election judges of the need for additional ballots:

(i) The County Clerk shall prepare and deliver ballots to the polling place and document the number of additional ballots printed and delivered;

(ii) Upon delivery of the ballots, the election judges shall confirm the number of ballots received at the polling place and mark the number on the balance sheet prior to using the ballots;

(iii) If the County Clerk does not have a ballot on demand printer, the County Clerk shall supply the precinct with copies of the ballot to serve as emergency ballots. Election judges shall confirm the number of emergency ballots received at the polling place and mark the number on the balance sheet prior to using the emergency ballots;

(iv) Voted emergency ballots shall be placed in the auxiliary bin and shall be treated by the County Clerk as damaged ballots and processed in accordance with Chapter 6 of the Election Procedures Rules.

(v) If the emergency ballots cannot be duplicated and tabulated, they shall be counted by hand by the canvassing board and the results tallied in the poll book or inventory log.

(e) If a ballot box is full, election judges may open the bin to rearrange the ballots. Should the ballot box be too full to sufficiently rearrange the ballots, two (2) election judges from different political parties, if available, may remove the full ballot box and replace it with an empty ballot box. The election judges shall fill out, sign, date and time stamp a form stating that the ballots were removed.

History

Amended, Eff. 8/26/2022 .

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