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Wyoming Regulations § 14-6 Opening, Closing, and Re-Opening the Polls

⤴ Up to Chapter 14: Polling Places

Regulation Text

(a) As used in this section, "opening of polls," means activating a ballot tabulation device so that votes may be tabulated, "closing of polls," means deactivating a ballot tabulation device so that votes may not be tabulated, and "re-opening of polls" means activating a ballot tabulation device, after the ballot tabulation device has been deactivated. "Opening of polls," "closing of polls," and "re-opening of polls," does not mean the opening or closing of a polling place.
(b) Polls shall be opened, closed, and re-opened in accordance with statute, and at the direction of the County Clerk.
(c) At the direction of the County Clerk and in the presence of two (2) or more election judges from different political parties, if available, the polls may be re-opened subject to the following:
(i) Election judges shall provide notice to voters present at the polls.
(ii) If election judges find ballots in the auxiliary bin or discover other non-counted ballots after the polls have closed, they shall call the County Clerk and report it immediately.
(iii) The County Clerk may instruct election judges to re-open the polls to process all non-counted ballots. If the County Clerk does not instruct election judges to re-open the polls and process all non-counted ballots, the County Clerk shall submit the non-counted ballots to the County Canvassing Board to process.
(d) Election judges shall sign all statements printed from the machine tapes when the polls are opened or closed.
(e) If election judges re-open the polls, the election judges shall provide a written statement of events to be reviewed by the County Canvassing Board.

History

Amended, Eff. 8/26/2022 .

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