PRIMARY ELECTION PROCLAMATION
NIOBRARA COUNTY, WYOMING
PRIMARY ELECTION - AUGUST 16, 2022
FILING DATES AND OFFICES:
MAY 12, 2022 through MAY 27, 2022- Filing Dates for Offices for the PRIMARY ELECTION
FILE APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION/ELECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING:
SECRETARY OF STATE- Federal and State Offices, including State Legislature.
COUNTY CLERK- County Offices, Precinct Committeemen, and Precinct Committeewomen.
AUGUST 1, 2022- last day to register to vote with the County Clerk or City Clerk for the Primary Election. Voter Registration is permitted at the polls on the day of election.
OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED AT THE PRIMARY
# Required to
Fill Position Title of Office Term of Office
Precinct 6-2, S. Lusk, will elect the following:
2 Republican Precinct Committeeman 2 Years
2 Republican Precinct Committeewoman 2 Years
1 Democratic Precinct Committeeman 2 Years
1 Democratic Precinct Committeewoman 2 Years
Precincts 1-2 Warren, 3-2 Hat Creek, 4-1 Lance Creek, 6-1 N. Lusk, & 7-1 Manville will elect the following:
1 Republican Precinct Committeeman 2 Years
1 Republican Precinct Committeewoman 2 Years
1 Democratic Precinct Committeeman 2 Years
1 Democratic Precinct Committeewoman 2 Years
PARTISAN OFFICERS TO BE NOMINATED AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION
# Required to
Fill Position Title of Office Term of Office
1 United States Representative 2 Years
1 Governor 4 Years
1 Secretary of State 4 Years
1 State Auditor 4 Years
1 State Treasurer 4 Years
1 Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 Years
1 State Senator, Senate District 03 4 Years
1 State Representative, House District 02 2 Years
2 County Commissioners 4 Years
1 County Coroner 4 Years
1 County Attorney 4 Years
1 County Sheriff 4 Years
1 County Clerk 4 Years
1 County Treasurer 4 Years
1 County Assessor 4 Years
1 Clerk of the District Court 4 Years
FILING DATES AND OFFICES FOR GENERAL ELECTION:
MAY 9, 2022 through AUGUST 8, 2022- File with the Secretary of State for Declaration of Intent for Supreme Court Justices, District Court Judges, and Circuit Court Judges.
AUGUST 10, 2022 through AUGUST 29, 2022- File with the County Clerk for School Board District Trustees, Hospital District Trustees, Rural Fire District Directors, Senior Citizen’s Service District Trustees and Soil Conservation District Supervisors.
In addition to the above offices to be nominated at the Primary Election (excluding Precinct Committeemen and Committeewomen), the following will appear on the General Election Ballot.
JUDICIAL OFFICERS TO BE RETAINED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION
# Required to
Fill Position Title of Office Term of Office
1 Judge A of the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District 6 Years
1 Circuit Court Judge, Eighth Judicial District 4 Years
NONPARTISAN OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION
# Required
to Fill Position Title of Office Term of Office
NIOBRARA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT # 1
4 Trustees - At Large 4 Years
NIOBRARA COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT
3 Hospital District Trustees 4 Years
NON-PARTISAN OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION (con’t)
# Required
to Fill Position Title of Office Term of Office
NIOBRARA COUNTY RURAL FIRE DISTRICT
2 Rural Fire District Directors 4 Years
1 Rural Fire District Director Unexpired 2 Year
NIOBRARA COUNTY SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICE DIST.
2 Senior Citizen Service District Trustees 4 Years
NIOBRARA SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
1 Conservation District Director – At Large 4 Years
1 Conservation District Director – Rural 4 Years
1 Conservation District Director – Urban 4 Years
BALLOT PROPOSITIONS TO BE VOTED ON AT THE GENERAL ELECTION
Constitutional Amendment A
Following is the ballot language of Constitutional Amendment A as it will appear on the 2022 General Election ballot:
The Wyoming Constitution allows the state to invest state funds in equities such as the stock of corporations, but does not allow the funds of counties, cities and other political subdivisions to be invested in equities. The adoption of this amendment would allow the funds of counties, cities and other political subdivisions to be invested in equities to the extent and in the manner the legislature may allow by law. Any law authorizing the investment of specified political subdivision funds in equities would require a two-thirds vote of both houses of the legislature.
Constitutional Amendment B
Following is the ballot language of Constitutional Amendment B as it will appear on the 2022 General Election ballot:
Currently, the Wyoming Constitution requires Wyoming Supreme Court justices and district court judges to retire upon reaching the age of seventy (70). This amendment increases the mandatory retirement age of Supreme Court justices and district court judges from age seventy (70) to age seventy-five (75).
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, INITIATIVES, REFERENDUMS, AND BALLOT PROPOSITIONS
Any additional amendments, initiatives, referendums, or ballot propositions filed at a later date will be published in the General Election Proclamation.
PROOF OF IDENTITY IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER TO VOTE.
**PROOF OF IDENTITY IS NOW REQUIRED WHEN VOTING IN PERSON. **
If you require assistance to vote because of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write, a person of your choice may provide assistance. Also, if you have questions regarding the accessibility of your polling place, please contact your County Clerk.
CAMPAIGN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
W.S. 22-25-106 Filing of campaign reports (i) Every candidate, whether successful or not, shall file an itemized statement of contributions and expenditures at least seven (7) days but not more than fourteen (14) days before any primary, general or special election. Any contribution received or expenditure made after the statement has been filed, through the day of the election, whether a primary, general, or special election shall be filed as an amendment to the statement within ten (10) days after the election
Any person required to file a report under W.S. 22-25-106 shall be given notice prior to an election, by the appropriate filing office that failure to file the report within the time required by that section shall subject the person to civil penalties as provided in W.S. 22-25-108 (f).
Polls are open from 7:00 A.M. through 7:00 P.M. on the day of election. Polling places are located as follows:
1-2 Warren- Rennard’s Garage- 19609 US Hwy 85, Lusk
3-2 Hat Creek- Stage Station- 899 Stage Rd., Lusk
4-1 Lance Creek- Lance Creek Elementary School- 325 20 Mile Rd., Lance Creek
6-1 & 6-2 North & South Lusk- Niobrara Co. Fairgrounds- 4180 US Hwy 20, Lusk
7-1 Manville- Manville Town Hall- 651 5th St., Manville, WY
Absentee ballots will be available EXCEPT on the day of election.
They may be requested in person, by emailing HYPERLINK "mailto:bfreeman@niobraracounty.org" bfreeman@niobraracounty.org or by calling 1-307-334-2211. If requesting an absentee ballot in writing please include your full legal name, your physical address, the address you want the ballot mailed to, your date of birth, party affiliation, and a contact number where you can be reached. Absentee ballots will be available July 1, 2022 through August 15, 2022.
**ABSENTEE BALLOTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE, 424 S. ELM STREET, LUSK, WY AT OR BEFORE 7:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF ELECTION. **
BALLOTS RETURNED TO THE POLLING PLACE WILL NOT BE COUNTED.
Published in accordance with Section 22-2-109 Wyoming Statutes, as amended. Dated this 9th day of May 2022.
Becky L. Freeman, Niobrara County Clerk
Public Notice No. 5769. Published in The Lusk Herald on May 11, 2022
