(A) Municipal officers. All candidates for municipal office shall be nominated at the municipal primary election. In order to be eligible, a candidate must be a registered voter and a resident of the municipality and ward which he or she seeks to represent on the day the petition is filed, and shall not be an employee of the municipality. As used in this section, the term EMPLOYEE includes only those persons receiving an hourly wage or salary from a municipality. A person who provides volunteer services to a municipality shall not be considered an “employee” under this section based solely upon coverage under the State Worker’s Compensation Act or other pension, death or disability program.
(B) Filing fee; petition form. Not more than 96 days and not later than 81 days preceding the municipal primary election, each candidate for a municipal office shall pay a nonrefundable filing fee of $25 and sign and file with the Municipal Clerk a petition in substantially the following form:
THE STATE OF WYOMING
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County of Lincoln
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 ...., residing at ...., and that I am a registered voter of Election District No. ...., Precinct No. ...., in Ward No. ...., in the Town of Star Valley Ranch, and the State of Wyoming as of the closing of the Municipal Clerk’s office on the day this petition is filed, do hereby petition and request that my name be printed upon the Official Municipal Primary Ballot at the next primary election as a candidate for the office of ..... I hereby declare that if nominated and elected I will qualify for the office.
Dated:
(Signature of Candidate)
(Residence Address)
(C) Certification of candidates; names on ballots. Not later than 68 days prior to the primary election, the Municipal Clerk shall certify to the County Clerk the names of all qualified candidates for nomination at the municipal primary election and the office they seek and shall print the names on the primary election ballot. The number of municipal candidates the voters are entitled to vote for at the primary election is the number of candidates to be elected to municipal offices at the general election.
(D) Ballot form. The County Clerk shall prepare the municipal primary ballot as provided in W.S. § 22-6 for nonpartisan ballots.
(E) Candidates nominated; certificate of nomination. The candidates equal to twice the number to be elected to each office who receive the highest number of votes are nominated to run for the office at the next general election and shall be issued a certificate of nomination by the County Clerk. A write-in candidate shall not be nominated and shall not be entitled to have his or her name printed on the ballot for the next general election unless he or she received at least three votes.
(F) Vacancies in nomination.
(1) A vacancy in nomination for a municipal office to be filled at a general election occurs if:
(a) A candidate nominated at a primary election declines to accept the nomination, dies, moves his or her residence from his or her constituency or becomes disqualified to hold the office for any reason provided by law; or
(b) After the primary election, there are no nomination applications for the office of Mayor or Council member.
(2) A vacancy in nomination shall be filled by the Municipal Clerk notifying the person who received the next highest number of votes at the municipal primary election as shown on the official county canvass, or, if no other candidate exists, the vacancy in nomination may be filled by the governing body of the municipality.
(3) Not less than 60 days prior to the general election, the Municipal Clerk shall certify to the County Clerk the names of all qualified candidates who have accepted nomination by write-in vote and those nominated by the governing body and the office they seek. The names shall be printed on the general election ballot.
(Prior Code, § 2.04.030) (Ord. 2006-02, passed 5- -2006)