(a) Candidates for office shall file an application for election and the required filing fee, with the county clerk, not more than fifty-five (55) nor less than thirty-five (35) days prior to the election. The election application shall be in substantially the following form: State of Wyoming ) ) ss County of .... ) I, ...., being .... years of age, a qualified elector of Election District No. ...., Precinct No. ...., Ward No. .... (if applicable), residing at ...., in the City of ...., State of Wyoming, do hereby request that my name be printed upon the Official Special Municipal Election Ballot for the special election to be held on ...., ....(year), in the City of ...., as a candidate for the office of .... . I hereby declare that if elected I will qualify for the office. Dated the .... day of ...., ....(year) .... (Signature of Candidate) (b) The county clerk shall place the name of each qualified candidate on the special election ballot. ARTICLE 10 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM 22-23-1001. Ordinance by initiative petition; content. An incorporated city or town having a commission form of government may propose a municipal ordinance by an initiative petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors registered in the city or town and filed with the municipal clerk. The petition shall contain the proposed ordinance, the signatures and residence addresses of electors signing the petition, and the date of signing the petition. A petition proposing an ordinance must be submitted to the municipal clerk within ten (10) months of the date of the first signature supporting the petition. 22-23-1002. Determining validity of petition; certification. As soon as an initiative petition is filed, the municipal clerk shall determine whether it contains sufficient legal signatures. If the petition is legally sufficient, the clerk shall immediately certify it to the governing body of the municipality. 22-23-1003. Adoption by governing body or submission to electors. An ordinance proposed by a valid initiative petition shall either be adopted within twenty (20) days by the governing body or submitted to a vote of the municipal electors at a special election to be held not more than sixty (60) nor less than twenty (20) days thereafter. The ordinance proposed may also be submitted to a vote of the municipal electors at a primary or general election only if a valid initiative petition is received not less than one hundred ten (110) days before the election if for a primary and not less than seventy (70) days before the election if for a general election. 22-23-1004. Adoption by electors; repealing or amending. (a) If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question vote in favor of a proposed initiative ordinance, it is adopted and may not be repealed or amended except by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the municipality. (b) The municipal governing body may submit to a vote of the people at a special election or a regular municipal, primary or general election, the question of repealing or amending an ordinance adopted by initiative petition. 22-23-1005. Ordinance adopted by governing body subject to referendum vote. An ordinance adopted by a municipal governing body shall be subject to a referendum vote if a petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors registered in the city or town is filed with the municipal clerk not later than twenty (20) days after the ordinance is first published after adoption as provided by law. To be counted the electors shall be registered voters when the completed petition is submitted for verification. The referendum petition shall set forth the ordinance in full and shall contain the signatures and residence addresses of persons signing the petition. 22-23-1006. Legal sufficiency of referendum petition. The municipal clerk shall determine if the referendum petition meets the requirements of W.S. 22-23-1005, and if he finds a petition legally sufficient, he shall certify it to the governing body who shall suspend the ordinance. 22-23-1007. Partial repeal of ordinance subject to referendum; acceptance or rejection by electors. If the governing body does not entirely repeal an ordinance subject to referendum, it shall submit the question to the electors of the municipality in the same manner as an ordinance proposed by initiative petition. If a majority of the electors voting on the question favor rejection, the ordinance shall not become effective. If a majority of the electors voting on the question do not favor rejection, the ordinance shall become effective after the vote is canvassed. CHAPTER 24 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
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