PRIMARY ELECTION – AUGUST 17, 2010

Candidate Roster for Fremont County Races
For state races go to http://soswy.state.wy.us.

FILING FOR OFFICE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010 at 5 p.m.

GENERAL ELECTION – NOVEMBER 2, 2010

IMPORTANT DATES

Candidate Filing Dates for the Primary Election (County, Municipal and Party Offices)
May 13 – May 28 
NOTE:  For candidate filing and receipt and expenditure forms please go to the Secretary of State Website by clicking on this link:  http://soswy.state.wy.us/Forms/FormsFiling.aspx.  After you get into the link you will need to scroll down to Elections and click on “(Expand All) and this will provide you with all the forms.

Voter Registration Closes before the Primary
Monday, July 19

Candidate Filing Dates for the General Election (Independent Candidates, Schools, Special Districts)
August 4 – August 23
NOTE:  For candidate filing and receipt and expenditure forms please go to the Secretary of State Website by clicking on this link:  http://soswy.state.wy.us/Forms/FormsFiling.aspx.  After you get into the link you will need to scroll down to Elections and click on “(Expand All) and this will provide you with all the forms.

Voter Registration Closes before the General
Monday, October 4

COUNTY, MUNICIPAL, SCHOOL, AND SPECIAL DISTRICT OFFICES TO BE ON 2010 BALLOT

for Federal and State Offices go to the Secretary of States website at: http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Elections.aspx

County Offices

Primary and General Ballot

Municipal Offices

Primary and General Ballot

• Dubois: Mayor, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Councilmembers, Vote for 2, Four Year Term
• Hudson: Mayor, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Councilmembers, Vote for 2, Four Year Term
• Lander: Mayor, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Ward 1 Councilmember, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Ward 2 Councilmember, Vote for 1, Four Year Term, Ward 3 Councilmember, Vote for 1, Four Year Term
• Pavillion: Mayor, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Councilmember, Vote for 1, Two Year Term; Councilmember, Vote for 2, Four Year Term.
• Riverton: Mayor, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Ward 1 Councilmember, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Ward 2 Councilmember, Vote for 1, Two Year Term; Ward 2 Councilmember, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Ward 3 Councilmember, Vote for 1, Four Year Term
• Shoshoni: Mayor, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Councilmembers, Vote for 2, Four Year Term

All Offices Listed Below Are Only On the General Ballot

College and Schools

• Central Wyoming College Trustees: Subdistrict 2, Vote for 2, Four Year Term; Subdistrict 4, Vote for 1, Four Year Term
• Fremont County School District #1 (Lander) Trustees: Vote for 4, Four Year Term
• Fremont County School District #2 (Dubois) Trustees: Vote for 4, Four Year Term
• Fremont County School District #6 (Wind River) Trustees: Vote for 3, Four Year Term
• Fremont County School District #14 (WY Indian) Trustees: Vote for 2, Four Year Term
• Fremont County School District #21 (Ft. Washakie) Trustees: Vote for 2, Four Year Term
• Fremont County School District #24 (Shoshoni) Trustees: Vote for 4, Four Year Term
• Fremont County School District #25 (Riverton) Trustees: Vote for 3, Four Year Term
• Fremont County School District #38 (Arapahoe) Trustees: Vote for 2, Four Year Term

Cemetery Districts

• Dubois Directors: Vote for 3, Four Year Term
• Mountain View Directors: Vote for 3, Four Year Term
• Shoshoni-Lysite Directors: Vote for 3, Four Year Term

Conservation Districts

• Dubois/Crowheart:  At Large Supervisor, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Rural Supervisor, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Urban Supervisor; Vote for 1, Four Year Term
• Lower Wind River:  At Large Supervisor, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Rural Supervisor, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Urban Supervisor; Vote for 1, Four Year Term
• Popo Agie:  Rural Supervisor, Vote for 3, Four Year Term

Fire Districts

• Dubois:  Subdistrict Director 1, Vote for 1, Two Year Term; Subdistrict Director 2, Vote for 1, Two Year Term; Subdistrict Director 3, Vote for 1, Four Year Term; Subdistrict Director 5, Vote for 1, Four Year Term
• Fremont County:  Director, Vote for 2, Four Year Term
• Jeffrey City:  Director, Vote for 1, Four Year Term

PRIMARY ELECTION PROCLAMATION
FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING

Notice is hereby given, that a Primary Election will be held in Fremont County, Wyoming on August 17, 2010 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. for the following purposes:

PARTISAN OFFICES
To be nominated at Primary by each Party

Federal & State Offices file with the Secretary of State

County Offices file with the Fremont County Clerk

Fee:      $200.00 Federal & Statewide Offices;   $25.00 County Offices

PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN AND WOMEN
File with the County Clerk
Fee:  None

                                 REPUBLICAN               DEMOCRAT
PRECINCT       MEN       WOMEN         MEN         WOMEN
Lander 1-1                1                    1                   1                       1           
Lander 1-2                1                    1                   1                       1           
Lander 1-3                1                     1                  1                       1
Lander 1-4                1                    1                   1                       1
Lander 1-5                 1                    1                  2                       2
Lander 1-6                 1                    1                  1                       1           
Hudson 2-1                1                    1                  1                       1
Riverton 3-1              2                    2                 1                       1
Riverton 3-2              1                    1                 1                       1
Riverton 3-3               2                    2                1                       1
Riverton 3-4               1                    1                 1                       1
Riverton 3-5              3                    3                 2                       2
Riverton 3-6               2                    2                1                       1
Ft Washakie 4-1         1                    1                 2                       2
Milford 5-1                  3                    3                 2                       2
Beebe 6-1                     2                    2                 1                       1
Dubois 7-1                   3                    3                 1                       1
Arapahoe 8-1              1                    1                 1                       1
Valley 9-1                     1                    1                 1                       1
Delfelder 10-1             2                    2                1                       1
Jeffrey City 12-1         1                    1                1                       1
Ethete 13-1                   1                    1                2                       2
Pavillion 14-1              1                    1                1                       1
8-Mile 15-1                   1                    1                1                       1           
Morton 16-1                 1                    1                1                       1
Luthy 17-1                    1                    1                1                       1           
Big Bend 18-1               3                    3               1                       1           
Crowheart 19-1           1                    1                1                       1           
Shoshoni 20-1              1                    1               1                       1
Reclamation 21-         1                    1                1                       1
Lysite 22-1                    1                    1                1                       1
Atlantic City 24-1       1                    1                1                       1           

TOTALS                      45                45          37                    37

Precinct Committeemen and women shall be electors registered in the party and resident in the precinct. W.S. 22-4-101.

NON-PARTISAN OFFICES TO BE NOMINATED
All candidates for municipal office shall be nominated at the municipal primary election.

THE PRECINCTS ARE DESIGNATED AS FOLLOWS:

DISTRICT/PRECINCT #      WHERE YOU VOTE/POLLING PLACE
Lander                1-1                 Lander Community Center
Lander                1-2                 Lander Community Center
Lander                1-3                 Lander Community Center
Lander                1-4                 Lander Community Center
Lander                1-5                 Lander Community Center
Lander                1-6                 Lander Community Center
Hudson               2-1                 Hudson Town Hall
Riverton             3-1                 Fair Office
Riverton             3-2                 Fair Office
Riverton             3-3                 Fair Office
Riverton             3-4                 Fair Office
Riverton             3-5                 Fair Office
Riverton             3-6                 Fair Office
Ft. Washakie      4-1                 Ft. Washakie School
Milford                 5-1                 Lander Community Center
Beebe                    6-1                 Lander Community Center
Dubois                  7-1                 Headwaters Art & Conv Ctr
Arapahoe            8-1                 Arapahoe School
Valley                   9-1                 NEW Missouri Valley Fire Hall
Delfelder           10-1                 Fairgrounds Main Building
Jeffrey City       12-1                Jeffrey City Fire Hall
Ethete                 13-1                WY Indian High School-Tech Ctr
Pavillion            14-1                Wind River Recreation Center
8-Mile                 15-1                Midvale Fire Hall
Morton              16-1                 Kinnear Fire Hall
Luthy                 17-1                 Fairgrounds Main Building
Big Bend            18-1                 Fair Office
Crowheart        19-1                 Crowheart School
Shoshoni           20-1                Shoshoni Senior Citizen Ctr
Reclamation    21-1                 Fairgrounds Main Building
Lysite                 22-1                 Lysite Fire Hall
Atlantic City    24-1                 Atlantic City Fire Hall

If a voter requires assistance at the polls to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write, he may be given assistance by a person of his choice.  If there are any additional questions regarding the accessibility of a polling place or use of ADA equipment to mark your ballot, please contact the County Clerk.

             Primary Election Day is August 17, 2010.

            The last day to register to vote for the Primary Election is July 19, 2010 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the Lander Election Office and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Riverton County Clerk’s Office.  Registration will be permitted at the polls on Primary Election Day.

            The first day to file for the above offices is May 13, 2010 at 8 a.m. and the last day for federal, state and county offices will be on May 28, 2010 at 5 p.m. at the County Clerk’s Election Office in Lander.  Filings may be left at the County Clerk’s Office in Riverton between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. during the filing period.  The closing date for municipalities will be May 28, 2010.  Filings may be left with the city/town clerk.  All candidates must file statements of campaign receipts by August 10 and statements of campaign receipts and expenditures by August 27, 2010.  Candidates for statewide office and state legislature shall file their statements with the Secretary of State.  Candidates for a county or municipal office shall file their statements with the County Clerk.

   22‑25‑108.  Failure of candidate or committee to file statement.

 (a)  Candidates shall be given notice prior to an election that failure to file, within the time required, a full and complete itemized statement of receipts and a statement of receipts and expenditures shall subject the candidate to civil penalties as provided in subsection (e) of this section.

(b)  A candidate who fails to file the statement of receipts required by the seventh day before the election shall have his name printed on a list drafted by the appropriate filing office specified under W.S. 22‑25‑107.  The list shall immediately be posted in the filing office and made available to the public.

(c)  In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a candidate who fails to file the statement required by W.S. 22‑25‑106 within thirty (30) days of the report due date is ineligible to run as a candidate for any state or local office for which a statement is required by W.S. 22‑25‑106 until:

(i)  Five (5) years have elapsed from the date the statement was first due; or

(ii)  The person has filed the required statement.

     (d)  Each political action committee shall be given notice prior to an election that failure to file the statement may result in the filing of criminal charges against the committee’s officers responsible for the filing. Any officer of a political action committee who is responsible for filing a report and who knowingly and willfully fails to file a report as required or who knowingly and willfully subscribes to, makes or causes to be made a false report is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment not to exceed two (2) years.

     (e)  Any candidate failing to file the reports required by W.S. 22‑25‑106 within the times required by that section is subject to a civil penalty and costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), as hereinafter provided.  An action to impose a civil penalty may be prosecuted by and in the name of any candidate adversely affected by the violation, any political party, any district attorney or the attorney general.  No filing fee shall be charged for the filing of an action under this subsection nor shall a fee be charged for service of process.  Civil penalties shall be paid to the clerk of court for deposit to the public school fund of the county in which the fine was assessed.  The civil penalty imposed under this subsection shall be not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).

22‑25‑109.  Reporting candidates in violation.

The secretary of state and the county clerks shall report the names of all candidates in violation of the Election Code of the state of Wyoming to the attorney general or to the district attorney, respectively, for appropriate action.

Absentee Ballots for the Primary Election may be requested at the Lander Election office or the Riverton office.  The ballots will be available beginning July 8, 2010.  A qualified elector may apply for an absentee ballot either in person, in writing, or by the telephone.  An absentee request may be downloaded from our web site (http://fremontcountywy.org/).  If the ballot is not to be picked up by the elector, the address to which the absentee ballot is to be mailed or the name of the individual the elector designates in writing to deliver the ballot to the elector is needed.  Ballots must be returned to the clerk’s office by August 17, 2010 (7 p.m.), Primary Election Day, to be counted.  Ballots will not be available at these locations on Election Day.

             The names of candidates will be rotated on the official ballots and will not always appear in the order indicated in the sample ballots.

             (Published in accordance with Sec. 22-2-109, WY statutes).

             Dated this 21th day of April, 2010.     

                                                                       /s/ Julie A. Freese, Fremont County Clerk

NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION

RETENTION OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS

File with the Secretary of State.              Fee:  None

Filing Dates:  May 3 – August 2, 2010

NON-PARTISAN OFFICES TO BE ELECTED

File with the County Clerk           Fee:  None

Filing Dates:  August 9 – 28, 2006

2% LODGING TAX

The voters’ will be voting to retain the 2% lodging tax currently in Fremont County that initially passed in 1990.

 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, INITIATIVES, AND REFERENDUMS

These will be advertised at a later date.

Dated this 21^th day of April, 2010                                                                                  

                                                 /s/ Julie A. Freese, Fremont County Clerk