Wyoming Bill to Alter Order of Candidates’ Names on General Election Ballots

Wyoming Representative Marshall Burt (Libertarian-Green River) has introduced HB 160. It changes the law on the order of candidates on the general election ballot. Current law puts the nominees of the party that got the most votes in that county for U.S. House on the top line, followed by the nominees of the party whose nominee for U.S. House came in second, and so on. Independent candidates are always listed last.

The bill changes this, so that every candidate has an equal chance to be listed first. Order would be alphabetical, but there would be a random rotation of the letters of the alphabet for that purpose. Thanks to Andy Craig for this news.


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