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CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD IS OPEN!

May 14-29 is the Wyoming candidate filing period.  All candidates for US House, US Senate, the Wyoming state House and Senate, County Commissioners, Hospital Districts, Conservation Districts, School Districts, Precinct Committeemen and Precinct Committeewomen, and any other position to appear on the August 18 Primary Election ballot must file in the next two weeks.

Federal and state candidates file with the Wyoming Secretary of State’s office.

Precinct men and women, and other county candidates, please call your County Clerk or visit your County Clerk’s website to access the Filing Form.  Note:  there is no charge to file for precinct committee people.  

Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their party.  We must join together to be sure that we elect REPUBLICANS in November!

CHEYENNE, WY - On May 8^th, the Wyoming GOP opened its 2020 State Convention with two full days of Credentials and Nominating/Elections Committee work and Convention business via videoconferencing.  In light of COVID 19-related restrictions on gatherings over 10 people, the State Central Committee approved a plan to meet virtually for part of the Convention business, using a video and audio conferencing platform widely and successfully used by many businesses and organizations.  On Saturday, Convention members voted to approve the agenda and floor rules, which included the use of a polling/balloting platform also widely used by businesses and organizations.  This balloting program has also been used by other States in their virtual Regional and State GOP conventions over last few weeks and was recommended.  This was one of the largest Republican virtual conventions held in the U.S. to date.  

After a full day of work on party elections, questions were raised late Saturday evening as to whether technical or process difficulties occurred in the balloting.  The Party is assessing the concerns raised.  The WYGOP and the RNC are committed to election integrity.  The Wyoming GOP staff will be evaluating the situation in the coming days.  Additional information will be forthcoming.

Wyoming GOP Chairman Frank Eathorne stated:  

Video conferencing and digital balloting are not the ideal platforms for conventions as large as ours was.  Our convention team did an excellent job navigating trying conditions.  The hours and days ahead will be prioritized with assessing how the technology worked in a real-world application.

The Wyoming GOP took the advice of the Republican National Committee and hired one of its 3 most-highly recommended parliamentarians to guide the party through its first – and hopefully last – virtual state convention.  As to the May 9^th election results, certified parliamentarian Al Gage advised the party as follows:

The National Day of Prayer pre dates the founding of our nation. In 1775 the Continental Congress set aside a day for prayer. Modern day National prayer events commonly organize prayer around the seven centers of influence: government, military, media and arts, business, education, church, and family. Participating in events where communities gather to pray for the seven centers of influence, focusing on national repentance and revival has been a life-changing spiritual awakening.

The Wyoming Republican Party gives notice of

CALL TO STATE CONVENTION

to be held Saturday May 9^th, 2020

IN ACCORDANCE WITH Wyoming statute 22-4-116 and Wyoming Republican Party Bylaws Art.  VI.1.1-3, the Wyoming Republican Party gives notice that its 2020 State Convention will convene at 9:00 am on Saturday May 9^th.   

Those meetings held in May will be virtual to meet conditions imposed by state and national COVID-19 guidelines in place as of April 8, 2020.  Delegates and Alternates will be provided participation details. 

The business of the 2020 State Convention will be divided between two sessions, to be held in May and June. An additional separate notice for the second (June) session will be filed and published according to statutes and Party bylaws.

Session 1     Location:  Virtual

8 May 2020   Friday    10:00 am    Nominating/Elections and Credentials Committees will meet to conduct the business related to the convention and elections on May 9^th.

9 May 2020   Saturday   9:00 am.  Business includes the election of at-large delegates and alternates to national Convention, the three Wyoming Presidential electors, and the Wyoming Republican Party National Committeewoman and National Committeeman.  

Session 2    Location: Cam-Plex, Gillette WY (tentative)

25 and 26 June 2020, Thursday, Friday   10:00 am  The Credentials, Bylaws, Platform and Resolutions  Committees will meet to the conduct business related to the June 27^th Convention session.  

27 June 2020, Saturday   10:00 am  The 2020 State Convention will reconvene to conduct the balance of the Convention’s work. 

A total of 506 Delegates, and up to 506 Alternates, selected by the 23 county parties at their respective county Conventions, will serve in the convening body.

State Convention Delegate allocation for each county party, and an equal number of Alternates, is as follows:  Albany - 24;  Big Horn - 13; Campbell - 39; Carbon – 12;  Converse – 16;  Crook – 10;  Fremont – 34; Goshen - 13;  Hot Springs – 6;  Johnson – 12;  Laramie – 74;  Lincoln – 21;  Natrona – 62;  Niobrara – 6;  Park – 34;  Platte – 10;  Sheridan – 32;  Sublette – 10;  Sweetwater – 26;  Teton – 18;  Uinta – 17;  Washakie – 9;  Weston – 8.

For more details on these Convention sessions and related events, go to https://www.wyoming.gop/and Facebook page @WYGOP. 

In uncertain times it’s more important than ever to have the certainty brought by a strong faith. May the hope that filled the world on Easter morning overwhelm your heart today. We wish you a blessed Easter.