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Amendment 4 A constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the number of justices on the Wyoming Supreme Court [4]: 6–9 Passed [7] 86,539 (66.97%) 42,676 (33.03%) Amendment 5 A constitutional amendment stating that the legislature should meet for no more than 60 working days per period [4]: 6–9 Passed [7] 76,170 (60.27%)
[4] On March 17, 2023, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed a law banning abortion pills, becoming the first state in the country to do so. [5] However, the ban was found unconstitutional and struck down on November 18th, 2024. [6] Abortion was a criminal offence in Wyoming in 1950.
Neither action constituted an amendment to the Wyoming Constitution. Twelve years later, two state legislators challenged the term limit law in a lawsuit; the Wyoming Supreme Court invalidated the limits in a unanimous decision, ruling that a constitutional amendment would be required to establish such a law. [1]
2024 Wyoming Constitutional Amendment A November 5, 2024 An act relating to ad valorem taxation; specifying the property tax assessment ratio for the residential property for owner occupied primary residences class; providing an appropriation; and providing for a delayed and contingent effective date.
Legislatively-referred amendment: Iowa Require Citizenship to Vote in State Elections and Allow 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primaries Amendment: A legislatively-referred constitutional amendment that would add only a citizen of the U.S., rather than every citizen of the U.S., can vote; and supports allowing 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the ...
In the general election for Wyoming's 22nd House District in 2008, a re-vote was called after it was discovered that 11 people had voted incorrectly in the district, much larger than disputed winner Jim Roscoe's 4-vote margin. In the resulting special election, Roscoe won once again, this time with a more convincing 119-vote majority.
During its territorial era, the Wyoming Legislature played a crucial role in the Suffragette Movement in the United States.In 1869, only four years following the American Civil War, and another 35 years before women's suffrage became a highly visible political issue in both the U.S., Britain, and elsewhere, the Wyoming Legislature granted all women above the age of 21 the right to vote.
The amendment was primarily sponsored by Wyoming State Senator Leslie Nutting (7th district) [1] intended to prohibit people from being compelled to participate in the ACA. [2] Opponents of the amendment said that the amendment would disallow healthcare access to many Wyoming residents, [3] and that the amendment would have unintended ...