Wyoming 2022 ballot measures
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Two statewide ballot measures were certified for the ballot in Wyoming on November 8, 2022. One was approved and one was defeated.
On the ballot
| Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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| Constitutional Amendment A | Allow the Legislature to provide that local governments can invest funds in stocks and equities |
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103,389 (57%) |
78,714 (43%) |
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| Constitutional Amendment B | Increase the judicial retirement age from 70 to 75 for supreme court justices and district court judges |
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74,650 (39%) |
115,838 (61%) |
Referral of 2022 ballot measures
The following table illustrates the vote requirements for the legislative referrals certified for the ballot, the votes that the referrals received, and how Democrats and Republicans voted on the referrals in each legislative chamber:
| Wyoming Judicial Retirement Age Amendment | Democrats | Republicans | |||
| Senate: | Required: 20 | Yes votes: 20 (66.67%) | No votes: 10 (33.33%) | Yes: 2; No: 0 | Yes: 18; No: 10 |
| House: | Required: 40 | Yes votes: 54 (90.00%) | No votes: 5 (8.33%) | Yes: 7; No: 0 | Yes: 45; No: 5 |
| Wyoming Constitutional Amendment A, Local Government Stock Investing Amendment | Democrats | Republicans | |||
| Senate: | Required: 20 | Yes votes: 25 (83.33%) | No votes: 5 (16.67%) | Yes: 2; No: 0 | Yes: 23; No: 5 |
| House: | Required: 40 | Yes votes: 46 (76.67%) | No votes: 13 (21.67%) | Yes: 7; No: 0 | Yes: 38; No: 12 |
Getting measures on the ballot
As soon as petition sponsors have received the petition form from the state, they have 18 months to collect and submit signatures. Initiated state statutes and veto referendums require signatures equal to 15% of the total ballots cast in the previous general election, which is 41,776 for 2022. If sufficient signatures have been gathered, the measure is presented to voters at the next general election after a legislative session has convened and adjourned. If the legislature enacts a measure that is deemed substantially the same as the initiative, the petition is deemed void and not placed on the ballot.
For referendums, signatures must be submitted no later than 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
The Wyoming Legislature has the power to place constitutional amendments on the ballot when a two-thirds majority of members in each house of the legislature approves the amendment. The Wyoming Legislature adjourned its 2021 legislative session on April 7, 2021. The 2022 legislative session adjourned on March 11, 2022.
Once on the ballot, the amendment must be approved by a simple majority of the electors.
Historical facts
In Wyoming, a total of 20 ballot measures appeared on statewide ballots between 2000 and 2020. Twelve ballot measures were approved, and 8 ballot measures were defeated.
| Wyoming statewide ballot measures, 2000-2020 | |||||||
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| Total number | Annual average | Annual minimum | Annual maximum | Approved | Defeated | ||
| # | % | # | % | ||||
Ballot initiative certification rates
The following table shows the rate of certification for ballot initiatives in Wyoming between 2010 and 2020:
| Wyoming statewide ballot initiatives filed and certified, 2010-2020 | |||
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| Year | Ballot initiatives filed | Certified | |
| # | % | ||
| Averages | |||
Local ballot measures
- See also: Wyoming 2022 local ballot measures
Click here to read more about 2022 local ballot measures in Wyoming.
Not on the ballot
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Permanent Mineral Trust Fund Earnings Account and Investment Losses Requirement Amendment | Budgets | Requires that earnings from the Permanent Fund are deposited into an earnings account and requires that investment losses are addressed | 
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| LRCA | Creation of Common School Separate Earnings Fund Amendment | Budgets | Creates a separate earnings fund for earnings from the school account of the permanent land fund, allows the legislature to distribute or invest the earnings fund, and requires the legislature to provide a process for supplying school fund investment losses |
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| LRCA | Elderly and Infirm Property Tax Exemption Amendment | Taxes | Allows the Wyoming State Legislature to exempt property from taxes in part or in full "to preserve home ownership in Wyoming for the elderly and infirm if necessary for the support of the poor" |
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| LRCA | Temporarily Increase Percentage of State Mineral Royalties Appropriated for Public Schools Amendment | Education | Increases the percentage of state mineral royalties that can be appropriated to public schools from one-third to two-thirds beginning in July 2023 and ending on June 30, 2029 |
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| LRCA | Transfer Responsibility of School Facility Construction to School Districts Amendment | Education | Transfers the responsibility of constructing school facilities from the state legislature to school districts |
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| CISS | Restrict Changing Political Party Affiliation Before Primary Elections Initiative | Elections and campaigns and Suffrage | Prohibits voters from changing political party affiliation between May 1 through the date of the primary election |
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See also
- 2022 ballot measures
- List of Wyoming ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Wyoming
- Wyoming signature requirements
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