MURPHY v. STATE CANVASSING BD.

No. 00-252.

12 P.3d 677 (2000)

Nyla MURPHY, Jacqueline Muller, Daryl Raymond, Teri Carroll, and Kristin Smith, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. STATE CANVASSING BOARD and Secretary of State, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Tim Newcomb of Grant & Newcomb, Laramie, WY.

Representing Appellee: Gay Woodhouse, Wyoming Attorney General; and Rowena L. Heckert, Deputy Attorney General.

Before LEHMAN, C.J., and THOMAS, GOLDEN, HILL, and KITE, JJ.


HILL, Justice.

The certified questions presented by this case raise the issue of whether a person who was defeated in a primary election as a candidate of one party, but who simultaneously received sufficient write-in votes in the separate primary election of the other party, has the right to appear on the general election ballot. We conclude that since the Wyoming Election Code of 1973 does not specifically prohibit such a result, the State Canvassing Board should...

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