Gearing up for election day

Signs of the primary election are everywhere, with less than a week to go. But if you’ve been watching carefully, you may have spotted indications since almost the beginning of the year.

“There’s a lot going on behind the scenes, all the way back to February in election year,” says Melissa Jones, Crook County Clerk.

Early Days

Filing for an initiative petition must be done in February, for example. April sees the start of the process of finding election judges, while the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office (SOS) certifies the offices that are up for election this year.

“We also start asking th...