{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-22-5-102","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-102","heading":"Eligibility to be a candidate for state legislature; residency.","body":"(a) For the purpose of meeting residency requirements of the Wyoming constitution, a person shall not be a candidate for the state legislature from a legislative district unless he has been a resident of that legislative district for at least one (1) year next preceding his election. In any general election year in which a plan of legislative districts is required but has not been enacted into law at least one (1) year prior to the applicable filing periods, a person may be a candidate for the state legislature from a legislative district if he:\n(i) Is a resident of the legislative district on the date he files an application under W.S. 22-5-204 or a petition under W.S. 22-5-301; and\n(ii) Has been a resident of a county for at least one (1) year next preceding his election in which any portion of that legislative district is located.","path":["TITLE 22 - ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 5 - NOMINATIONS","ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title22.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"ac2e1f90717c568cfe56b2b5536a83e7935f912e6fe11fca1599f7a25068e2bd","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-22-5-101","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-22-5-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}