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EAdIElection Administration Index

How professionally and independently is election administration codified?

Administration8.8%2/17 · 15 datapoints · 5 dimensionsCompare across jurisdictions →

Dimensions

Accountability0.0%
0/2 · 2 datapoints
Commission10.0%
1/5 · 4 datapoints
Funding0.0%
0/4 · 3 datapoints
Staff Training33.3%
1/3 · 3 datapoints
Vendor Oversight0.0%
0/3 · 3 datapoints

Accountability

0.0% · 0/2
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
COI.1Conflict-of-interest disclosureAre commissioners and senior election staff required by statute to disclose financial interests (vendor relationships, party positions, candidate connections) publicly?0/10.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: The statute concerns a school or water district board, not an election administration commission. It is completely inapplicable to election commissioners or election staff. Even if it were applicable, the section requires disclosure and board approval of financial interests only when a trustee is 'directly interested financially in any contract, work done or property purchased by the district'—a narrow category covering vendor conflicts but not party positions, candidate connections, or broader financial entanglements relevant to election integrity. The section does not apply to the election administration institutional framework.

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2026-06-16
COI.2Judicial review of administrative decisionsIs the right to seek judicial review of election-authority decisions codified, with standing, timeline, and venue defined?0/10.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section explicitly precludes judicial review of election contests involving the president, vice-president, or presidential electors, stating determinations are 'final and conclusive and is not subject to judicial review.' This directly contradicts COI.2, which requires codified judicial review of election-authority decisions. The section does not establish a statutory framework enabling such review; rather, it statutorily forecloses it.

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2026-06-16

Commission

10.0% · 1/5
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
COMM.1Statutory grounding of commissionIs the election commission's existence and core mandate set in the constitution (rather than statute alone, regulation, or executive order)?0/20.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section does not address the election commission's existence, mandate, or institutional structure at all. It contains only technical procedural requirements for judges to set voting machine counters to zero before voting. It is entirely disconnected from COMM.1, which concerns constitutional or statutory grounding of the commission itself.

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2026-06-16
COMM.2Multi-branch appointmentAre commission members appointed by multiple branches (legislature, judiciary, executive) such that no single branch unilaterally controls composition?0/10.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 22-18-111 governs temporary appointment procedures for vacant elective offices (senator, state offices, legislature, county offices) when vacancies occur mid-term. It does not establish or describe the institutional structure, appointment process, or composition of any election commission. This section addresses successor-filling mechanisms, not commission governance. The criterion requires evaluation of commission appointment authority; this section contains no such content.

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COMM.3Term protectionAre commissioner terms defined in statute with fixed length, staggered cycles, and statutory grounds for removal?0/10.0%

While the section specifies that appointed directors serve 'until the next regular election,' it does not establish fixed-length terms, staggered removal cycles, or statutory grounds for removal. The statute addresses only vacancy-filling procedures and interim tenure; it does not define the underlying term structure, removal protections, or cyclical renewal of director positions. Term protection requires statutorily-defined fixed terms with staggered cycles and removal-for-cause grounds—none of which appear in this section.

An appointee to the office of director shall serve until the next regular election.
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COMM.4Political-balance requirementIs the commission's composition required by statute to be politically balanced (party-balanced, supermajority-confirmation, or independent appointment by judiciary)?0.5/150.0%

The statute requires members to be of 'different political parties,' which provides explicit political balance on the canvassing board itself. However, the critical structural weakness is that both appointees are chosen solely by the county clerk—a single executive official—with no multi-branch appointment, confirmation requirement, supermajority threshold, or judicial involvement. This creates vulnerability to single-party control at the appointing level, even though the resulting board must be internally balanced. A dual-scholar test would likely split: left-leaning scholars might credit the internal balance requirement; right-leaning scholars would flag the lack of appointment safeguards (no confirmation, no independent appointment authority). The statute satisfies the balance *requirement* but not the institutional *insulation* that COMM.4 prioritizes.

The county canvassing board is the county clerk and two (2) electors of different political parties resident in the county appointed by the county clerk.
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Funding

0.0% · 0/4
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
FUND.1Independent funding lineIs the election authority's budget a separate statutory line item (not subject to mid-cycle reallocation by the executive branch alone)?0/10.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section governs campaign finance contribution limits and prohibitions—disclosure and enforcement of political spending rules—not the election authority's operational budget. It contains no provision establishing an independent statutory line item for election administration funding or protecting election agency budgets from executive reallocation. This is a candidate/PAC regulation statute, not a structural provision for election authority funding.

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FUND.2Multi-year funding cycleAre election infrastructure budgets set on a multi-year cycle (avoiding annual political renegotiation of election-administration money)?0/10.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses the composition, election, and qualifications of county central committees for political parties — it concerns intraparty organizational structure, not election administration funding or budgeting cycles. It contains no provisions establishing multi-year funding frameworks, budget authority, appropriations mechanisms, or protection from annual reallocation of election administration resources.

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FUND.3Foreign funding prohibitionIs foreign-source funding of the election authority (and election administration vendors, where applicable) prohibited by statute?0/20.0%

No matching sections in corpus.

no FTS match
2026-06-16

Staff Training

33.3% · 1/3
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
STAFF.1Career professional staffIs the election authority's career staff (professional employees, not political appointees) protected by civil-service or analogous merit-based statute?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus.

no FTS match
2026-06-16
STAFF.2Mandatory trainingIs training for election officials and poll workers required by statute, with content and frequency defined?1/1100.0%

Wyoming Statute § 22-8-113 mandates that training schools be conducted before each primary and general election with a statutory obligation for all judges of election and counting board members to attend at least one school. The statute specifies content (minimum curriculum prescribed by the secretary of state) and frequency (not later than four days before elections). These requirements are embedded directly in statute rather than administrative discretion.

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2026-06-16
STAFF.3Whistleblower protectionAre election-related whistleblower protections (for staff reporting irregularities) codified in statute?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus.

no FTS match
2026-06-16

Vendor Oversight

0.0% · 0/3
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
CERT.1Certification process codifiedIs the voting-equipment certification process (criteria, evaluators, timeline, public-comment period) codified in statute or regulation?0/10.0%

The section codifies a pre-election testing and certification procedure for voting machines, specifying the county clerk's role, the testing methodology, and documentation requirements. However, it does not establish codified criteria for equipment approval, does not designate independent evaluators or third-party certification bodies, does not require a public-comment period, and does not address vendor oversight or post-certification accountability mechanisms. This is a machine-preparation protocol, not a vendor-accountability certification process.

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CERT.2Recertification triggersAre recertification triggers (after material updates, after defects discovered, on a fixed schedule) codified?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus.

no FTS match
2026-06-16
CERT.3Decertification grounds & procedureAre the grounds for revoking certification, and the procedure for doing so, defined in statute?0/10.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses voter registration procedures, verification, and provisional ballots—not vendor certification, decertification grounds, or procedures for revoking certification of election equipment or service providers. The criterion CERT.3 requires statutory definition of grounds and procedures for revoking vendor certification; this section contains no such content.

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2026-06-16

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