From Wyoming State Engineer’s Office <[email protected]>
Subject CALL FOR ELECTIONS: LARAMIE COUNTY GROUNDWATER CONTROL AREA ADVISORY BOARD
Date October 29, 2024 5:46 PM
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*CALL FOR ELECTIONS*

*LARAMIE COUNTY GROUNDWATER CONTROL AREA ADVISORY BOARD*

NOTICE is hereby given that an election will be held November 21, 2024 at the Pine Bluffs Town Hall, 215 Main Street, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, to elect three board members to the Laramie County Groundwater Control Area Advisory Board. The vacancies are created by the expired terms previously filled by Todd Fornstrom (District 1), Cody Smith (District 2), and Laurie Jackson (District 3) – each of whom has served one term and is eligible to serve a second four-year term. 

 

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*Nominations *for this election were made by the Nominating Committee of the Laramie County Control Area formed pursuant to Wyoming Statute 41-3-913. The following individuals will be appearing on the ballot:

Todd Fornstrom (District 1)

Brant Miller (District 2)

Laurie Jackson (District 3)

 

*Ballots *will be available 20 days prior to the election and can be obtained from the State Engineer’s website @ [link removed]

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*Completed ballots* will be collected at the Pine Bluffs Town Hall from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. from those who are eligible to vote within Districts 1, 2 and 3 _only_. Voters are entitled to one vote per acre of land owned in each respective District within the control area. Only the votes which derive from within each District shall be cast in the election of the District board member. Ballots will include a space for write-in candidates. If you are unable to be present, *proxy forms* will be available on the State Engineer’s Office website at [link removed]  Completed proxy forms will only be collected on November 21, 2024 from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. at the Pine Bluffs Town Hall.    

 

Advisory board members must own land or groundwater rights, or be the officers, officials or members of the board of a corporation which owns land or groundwater rights within the control area.  District boundaries within the Laramie County Groundwater Control Area can be viewed at [link removed] or are available by contacting our office. 

 

Following the closing of the election, the State Engineer’s Office will verify collected ballots for voter eligibility pursuant to Wyoming Statute § 41-3-913, which states in part: 

 

"“Every person or corporation owning, or by virtue of public land filing, entitled to possession of land which is a part of the control area is entitled to cast for each member to be elected one (1) vote for each acre of such land as assessed upon the last annual assessment roll of the county in which the land is located, or as shown by the public land filing.  A person owning a tract of land of less than one (1) acre is entitled to cast one (1) vote for each member to be elected.  The grantee or assignee of the water in ""or under any described land is entitled to vote, as prescribed herein, in the place of the person or corporation owning or entitled to the possession of the land.  However, if board member districts are established*, *_only the votes which derive from within each district shall be cast in the election of the district board member_.”"

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Within five (5) business days, the State Engineer’s Office will announce the election results.

This election is being held pursuant to and under the authority of Wyoming Statute § 41-3-913. 

For further information, please contact Markus Malessa, Assistant Administrator, Ground Water Division, at (307) 777-6166.

 

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