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October 21, 2010 I The Lovell Chronicle I 15
Deliberations to
begin next week on
removal petition
BY KARLA POMEROY
The Big Horn County commissioners will meet
in a special executive session next Tuesday morning
to begin deliberations on the petition to remove Big
Horn County Attorney Georgia Antley Hunt from of-
rice.
A seven-hour hearing on the petition filed by Le-
titia Abromats of GreybuU was held last month. The
hearing included the submission on more than 40
exhibits, all written documents, and testimony from
four witnesses. Written closing arguments were sub-
mitted later in the month and the commissioners
have been reading and reviewing all the documents
on their own since the hearing.
Commissioner Keith Grant said Tuesday that
attorneys on both sides, hearing officer Tom Jubin
and Abromats' attorney, Phil Abromats of Greybull
(who has filed all paperwork after the hearing whi-
le Letitia Abromats attends law school out of state),
have corresponded with the commissioners wanting
to move the deliberations forward.
After setting the meeting for Tuesday at 8 a.m.,
Commissioner Jerry Ewen said any action would be
conducted in open session but he did not know how
long deliberations would take or if they would be
completed on Tuesday.
The petition, filed on Aug. 2, alleges five reasons
for removal -- mishandling of criminal records data;
vindictive and selective prosecution of petitioner; clo-
sing the office; conflict of interest with defense attor-
ney Bill Simpson; and exposing County Clerk Dori
Noyes to a federal contempt citation.
Number of registered voters jumps
BY KARLA POMEROY
The number of registe-
red voters grew considera-
bly from 2008 to the August
2010 primary election.
According to figures
from the Secretary of State's
Web site, http://soswy.state.
wy.us, following the 2008
primary election there were
5,074 registered voters in
Big Horn County. There
were 622 Democrats, 13 Li-
bertarians, 4,128 Republi-
cans and only 311 unaffilia-
ted or independent.
This year, as of Oct. 1,
according to the Web site,
there are 5,917 registered
voters, a jump from 5,549
registered voters on the day
of election.
As of Oct. 1, there are
652 Democrats registered
in Big Horn County, up
from 641 on the day of the
primary election this year.
The number of Libertarians
registered voters dropped
from 22 to 19 in the past few
months, Republicans increa-
sed from 4,367 to 4,831 and
the number of unaffiliated
registered voters dropped
from 528 to 426.
While the deadline to
register to vote for the up-
coming Nov. 2 General Elec-
tion has passed, Deputy Co-
unty Clerk Annette Dillon
said residents are able to re-
gister at the polls on the day
of election.
Dillon said people who
voted in the 2008 General
Election, but did not vote
in the August primary elec-
tion, are still registered to
vote and will not need to re-
gister.
Polls are open 7 a.m. to
7 p.m. Basin residents will
vote at the fairgrounds, as
they have the past two elec-
tions; Burlington and Otto
voters will go to the Burling-
ton Fire Hall; Hyattville vo-
ters will vote at the commu-
nity center, as they did in the
primary election for the first
time. Emblem is at the Irri-
gation District Office, Man-
derson is at the town hall,
Greybull at the Elks Lodge,
Shell at the community hall,
Lovell at the National Gu-
ard Armory, Cowley at the
Log Gym, Byron at the town
complex, Deaver at the com-
munity hall and Frannie the
old school building.
ABSENTEE VOTING
Absentee voting began
in September, Dillon said.
She said people do not need
to be out of town on Election
Day to vote absentee. "They
don't need a reason, they
just need to be registered."
Any registered voter can
call the County Clerk's offi-
ce, 568-2357, and request
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Statewide Summary of Wyoming Voter Registration
63,411
170,306
Information from Secretary of State's Office as of Oct. 1. 2010.
an absentee ballot. Ballots
must be returned, either in
person or via mail, no later
than 7 p.m. the day of elec-
tion when the polls close.
If a person wishes to re-
gister and vote absentee,
Dillon said they must do
both at the county clerk's of-
rice. The person can register
to vote but must fill out the
ballot at the clerk's office at
the same time.
SCHOOL BOARD
VOTING
Dillon addressed some
confusion by residents on
voting for combined school
districts, such as Big Horn
County School District No.
1 and4.
District No. 4 has three
E Democratic
i Ubertadan
Republican
[] Unaffiliated
seats open this year, a Basin
seat and two at-large seats.
While onlya qualified elec-
tor within the Basin town
limits can run for the Basin
seat, all voters within the
school district will be voting
for all schooldistrict candi-
dates.
In District No. 1, there
are two at-large seats open,
a Cowley seat, a Burlington
seat, a Deaver-Frannie seat
and a two-year at-large seat.
As with District 4, candida-
tes filing must reside within
the district in which they are
filing (Cowley, Deaver-Fran-
nie or Burlington); however,
all residents within District
No. 1 are able to vote for all
five races.
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