It can be hard to keep up with who's running for what office in your area.

Local races are most difficult in a state like Wyoming where most candidates don't raise enough money for proper advertising, and finding where and how to advertise can be difficult.

That's life in rural America for you.

There is now a helpful guide for Wyoming's bigger, state-wide, elections that can help.

To help you decide on your local elections, go to where you register to vote and ask for a sample ballot. Then take a little time to look up the candidates, online. Most of those local candidates have contact information. They want you to call them and ask questions.

The news and opinion site WyoFile has launched a handy election guide that's easy to use and provides a starting point for you to research your region and district.

Use this link to explore the WyoFile election guide.

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You can search each candidate by name or use your district number to find out who is running there.

If you don't know your district number, no worries, just use the arrows to scroll along the map until you find where you live. The candidates that are running there will appear.

Information on the candidate includes a question and answer page between WyoFile and the candidate plus articles that were written about them.

Below this guide is handy information about what you need in order to register to vote and where you can vote.

County and city elections are not included, and it's understandable as to why. There is only so much one organization can do.

It's important to vote.

But what's most important is the informed voter.

Using a guide like this will help you to make informed decisions on your ballot.

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