Wyoming lawmakers go full steam ahead on election reform - again

LANDER — Wyoming lawmakers filed a record number of election-related bills in this winter’s general session, but they showed little sign of slowing down Thursday on plans to remake the state’s election system.

During its first meeting of the legislative off-season, the Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee voted to draft 10 pieces of election legislation. The bills range from banning ballot drop boxes and restricting independent candidates, to codifying hand-count audits of ballots and curtailing the use of student IDs and Medicaid and Medicare insurance cards as acceptable forms of voter identification.

The slate represents just a fraction of the 45 bills filed in 2025, but is a considerable number for a committee to undertake heading into a legislative budget session when bills face a steeper initial hurdle compared to a general session.

The legislation will, however, have the advantage of being well-trodden ground for lawmakers. Each of the 10 bills will be modeled after 2025 measures that failed only a few months ago. Several have long been hailed by Secretary of State Chuck Gray, who encouraged lawmakers Thursday to reconsider roughly 20 bills from the last session.


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