Elections

In Wyoming, the far-right caucus has been particularly successful. After the recent election, the group will hold a majority in the state house.

Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot in Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon. Alaskans will also consider getting rid of their ranked-choice system.

Indigenous voters represent a fraction of the total voting population, but their vote could be pivotal in battleground states such as Nevada and Arizona. But actually voting is a different story for most Native people – registering to vote and casting a vote is made difficult by distance and a lack of access.

Roughly 1 in 4 Native Americans are not registered to vote, according to the Native American Rights Fund, which analyzed Census Bureau data. In recent years, however, three Mountain West states have passed laws to allow tribes to register them automatically.

In the northwest part of the state voters followed the state trend and chose three Republican Freedom Caucus backed candidates.

Voters at a polling place for rural voters in the Cody area talk about the issues that matter to them and how the voting process went on primary election day.

Candidates at the local, state and federal levels are courting the rural vote this election cycle. But rural folks don't vote as a bloc, and even our sense of who is rural often doesn't match how some voters see themselves.

The Road to Cheyenne is our special series previewing the primary elections. This week, we’re taking a look at legislative races in the central part of the state and we’ll dig into recently released campaign finance reports.

It’s standard practice for voting equipment to be tested before an election. But this time at least three counties' results were not in accordance with a line in the Wyoming Election Code, according to the Wyoming GOP. They provided evidence for Goshen, Laramie and Albany counties, but claim other counties also were in violation. So what is this law? What did the machines do wrong? And can we trust that voting will be secure and just in the upcoming election?

The 2020 election denial claims led to widespread questions about election security. Since then, states such as Nevada are taking steps to make sure voters know what is being done to protect the balloting.