hand count ballots

Lawmakers passed a bill requiring 5% of ballots cast in 2026 to be hand counted. Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee talks about how her office is prepping for the effort.

The Center for Media and Democracy obtained private emails between Gray and a conservative policy group that show he was sent line by line edits on a bill to ban foreign funding of ballot measures. A political science professor said the exchange was “certainly noteworthy.”

When Wyoming Election Integrity asked to run a scenario, Clerk Cindy Lovelace saw an opportunity. She wanted to gather data to help estimate the time, cost and manpower it would take if lawmakers decide to change state law and allow for ballots to be hand counted in the state.