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House Bill 103 places restrictions on crossover voting and was one of three bills this legislative session and nine in previous years that have taken aim at the practice. While the practice has come under fire from some Wyoming Republicans in recent years, others said it allows voters the choice of candidates and parties they wish to support. Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray has been a supporter of the bill.

House Bill 103 cleared the Senate Revenue Committee on a 4-1 vote after being recalled from the Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee on a failed 1-3-1 vote. Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray is a supporter of the bill, who claims it would preserve the integrity of the state's elections.

House Bill 47, which would codify existing rules from the Wyoming Secretary of State's Office, has passed both chambers of the legislature but failed a House vote for concurrence, or to accept the Senate's version of the bill. In response, a joint committee has been formed with three representatives and senators each to work out the differences in it.

Two bills that would limit crossover voting in Wyoming advanced out of the House Corporations Committee Monday, Jan. 30. Each would impose blackout periods before primary elections when voters could not change their affiliation from one major party to another.

Anyone who did not vote in the past general election needs to respond to their local county election offices for their registration to stay active. People must reply within 20 days of the notice being sent out. Otherwise, those records will be purged from the county election office records.

Cities could soon use ranked choice voting for non-partisan municipal elections if the State Legislature passes a bill advanced by the corporations committee.

Nye County is the nation’s first to offer voting in Shoshone — a language that, traditionally, isn’t written.

WY Vote was initially launched in 2018 and was officially incorporated as a non-profit in 2021. A recently revamped website features more information, such as a list of candidates running for office in each county. It aims to increase voter participation, provide information to voters about who's running for office across the state, and what the requirements are to cast a ballot.

Following the 2016 election, many started to express concern about election security. That conversation was ramped up in 2020, even in Wyoming, where problems with voting irregularities haven't been documented. Lately, people in some areas of the state have pushed for hand counting of ballots, which is not currently allowed, but Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Buchanan said it's also not necessary. He joined Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck to discuss how safe Wyoming's elections are.

Governor Mark Gordon announced he’s running for a second term as Governor of Wyoming on Monday. Before a group of family and friends in Buffalo, he looked back at the last three years and his accomplishments.