WyomingWyoming counties would give in-person voters paper ballots and pens
Wyoming counties would give people voting in person a paper ballot and pen by default, while clerks could offer electronic marking devices to voters with disabilities.
What it does
County clerks would give every in-person voter a paper ballot and pen to mark it privately. Paper and pen would be the default in every Wyoming election.
County clerks could offer electronic devices to help voters with disabilities mark ballots. The devices would have to meet access and voting rules, and could not become the default.
Argument forGiving every in-person voter a paper ballot and pen could make the same private marking method available across Wyoming elections.
Argument againstCounty clerks could have less freedom to make electronic devices their standard way to mark ballots, even if local voters prefer them.
More detail
County clerks would give in-person voters paper ballots and pens as the default way to mark ballots. The rule would cover all in-person voting in every Wyoming election. The rule would take effect immediately if the bill becomes law.
County clerks could offer electronic devices to help voters with disabilities mark ballots. The stated exception covers voters with disabilities as defined by federal disability law. The devices would have to meet federal accessibility rules and state voting rules. Counties could not make electronic ballot marking devices their default method. The exception would take effect immediately if the bill becomes law.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
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