Wyoming Senate rejects post-election audit bill on third reading
CHEYENNE — Another bill aimed at changing the way Wyoming conducts its elections was shot down Thursday by the state Senate after calls to hit the brakes on the measure came from Wyoming county clerks.
Although House Bill 85 received approval from the House, it could not make its way through the Senate on third and final reading, and died on a 9-21 vote.
HB 85 sought to mandate that county clerks take formal minutes during post-election audits and provide those records to the Secretary of State’s Office. It also required the presence of at least two electors from different political parties to observe the audit procedures and results, giving them the legal authority to register “observed errors or other objections.”
The bill would have codified a more rigid structure for public and political observation than currently exists in state statute.
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