Wyoming voting issues

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Election and registration information

Wyoming allows qualified voters to register at the polls on Election Day. Bring an acceptable form of ID to the polls (for example: driver license, passport).

Voter ID requirements

• Preferred option is a Wyoming Driver License.
• Second option is one form of the following:
  • Different state's driver license;
  • ID card issued by a local, state or federal agency;
  • U.S. passport;
  • School ID;
  • Or military ID.
• Third option is two of the following in any combination:
  • Certification of U.S. Citizenship;
  • Certificate of Naturalization;
  • Draft Record;
  • Voter registration card from another state or county;
  • Original or certified copy of a birth certificate bearing an official seal;
  • Certification of birth abroad issued by the Department of State;
  • Or any other form of identification issued by an official agency.

Voting Machines

Types of Voting Machines used November, 2008 in Wyoming:

For a county-by-county list of the specific machines (and the source for this section) see Verified Voting's Verifier tool.

Main article: Voting machines

Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE) machines with a paper trail:

• Premier Election Solutions's (Diebold) AccuVote-TSX

Optical scan machines:

• Election Systems & Software's Model 100
• Election Systems & Software's ES&S Model 650
• Premier Election Solutions's Diebold AccuVote OS

Assistive Devices for Marking Paper Ballots:

• Election Systems & Software's AutoMARK Technical Systems AutoMARK VAT

Governmental election authorities

Secretary of State Max Maxfield

Elections website: http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Elections.aspx

Contact information:

• Secretary of State
• Elections
• State Capitol Building
• 200 West 24th Street
• Cheyenne, WY 82002-0020
• Ph. 307.777.7186
• Fax 307.777.7640

• Email: elections@state.wy.us

Locate your county clerk

Election threats

• For an extensive log of voting machine problems, see the VotersUnite! report on election incidents.

State and local non-governmental election organizations

League of Women Voters

LWV of Wyoming, Ms. Amy Williamson, President

• 1306 Ivinson Avenue
• Laramie, WY 82070
• Phone: 307-721-8169
• E-mail: akwlaramie@cs.com
• http://www.lariat.org/LWV

Local Leagues:

• Campbell County
• Casper
• Cheyenne
• Laramie
• Teton County
• Yellowstone

Articles and resources

See also

• The main page on election protection and reform organizations.
• All articles in the Election Protection Wiki project.
• For election day: Things citizens can do to monitor elections and If you are told you cannot vote.

External resources

Poll location

• GoVote.org locates your polling place and other voting information.
• Google map polling locations locates most polling location, may be missing or out of date.

Election Protection hotlines

• 866-OUR-VOTE (National Election Protection Hotline)
• 888-VE-Y-VOTA (Español)
• 800-966-5946 (AALDEF, Asian languages)
• 866-MYVOTE1 (Tom Joyner Hotline - VoterAction, NAACP National Voter Fund)
• 877-523-2792 (ACLU Voting Rights Project Hotline)
• 877-US4-OBAMA (Obama campaign Voter Hotline)
• 866-976-VOTE (McCain campaign Honest and Open Election hotline - leave a message)
• 877-GOCNN08 (CNN Voter Problem Tipline)
• 888-VOTE-TIP (VelvetRevolution Election Protection Hotline for fraud)
• 567-258-VOTE (Twitter Vote Report key in report or leave audio message)

Voting information

• Vote411.org from the League of Women Voters provides all kinds of information to help you vote.

Voting rights

• ACLU's "Know Your Voting Rights - State by State" -- printable brochures summarizing your voting rights, for most states.
• One-page know your rights summaries for 27 states from the AFL-CIO.

Voting requirements

• Click here to see the voter ID requirements in all states. From the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Election officials, election reform groups, and elected officials

• Why Tuesday? offers a page for Wyoming that helps locate Wyoming's elections officials, election reform groups, and elected officials, as well as a page titled Find a group in your area that lets you find similar information for other states.

Absentee voting

• Click here to request an absentee ballot. Go Vote Absentee is a project of the Women Donors Network.

Disabled voters

• Information for voters with disabilities from NDRN.

Student voting rights

• See Wyoming Student Voting Rights for a guide to student voting rights in Wyoming. See Student Voting Rights for a guide to other states. From the Brennan Center for Justice.

State ballot

• See how organizations you trust recommend you vote on ballot measures and other statewide contests at TransparentDemocracy.

Languages

• Help in other languages from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. 中文, 日本語, 한국어, Tagalog, Tiếng Việt, Español

Voting machines

• Verified Voting's Wyoming page, which provides detailed information on voting equipment in use in every county in Wyoming.

Election law

• Election Law @ Moritz's Wyoming page, which provides detailed information on election law developments in Wyoming. See map page to see the information for election developments in any given state.

• Election Law @ Moritz's Wyoming general information page, which provides information on Wyoming election authorities, post-election processes, and other topics. See map page to see this information for any given state.