Wyoming2025Inactive
HB0215
Ban on Electronic Voting Machines
Last scannedOct 23, 2026, 2:19 AM
In one sentence
This act requires paper ballots for elections and hand counting, repeals laws related to electronic voting machines and pollbooks, specifies procedures for manual ballot counting, provides penalties for violations, and makes conforming amendments.
What it does
- Requires the use of paper ballots in all elections instead of electronic voting equipment.
- Repeals existing provisions allowing the use of electronic voting machines and pollbooks.
- Specifies detailed procedures for manually counting paper ballots after an election.
- Provides penalties for violating these new rules.
Who it affects
- Voters who will now vote using only paper ballots.
- Election officials responsible for conducting elections with paper ballots.
- Manufacturers of electronic voting machines and pollbooks, as their products are banned.
Limits and unknowns
- This bill is inactive and was not passed in the current session.
- Details on how to conduct post-election audits with hand-counted ballots are incomplete.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Automatic tabulating equipment
- Machines that count votes from paper ballots or ballot cards.
- Hand counting
- The process of manually counting paper ballots by election workers.
Official record
Sources
Official activity
Bill history
- H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4House
- H No report prior to CoW CutoffHouse
- H Introduced and Referred to H07 - CorporationsHouse
- H Received for IntroductionHouse
- Bill Number AssignedLSO