Wyoming2025Inactive
SF0184
Ban on Electronic Voting Machines
Last scannedOct 9, 2026, 2:19 AM
In one sentence
This act requires paper ballots for elections and hand counting, repeals rules about electronic voting machines and pollbooks, revises post-election ballot audit procedures, provides penalties, and makes conforming amendments.
What it does
- Requires the use of paper ballots for all elections.
- Repeals provisions related to electronic voting machines and pollbooks.
- Specifies procedures for hand counting of paper ballots.
- Revises post-election ballot audit procedures.
Who it affects
- Voters in Wyoming who will use paper ballots instead of electronic ones.
- Election officials responsible for counting and auditing ballots manually.
Limits and unknowns
- The bill did not pass and is inactive, so these rules are not in effect.
- Details about how penalties will be enforced were not provided.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Automatic tabulating equipment
- Machines that count votes from paper ballots or ballot cards.
- Pollbook
- A book or electronic system used by election workers to check voter information on Election Day.
Official record
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Official activity
Bill history
- S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4Senate
- S No report prior to CoW CutoffSenate
- S Introduced and Referred to S07 - CorporationsSenate
- S Received for IntroductionSenate
- Bill Number AssignedLSO