Photo ID voting requirement.

2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0543
Introduced
1.3

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0167

Photo ID voting requirement.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Lone, Biteman, Clem, Edwards and Gray

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring photo identification to vote; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 22
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1
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102(a)(xxvi)
and
(xxxix), 22
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2
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119, 22
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3
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102(a)(iv) and 22
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3
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118(a)(intro), (b)(i) and (c)(i) are amended to read:

22
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1
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102
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Definitions.

(a)

The definitions contained in this chapter apply to words and phrases used in this Election Code and govern the construction of those words and phrases unless they are specifically modified by the context in which they appear. As used in this Election Code:

(xxvi)

"Qualified elector" includes every citizen of the United States who is a bona fide resident of Wyoming, has registered to vote and will be at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day of the election at which he may offer to vote. No person is a qualified elector

who does not show
a current
, valid photo identification before voting,
who is a currently adjudicated mentally incompetent person, or who has been convicted of a felony and his civil or voting rights have not been restored. A literacy test shall not be imposed as a condition to voting in any election;

(xxxix)

"Acceptable identification" means
a current, valid photo identification and may
also
include

one (1) of the identification documents or other proof of
identity as specified by rule of the secretary of state as adequate proof of the identity of a voter;

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2
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119
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Qualified elector may vote.

Except as specifically provided otherwise a person may vote only if
he
the person

is a qualified elector
,
only if the person shows
a current
, valid photo identification before voting
and only in the precinct in which
he
the person

resides.

22
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3
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102
.

Qualifications; temporary registration.

(a)

A person may register to vote not less than fourteen (14) days before an election, at any election specified in W.S. 22
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2
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101(a)(i) through (viii) or as provided by W.S. 22
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3
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117, who satisfies the following qualifications:

(vi)

The person
shows
a current
, valid photo identification.

22
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3
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118
.

Proof of identity.

(a)

Unless a voter is challenged pursuant to W.S. 22
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15
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101 through 22
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15
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109, no
A
current, valid photo

identification shall be required when:

(b)

Prior to voting, when a voter has registered by mail and is voting in person in his first Wyoming federal election, he shall provide:

(i)

A current, valid photo
identification
.
;
or

(c)

When a voter has registered by mail and he is voting by mail in his first Wyoming federal election, he shall submit with his absentee ballot:

(i)

A copy of a current, valid photo
identification
.
;
or

Section 2
.

W.S. 22
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3
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118(
b)(ii) and (c)(ii) is repealed.

Section

3
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(END)

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