Tribal ID for voting.

Plain English Breakdown

The effectiveness of using Tribal Identification Cards for voter registration is not addressed in the official source material.

Tribal ID for Voting

This law allows tribal identification cards issued by federally recognized Indian tribes to be used for voter registration if they meet certain requirements.

What This Bill Does

• Specifies that a Tribal Identification Card must be issued by the governing body of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe, or another federally recognized Indian tribe in Wyoming.
• Requires that the Tribal Identification Card includes the applicant's Wyoming driver’s license number if they have one and the last four digits of their social security number.
• Allows county clerks to use tribal identification cards as a way to verify voter qualifications.

Who It Names or Affects

• Voters who are members of federally recognized Indian tribes in Wyoming.
• County clerks responsible for verifying voter registration qualifications.

Terms To Know

Tribal Identification Card

A card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe that can be used to register to vote if it meets certain requirements.

Federally Recognized Indian Tribe

An Indian tribe that is officially acknowledged and supported by the United States government.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies to tribal identification cards issued by specific tribes in Wyoming.
• It does not specify what happens if a person has neither a driver’s license nor a social security number.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0169
Bill No.:

HB0026

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

20LSO-0169

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0063

Chapter No.:

56

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Tribal ID for voting.

Subject:

Requirements for a Tribal ID for voter registration.

Summary/Major Elements:

The act specifies requirements and qualifications for Tribal identification cards that can be used for voter registration. To be used for voter registration, a Tribal identification card shall:

Be issued by the governing body of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe or another federally recognized Indian tribe;

Show the person's Wyoming driver's license number, if the person has a Wyoming driver's license; and

Show the last four digits of the person's social security number.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

20LSO-0169

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
.
HB0026

ENROLLED ACT NO. 63,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to elections; specifying requirements of a tribal identification card for voter registration; specifying a tribal identification card as an item that may be considered in determining registration qualifications; 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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3
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103(a)(vi) and 22
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3
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105(b)(intro) and (iv) are amended to read:

22
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103.

Furnishing of oath forms; contents thereof.

(a)

The county clerk shall furnish voter registration oath forms to registry agents which forms shall require the following voter information from the applicant:

(vi)

Either:

(A)

His
The applicant's
Wyoming driver's license number, or if
he
the applicant
has no current, valid Wyoming driver's license, a statement to that effect and the last four
(4)
digits of
his
the applicant's
social security number, or if
he
the applicant
has neither, a statement to that effect;
or

(B)

A tribal identification card issued by the governing body of the Eastern Shoshone tribe of Wyoming, the Northern Arapaho tribe of Wyoming or other federally recognized Indian tribe that contains the applicant's Wyoming driver's license number, if the applicant has a Wyoming driver's license, and the last four (4) digits of the applicant's social security number.

22
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3
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105.

Investigation of voter qualifications; striking names from registry; criteria; notice; appeal.

(b)

Among the criteria
he
the county clerk
may use in determining the qualifications of any person to be registered are the following:

(iv)

Wyoming d
river's license
or tribal identification card that meets the requirements of W.S. 22
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3
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103(a)(vi)(B)
;

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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