Distribution of unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide information on enforcement mechanisms for violations.

Ban on Unsolicited Absentee Ballot Request Forms

This law stops people from sending unsolicited absentee ballot request forms to voters, except for county clerks and the secretary of state.

What This Bill Does

• Prohibits anyone but a county clerk, the secretary of state or their designees from distributing unsolicited absentee ballot request forms to qualified electors.
• Defines an 'absentee ballot request form' as any document that claims to be or is deceptively similar to an official election document and provided by mail, email, or other means.

Who It Names or Affects

• Voters who receive unsolicited absentee ballot request forms will no longer get them unless they ask for one.
• County clerks and the secretary of state can still send out absentee ballot request forms to voters.

Terms To Know

Qualified elector

A person who is registered to vote in an election.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify the consequences for violating this prohibition.
• It is unclear how strictly 'deceptively similar' will be enforced.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0022

Bill No.:

SF0078

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

25LSO-0022

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0010

Chapter No.:

22

Prime Sponsor:

Hutchings

Catch Title:

Distribution of unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Distribution of unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill specifies that no person, except a county clerk, the secretary of state or their designees, shall distribute an absentee ballot request form to any qualified elector unless that qualified elector specifically solicits an absentee ballot request form.

The bill defines "absentee ballot request form" to include any document that claims to be or that is deceptively similar to an official election document and that is provided to the qualified elector by mail, email or any other means.

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

25LSO-0022

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0078

ENROLLED ACT NO. 10,

SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session

AN ACT relating to elections; prohibiting a person from distributing unsolicited absentee ballot application forms to any qualified elector as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 22
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104 by creating a new subsection (e) is amended to read:

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104.

How to apply; information required.

(e)

No person, except a county clerk, the secretary of state or their designees, shall distribute an absentee ballot request form to any qualified elector unless that qualified elector specifically solicits an absentee ballot request form. For purposes of this subsection, "absentee ballot request form" includes any document that claims to be or that is deceptively similar to an official election document and that is provided to the qualified elector by mail, email or any other means.

Section 2
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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 Senate.

Chief Clerk

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