HB0049 • 2026

Ballot drop boxes-prohibition.

AN ACT relating to elections; prohibiting the use of drop boxes for the delivery of ballots as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Corporations
Last action: 2026-02-09
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2026

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material confirms the candidate explanation's content but notes that the bill did not pass and was not signed into law.

Ban on Ballot Drop Boxes

This act bans the use of ballot drop boxes for submitting absentee ballots in elections.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits county clerks and election staff from setting up or using ballot drop boxes.
Forbids people from putting absentee ballots into any kind of drop box.
Allows county clerks to inform voters if their ballots are spoiled because they were put in a drop box.

Who It Names or Affects

Voters who use absentee ballots
County clerks and election staff

Terms To Know

Drop Box: A container used to collect absentee ballots or other documents, which is not allowed under this act.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was not signed into law.
It does not specify what happens if a ballot is spoiled due to being placed in an unauthorized drop box.

Bill History

2026-02-09 House
H Failed Introduction 38-24-0-0-0
2026-01-22 House
H Received for Introduction
2026-01-20 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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26LSO-0041
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0041
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0049

Ballot drop boxes-prohibition.

Sponsored by: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to elections; prohibiting the use of drop boxes for the delivery of ballots as specified; 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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113 is amended to read:

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113.

Completing and return of ballot.

Upon receipt, a qualified elector shall mark the ballot and sign the affidavit.

The ballot shall then be sealed in the inner ballot envelope and mailed or
hand
delivered to the

clerk.
No county clerk, election staff of the county clerk, public employee or election official shall establish or use a drop box for the purpose of collecting absentee ballots and no person shall deliver an absentee ballot through any drop box. If a ballot is improperly delivered to the county clerk in violation of this section, the clerk may provide notice to the qualified elector that the qualified elector's ballot is spoiled. As used in this section, "drop box" means any receptacle designed for the receipt of absentee ballots, or for receipt of any other type of filing, payment or other document, that would in any way permit the delivery of an absentee ballot in a manner other than through mail or hand delivery as required by this section.

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.

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