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HB0050 • 2026

Ballot harvesting-prohibition.

AN ACT relating to elections; prohibiting a person from delivering ballots of other electors to the county clerk; providing exceptions; specifying that ballots shall not be tabulated as specified; providing a penalty; 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 bill text does not explicitly state the exact penalties but refers to W.S. 22-26-101(a)(xii) for felony offenses related to election violations.

Ban on Ballot Harvesting

This act prohibits anyone except immediate family members or authorized caregivers from delivering another person's ballot to a county clerk, with penalties for violations.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits people from delivering ballots of other voters to the county clerk unless they are immediate family members or authorized caregivers in residential care facilities.
  • Specifies that if someone delivers a ballot improperly, it will not be counted in the election results.
  • Requires employees of residential care facilities and caregivers to file an affidavit with the county clerk when delivering absentee ballots on behalf of residents.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Voters who rely on others to deliver their ballots
  • Employees and caregivers at residential care facilities

Terms To Know

Felony offense
A serious crime that can result in a prison sentence of more than one year.
Affidavit
A written statement made under oath, often used to provide evidence or proof.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was not signed into law.
  • It does not specify how ballots delivered improperly will be handled after the election results are finalized.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 House

    H Failed Introduction 39-23-0-0-0

  2. 2026-01-22 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2026-01-20 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
26LSO-0042
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0042
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0050

Ballot harvesting-prohibition.

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

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to elections; prohibiting a person from delivering ballots of other electors to the county clerk; providing exceptions; specifying that ballots shall not be tabulated as specified; providing a penalty; 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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9
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113 and 22
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26
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101(a) by creating a new paragraph (xii) are amended to read:

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9
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113.

Completing and return of ballot.

(a)

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 delivered to the clerk
subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section
.

(b)

No person shall deliver a ballot to the clerk unless the person is the qualified elector who is casting the ballot, the person is immediate family of the qualified elector or the person is an employee of a residential care facility authorized to deliver a ballot under subsection (c) of this section. This subsection shall not apply to ballots that are mailed to the clerk.

(c)

An employee of a residential care facility, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult family homes and community
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based residential facilities or a bona fide caregiver may deliver absentee ballots on behalf of not more than five (5) qualified electors per election residing in that facility as provided in this subsection. For each absentee ballot delivered on behalf of a qualified elector under this subsection, the employee shall concurrently file an affidavit with the county clerk on a form prescribed by the secretary of state attesting under penalty of perjury that, among other requirements specified by the secretary of state, the employee is authorized to deliver the ballot on behalf of the qualified elector under this subsection. Not later than thirty (30) days following each election, the county clerk shall transmit copies of all affidavits received under this subsection pertaining to that election to the secretary of state.

(d)

If a county clerk, county canvassing board member or other election official becomes aware of a violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this section before ballot tabulation, any ballot that is delivered in violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall not be tabulated. If a ballot is improperly delivered to the county clerk in violation of this section, the county clerk shall attempt to provide notice to the qualified elector that the qualified elector's ballot has not been tabulated.

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101.

Felony offenses generally.

(a)

The following acts in connection with or related to the election process or an election, if knowingly and willfully committed, are felony offenses punishable by not more than five (5) years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both:

(xii)

Violating W.S. 22
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9
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113(b).

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)

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