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Read. Follow. Verify.Wyoming Bill Prohibits Third-Party Ballot Delivery and Establishes Felony Penalties
Last action · February 9, 2026: H Failed Introduction 39-23-0-0-0Sponsor: Corporations
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What This Bill Proposed
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.
Changes how absentee and mail-in ballots may be returned by restricting who can physically transport them to election officials, affecting voters who rely on third parties for assistance and imposing criminal penalties for unauthorized delivery.
- The Political Subdivisions Interim Committee is a legislative committee in Wyoming that studies local government and election issues between legislative sessions. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Voters utilizing third-party ballot delivery
Voters are restricted in who can deliver their ballots to the county clerk and face the risk of uncounted ballots if rules are violated.
Residential care facility employees and caregivers
Caregivers and facility staff are subject to a five-ballot delivery limit per election and must file an affidavit under penalty of perjury when delivering ballots.
County clerks and election officials
Election officials must check for compliance, reject improperly delivered ballots, attempt to notify affected voters, and transmit affidavits to the secretary of state.
Key Facts
- Prohibits any person from delivering an absentee or mail-in ballot to the county clerk unless they are the voter casting the ballot, an immediate family member, an authorized residential care facility employee, or a bona fide caregiver.
- Exempts ballots sent to the clerk through the mail from the third-party delivery restrictions.
- Allows residential care facility employees and bona fide caregivers to deliver absentee ballots for not more than five qualified electors per election residing in that facility.
- Requires residential care facility employees delivering ballots on behalf of electors to concurrently file an affidavit with the county clerk under penalty of perjury.
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- Requires county clerks to transmit copies of all facility delivery affidavits to the secretary of state within thirty days following each election.
- Mandates that election officials invalidate and refuse to tabulate any ballot delivered in violation of the restriction, provided they become aware of the violation before tabulation.
- Requires county clerks to attempt to notify voters whose ballots are not tabulated due to improper delivery.
- Classifies knowing and willful violations of the third-party ballot delivery restrictions as a felony offense punishable by up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is legally allowed to deliver my ballot to the county clerk under this bill?
Are mail-in ballots affected by these delivery rules?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 9, 2026HouseH Failed Introduction 39-23-0-0-0
- Jan 22, 2026HouseH Received for Introduction
- Jan 20, 2026Bill Number Assigned
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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