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House advances changes to runoff voting, rejects ranked-choice primary
Summary
Lawmakers debated and amended House Bill 249, approving a workplace-voting accommodation and clarifying primary timing while rejecting an instant-runoff (ranked-choice) primary amendment.
House Bill 249, a measure shifting how runoff contests are handled, drew extended debate in the Wyoming House before members approved two amendments and rejected a third.
The bill, sponsored by Representative Nyman, was the subject of three floor amendments. Representative Sherwood successfully moved Amendment No. 1 to extend the statutory “time off to vote” from one hour to two hours for workers who otherwise have no opportunity during a shift to cast a ballot; the amendment passed on voice vote. Representative Chastick offered Amendment No. 2 to replace the bill’s separate-runoff structure with an instant-runoff (ranked-choice) primary; that amendment failed after floor debate.…
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