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Wyoming committee approves bill expanding poll-watcher access after amendments
Summary
The House committee approved House Bill 307, which expands poll-watching access to before and after polling hours and clarifies observer rules; the measure was amended in committee to add badge and notification language and passed 8-1.
House lawmakers advanced House Bill 307 on a largely partisan voice vote after taking public testimony and adopting amendments that legislators and clerks said would address security and logistics.
The bill, as amended, extends formal poll-watching observation to before polls open and after they close and adds statutory language about poll-watcher identification and duties. The committee passed the measure with eight votes in favor and one no vote; one legislator submitted an absentee no vote, and the committee recorded the final result as 8 aye, 1 no.
County clerks’ witnesses told the committee they support poll watchers generally but urged limits and safeguards. “There is no county clerk in the state who has any issue with poll watchers,” Commerce County Clerk Karen Rimmer testified, representing the County Clerks…
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