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Committee backs bill to make pen-and-paper ballots the default; Laramie County officials warn of costs and logistical impact
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee voted 6–1 to advance a bill that would make pen-and-paper ballots the default method for marking ballots in Wyoming elections while preserving accessible marking devices for voters with disabilities.
The House Appropriations Committee voted 6–1 to advance House Bill 245, a measure to make pen-and-paper ballots the default method for marking ballots in Wyoming elections while preserving accessible marking devices for voters who need them.
The bill was presented by Representative Knapp and supported in testimony by the Secretary of State, who argued the default return to hand-marked ballots would increase public confidence. "Relying on the barcodes decreases trust in our elections, because electors cannot verify that the barcodes on their ballot correspond with the candidates they voted for," the Secretary of State said, explaining that in Laramie County the commonly used express-vote system prints a receipt…
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