Wyoming election official tells House panel the MEGA Act would standardize voter ID and citizenship checks

The Wyoming secretary of state and chief election official told the House Administration Committee she supports the Make Elections Great Again Act, saying the bill would set common-sense standards for integrity, security and public confidence in federal elections.

She emphasized that Wyoming has adopted similar measures at the state level: a 2021 voter-ID law, a 2025 requirement for documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register, a ban on ranked-choice voting, an election-day receipt deadline for ballots, and a prohibition on private funding of election administration (referred to in testimony as "Zuck").

The testimony placed particular weight on the MEGA Act’s documentary-proof-of-citizenship provision. "Requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to vote was the number 1 priority of our administration's election integrity reform agenda," the witness said, adding that documentary verification is "not overburdensome" and is "essential to ensuring enforcement of federal law, which unambiguously requires U.S. citizenship to vote."

She described the state’s experience defending its proof-of-citizenship law in federal court. According to her testimony, Democrat attorney Mark Elias filed a lawsuit challenging Wyoming’s statute; the witness said the U.S. Department of Justice, the Republican National Committee and several Republican attorneys general filed briefs supporting the state. She said the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming granted the state's motion to dismiss on July 22, 2025, finding the plaintiff could not identify anyone harmed by the law.

On voter identification, the witness said the requirement is "widely supported" and pointed to positive public response after Wyoming enacted voter ID, saying voters frequently showed licenses at the polls even before it became mandatory. She also argued that requiring ballots to arrive by the close of election day reduces opportunities for "fraud, confusion and uncertainty," and she voiced support for MEGA Act provisions that would set the election-day receipt as the deadline for ballots.

The witness urged Congress to adopt related measures in the MEGA Act, including a ban on ballot harvesting and a uniform, auditable paper-ballot standard. She called the MEGA Act standards "implementable, common sense, and essential to restoring the integrity and security of elections across the United States." She closed by thanking the committee and saying she was happy to stand for questions.

No formal votes or motions were recorded in this testimony.