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Taft Love appointed to fill Wyoming Senate District 6 after joint Laramie–Platte County vote
Summary
A joint meeting of the Laramie and Platte County commissions interviewed three candidates and, after a closed deliberation, unanimously appointed Taft Love to fill the vacant Senate District 6 seat. The vote was by secret ballot and the appointment was certified and signed the same day.
Taft Love, a long‑time Eastern Laramie County resident and former Laramie County School District No. 2 trustee, was appointed Tuesday to fill the vacant seat for Wyoming Senate District 6 after a joint meeting of the Laramie and Platte County commissions.
The commissions interviewed three finalists — Taft Love, Roy Burt and Jeff Barnes — in a public session before recessing to an executive session for deliberations. After reconvening, clerks distributed eight ballots, which commissioners cast by secret ballot; the clerk then announced that all eight ballots were cast for Love and the appointment was confirmed. The commissioners signed a certificate of appointment before adjourning.
The session began with the clerk reading the meeting’s purpose under Wyoming statute 22‑18‑111(a)(3)(d) and a description of the process: an ordered series of individual interviews…
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