By Maya Shimizu Harris
Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange 

Crossover voting ban on its way to governor

 


CASPER — Lawmakers have tried for years to push through legislation to restrict crossover voting. This session, they finally succeeded.

House Bill 103, which significantly restricts when people can change their party affiliation, cleared its last vote in the Legislature on Friday in a 19-11 vote. Though the bill has made it through the Legislature, Gov. Mark Gordon must still decide on it.

The bill, sponsored by Wheatland Republican Rep. Jeremy Haroldson, would bar voters from changing their party affiliation after the first day of the candidate filing period. In other words, voters wou...



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