Responsive Gov’s Grade TL;DR

After a quiet 2024, Wyoming enacted significant anti-voter measures this past session. New laws include strict citizenship verification mandates, a prohibition on private funding for election administration, and restrictions on who can distribute ballot request forms. The addition of unnecessary barriers to the ballot box resulted in a D rating.

Looking Back

Where Wyoming Started at the Beginning of 2025

• Automatic Voter Registration: No
• Online Voter Registration: No
• Same-Day Registration: Yes
• Restoration of Rights: Some Permanent Disenfranchisement
• Vote by Mail: No-Excuse
• Electronic Registration Information Center Member: No
• Early Voting Opportunities: In-Person Absentee
• ID Requirements: No Document Required

Relying on the Cost of Voting Index for Wyoming as of 2024, we considered the state a bottom tier state for pre-existing voting policy and compared its 2025 activity against other bottom tier states.

How Our Tier Compares

• COVI (2024): 40th
• EPI Score (2022): 49th

2025: This Past Year

Legislative Action

The Wyoming Legislature passed several restrictive election-related laws during the 2025 session.

• HB 156 requires voter registration applicants to submit documentary proof of citizenship and documentary proof of residency when registering. Unlike other proof of citizenship models that rely on database checks, this model puts the onus fully on the registrant to provide documents proving citizenship and state residency. The bill also imposes a 30-day residency requirement on all voters, the maximum requirement permitted by federal law.
• HB 228 prohibits state and local election officials from accepting private funds for election administration, including for voter education, outreach, or registration efforts.
• SF 78 prohibits anyone other than county clerks and the secretary of state from distributing unsolicited absentee ballot request forms to voters.
• HB 318 authorizes the secretary of state to use the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) data to verify voters’ citizenship status. It requires the Department of Transportation to share any information with the secretary of state that could indicate non-citizenship.
• SF 165 allows county clerks to send voter registration cancellation notices to individuals by email, in addition to mailing the notice.