HB0215

Prohibits the use of electronic voting machines and electronic pollbooks in Wyoming elections and requires all elections to use hand-counted paper ballots.

• Eliminates electronic voting systems and requires all elections to use paper ballots that are hand-counted by election judges at polling places or designated counting centers. (W.S. 22-11-101.1(a), W.S. 22-11-102, W.S. 22-14-104(b), Sec. 1)
• Prohibits the use of electronic pollbooks in polling places, though county clerks may still use electronic systems to prepare pollbooks for printing. (W.S. 22-3-111(c))
• Establishes hand-counting procedures requiring two counting teams of two election judges each from different political parties, with one judge reading votes and another recording them on separate tally sheets. (W.S. 22-14-104(b))
• Requires accessible voting machines to be limited to marking paper ballots for voters with disabilities and prohibits internet connectivity or communication capability on these machines. (W.S. 22-11-103(a)(iii)(B))
• Increases the minimum size of counting boards from three to four members at paper ballot polling places and modifies composition requirements for central counting centers. (W.S. 22-8-108(a), W.S. 22-8-108(b))
• Requires testing of hand counting, tabulating and reporting procedures at least two weeks before each election with notification to political party representatives. (W.S. 22-11-104(b)(iii))
• Establishes election observer procedures requiring observers to take an oath prohibiting disclosure of vote counts before polls close and limiting their authority to observation only. (W.S. 22-8-115(b), W.S. 22-15-109)
• Modifies post-election ballot audit procedures to require auditing at least five percent of ballots cast using a formula developed by the University of Wyoming. (W.S. 22-6-130(a))
• Repeals provisions authorizing electronic voting machines, electronic pollbooks, and related electronic voting systems including vote centers and electronic hand count voting system provisions not consistent with hand-counting requirements.