HB0048

Requires Wyoming counties to use pen and paper ballots as the default voting method for all in-person elections, with an exception for electronic ballot marking devices for voters with disabilities.

• Establishes that each county shall provide paper ballots and pens as the default method for marking ballots in all in-person voting in Wyoming elections. (W.S. 22-13-119(a))
• Permits county clerks to provide electronic ballot marking devices for persons with disabilities, provided the devices comply with federal accessibility requirements under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and cannot be used as the default voting method. (W.S. 22-13-119(b))
• Defines 'disability' as having the meaning stated in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended by the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008. (W.S. 22-13-119(c)(i))
• Defines 'electronic ballot marking device' as any electronic device that assists voters in marking ballots, including touch screen voting machines that produce marked paper ballots. (W.S. 22-13-119(c)(ii))
• Makes conforming amendments to county commissioners' authority to adopt voting machines and electronic voting systems by subjecting them to the paper ballot requirement. (W.S. 22-10-102, W.S. 22-11-102)
• Subjects county clerks' authority to utilize voting machines or electronic voting systems at bond elections to the paper ballot requirement. (W.S. 22-21-109)
• Subjects county clerks' determination of voting methods for multi-county school or community college district elections to the paper ballot requirement. (W.S. 22-22-203(b))

Effective: Immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for the bill to become law

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