– Reposted from Wyoming Public Media
Election day is getting closer and closer! Are you prepared? We’ve compiled an updated General Election FAQ with all of your potential questions on voting and election security. We’ll share some of those questions and answers with you here for the rest of the week.
If you have your own question about elections that you want answered, feel free to fill out our question form and we’ll get an answer to you ASAP.
How do I find out what’s on the ballot?
Your county clerk will publish a sample ballot or a proclamation showing local propositions. Check their website starting Tues., Oct. 22. Information about which polling location you should use, how to vote early or absentee, and results will also be posted there.
How do election officers ensure voter registration lists are up to date so that people who are not authorized to vote are not voting?
Wyoming’s statewide voter registration system is called WyoReg. It’s a top-down statewide system where each county has direct access to a single centralized database. It performs an automatic check when someone registers to vote to ensure they’re not already registered. If a voter is already registered in another state and moves to Wyoming, that voter may be asked to provide proof of residency when registering. Wyoming will then send a notification to the voter’s previous state to ensure that the voter indeed has moved.
WyoReg is linked to several state departments to ensure voter rolls are accurate. This includes the Wyoming Department of Transportation to match driver’s licenses and IDs, the Department of Health’s Vital Records to get death notices, and the Division of Criminal Investigation for felons who are not allowed to vote.
“We also look at the newspapers and cut out obituaries and make sure we take out those that have died if they didn’t come over on the Vital Records list,” Julie Freese, Fremont County clerk, told WPR.
Read more in our Elections Guide.
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— Ivy Engel, Roundup Reporter, Wyoming Public Media
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