On March 11, Wyoming lawmakers adjourned for the 2026 regular session after enacting four election-related bills.

Among those bills was SF 113, which requires election officials to conduct a hand count audit of physical ballots cast during the 2026 primary and general elections. 

Each county is required to hand-count as close to 5% of all ballots as possible for one statewide and one federal race chosen by the secretary of state. Any inconsistencies are required to be reported to the state.

This requirement is in addition to Wyoming’s existing post-election audit, which mandates a review of a statistically significant sample of ballots, up to 5% of the total number of ballots cast.

Gov. Mark Gordon (R) signed the bill on March 7. It passed the state Senate 30-1 on February 24, with 28 Republicans and two Democrats voting in favor and one Republican voting against. It then passed the state House 54-7 on March 5, with 49 Republicans and five Democrats voting in favor and six Republicans and one Democrat voting against.

Other election-related bills enacted in 2026 include:

• HB 92, which prohibits registered sex offenders from being candidates for local or statewide office.
• SF 28, which requires the individual testing of voting machines and electronic voting systems, and amends existing testing procedures.
• SF 30, which states that individuals must meet the definition of a qualified elector by the date of the next election in order to register to vote. Current law requires individuals to meet the qualifications to vote by the date of the election at which the voter offers to vote.

Wyoming requires a two-thirds vote in even-numbered session years for non-budget bills to be introduced and referred to committee. The following bills were among those filed but not considered in committee or on the floor because they did not meet the two-thirds vote threshold. 

• HB 48, which requires all voters to be provided a paper ballot and a pen to mark the ballot, with an exception for disabled voters. 
• HB 49, which prohibits the use of ballot drop boxes.
• HB 50, which states that only voters, their immediate family members, and, in some cases, residential care workers can return an absentee ballot.
• HB 51, which requires a random hand count audit of all elections.

Wyoming enacted nine election-related bills in 2025, one in 2024, and seven in 2023. Twenty-nine election-related bills were introduced in 2026, 12 fewer than in 2025.