Wyoming Elections

National Voter Registration Day is Tuesday.

Voter Fraud Now More Fraud-Proof

In 1994, Governor Mike Sullivan pulled a ping-pong ball from his cowboy hat to break a tie in the race for the Wyoming State House.

The Cowboy State is notorious for closely contested campaigns, including one election nearly 25 years ago that was decided by a ping-pong ball after ending in a tie.

In the 2012 Presidential Election, only one town in Wyoming voted for Obama. And anybody who lives here could guess which town that was. Jackson is the most liberal place in the Cowboy State, and it's not really that liberal. Only 54 percent of Jackson residents voted Democrat in the last Presidential election...

Wyoming is considered one of the most conservative political states in the country, and rightfully so. No Democrat has carried the Cowboy State in a Presidential election since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. However, Wyoming has voted for eight Democratic nominees since it was granted statehood in 1890...

When it comes to politics, Wyoming is one of the most conservative states in America. In the 2012 Presidential Election, 68.64% of Wyoming voters cast their ballots for Mitt Romney. Only Utah had a higher percentage of Republican voters...

In 1994, the race for Wyoming's State House was decided by a ping pong ball.

Election officials across the country are dealing with a new issue this year. Is it legal for voters to take and publish "ballot selfies" inside polling stations? In many states, it is illegal to photograph completed ballots. Some states prohibit photography inside polling places altogether...

In November of 1994, the race for the state house between Republican Randall Luthi and Independent Larry Call finished in a dead heat, 1,941 votes each.