On January 22, the Wyoming Senate Corporations, Elections, and Political Subdivisions Committee passed SF 65. This bill is titled “Open Ranked Choice Elections.” The Committee also directed that it be amended, but the amendment isn’t on the legislature’s web page yet, probably because it hasn’t been written. The vote was 3-2. All five voters were from Republicans. Voting in favor were Cale Case, Tara Nethercott, and Wendy Schuler. Voting against were Charles Scott and Bill Landen.

The same Committee defeated SF 32, which would have prohibited voters from changing parties after May 1 of an election year, and thus would have ended the provision that lets a primary voter decide on primary day which party to join.