The voters of Alpine, Wyoming, are being asked to return to the polls on November 25, to vote again in a State House race. On November 4, the race in the 22nd district between Democrat Jim Roscoe and Republican Charles Stough was very close. The results were: Roscoe 2,891; Stough 2,887.

Then it was discovered that eleven voters had voted in Alpine Precinct, the northernmost corner of Lincoln County, even though they don’t live in Alpine Precinct. They live in the adjoining precinct to the south. That was a problem, because Alpine is in the 22nd district but the precinct to the south is in the 21 district. Since there was no way to retrieve the eleven ballots that should not have been counted, the State Canvassing Board on November 12 ruled that Alpine Precinct must vote all over again. The candidates are actively campaigning there, somewhat as in this year’s Disney movie “Swing Vote.” Here is a newspaper story about the re-vote.