On Friday, January 23, Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray issued a press release, listing his five priorities for changing Wyoming election law in thi year’s legislative session. See this story. He did not mention ballot access. Yet in November 2025 he had said he would again try to persuade the legislature to increase the number of signatures for independent candidates, from 2% of the last U.S. House vote to 3% for statewide office and 5% for district office.