Secretary of State flags 2,018 Wyoming voters for county clerks to investigate about residency
JACKSON — Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray flagged 2,018 voter records and sent them to county clerks on Thursday for review and removal from the state’s voter registry system.
After reviewing Wyoming Department of Transportation data, he said in a press release that his office found voter records matching individuals who have obtained driver’s licenses in another state.
The Secretary of State’s office was given the authority to obtain the information that WYDOT receives from other states in House Bill 318, which was passed during the 2025 legislative session.
Gray told the Jackson Hole Daily on Saturday that there were 159 records matched in Teton County, indicating these voters may have moved out of state.
“Voter list maintenance is a key priority of my Secretary of State administration,” Gray said. “As Wyoming’s chief election official, we’re working very hard to ensure that Wyoming’s voter rolls are the cleanest in the nation.”
Teton County Clerk Maureen Murphy said the flagging doesn’t mean they will be immediately purged.
Murphy has not met with staff yet to discuss the next steps, but she said the Teton County Clerk’s Office will notify the voters registered that were flagged and mark them as pending until a certain time.
She said she receives updates and lists frequently for voter list maintenance, but this is a new database for the Secretary of State’s Office to pull from.
The new law gives Gray the opportunity to review and flag registered voters not just for getting a new driver’s license in another state, but also to determine if someone is a noncitizen or to “verify any other information indicating a voter should be ineligible to vote at the request of the secretary of state.”
“Our office’s diligence in matching these records from those who have requested licenses in other states will ensure that Wyoming’s voter rolls are comprised only of residents of Wyoming,” Gray said. “Only Wyoming residents should be voting in Wyoming elections — period.”
Murphy said just because someone got a driver’s license in another state doesn’t mean that they aren’t an eligible voter. It depends on whether they remain a resident in Wyoming. People flagged will have the opportunity to prove they are still a resident.
Gray said voter list maintenance is a key plank of his conservative election integrity reform agenda. Other legislation successfully passed in 2025 included banning ranked-choice voting and foreign funding of elections and ballot measures. New laws also require proof of citizenship and residency to register to vote.
This story was published on Sept. 29, 2025.