Election Day · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
How to vote in Wyoming
The deadlines, early voting, mail ballots and ID rules for Wyoming, and what happens after the polls close. Every fact links to the Wyoming Secretary of State or the law it comes from. Rules change, and courts sometimes change them close to an election, so confirm anything you are relying on with the state.
Checked against official sources on October 8.
Key dates
- Register online by
Online registration is not available
No online registration (W.S. 22-3-104(d): registration is only in person or by mail).
- Register by mail by
Monday, October 19
Registration closes October 19 (W.S. 22-3-102). After that, you can register in person and vote absentee from October 20 to November 2, or register at your polling place on Election Day.
- Register in person by
Tuesday, November 3
Advance registration closes October 19, but you can register in person with your county clerk from October 20 to November 2 (and vote absentee there), or at your polling place on Election Day.
- Same-day registration
Yes
Voters may register and vote at their polling places on Election Day.
- Early voting
Tuesday, October 6 to Monday, November 2
Absentee voting starts 28 days before the election (45 days for military and overseas voters).
- How early voting works
Wyoming has no separate early-voting period. From October 6 to November 2 you can vote an absentee ballot in person at your county clerk's office; from October 20 you can also register and vote absentee there.
- Request a mail ballot by
Monday, November 2
Request from your county clerk by phone or in writing any time during the election year, but not on Election Day.
- Return your mail ballot by
Tuesday, November 3
Received, not postmarked: your county clerk's office must receive the ballot by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Late ballots are not counted.
- Election Day polling hours
7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting by mail
- Who can vote by mail
Any voter can vote by mail
You do not have to give a reason for requesting an absentee ballot.
- Ballots arriving after Election Day
Not counted — your ballot must arrive by the deadline
Ballots received after 7 p.m. on Election Day are not counted.
ID at the polls
- The rule
ID required (photo not needed)
W.S. 22-2-119: a person votes in person "only if the person presents acceptable identification immediately before voting." Without it the voter casts a provisional ballot (22-15-105), which is counted only if the voter documents eligibility to the county clerk by close of business the day after the election. Because the voter must return, this is "strict"; the accepted list includes non-photo documents.
- What to bring
Show one of: a Wyoming or other state driver's license or ID card, a University of Wyoming, Wyoming community college or Wyoming public school student ID, a valid Medicare or Medicaid card, or a Wyoming concealed firearm permit (plus other IDs on the state's list). Mail voters don't need to include ID, except first-time voters who registered by mail.
When will we know results in Wyoming?
How fast results come in depends mostly on when the polls close and when election officials are allowed to start on mail ballots. Totals shown on election night are unofficial until the state certifies them.
- Last polls close
7 p.m. Mountain time — 9 p.m. Eastern
- Mail ballots can be processed from
Thursday, October 29
W.S. 22-9-125(d): a county clerk may choose to prepare and process absentee ballots on the Thursday or Friday immediately before Election Day (October 29 or 30), after notifying the Secretary of State and the parties. Otherwise processing is on Election Day. Earliest possible date shown.
- Mail ballots can be counted from
2026-11-03T19:00
W.S. 22-9-125(d)(iv): results of absentee ballots processed early "shall not be made known, printed, released ... or incorporated into the final vote count in any manner until after the polls close on election day" (7 p.m. Mountain).
- Counties finish their count by
Friday, November 6
County canvassing boards certify county abstracts (W.S. 22-16-103).
- State certifies results
Tuesday, November 10
The State Canvassing Board meets to certify the state abstract (W.S. 22-16-118).
- Automatic recount
Yes: all votes for an office are recounted if the margin is less than 1% of the votes cast for the winning candidate with the fewest votes
W.S. 22-16-109(b). A ballot proposition is recounted automatically if its vote is within 1% of the number needed to pass (22-16-111(a)(i)). A losing candidate can also request a recount (22-16-109(c), 22-16-110).
- Requested recount
By affidavit
A recount request for offices or propositions voted on in more than one county is filed with the Secretary of State by November 12 (W.S. 22-16-110, -111); county-level requests go to the county clerk within two days after the county canvass.
- Runoff
No runoff — the candidate with the most votes wins
- Ranked-choice voting
Not used
W.S. 22-2-117(a): "Nothing in this election code shall be deemed to authorize any election in Wyoming to be conducted through ranked choice voting," and any ordinance authorizing it is void.
- Votes needed to pass a ballot measure
Majority of all ballots cast in the general election, not just on the question
W.S. 22-2-117(d): a legislatively referred constitutional amendment is ratified if approved by a majority of the electors voting at the general election; 22-2-117(e)-(f): an initiated measure is enacted, or a referred act rejected, only if votes "in excess of fifty percent of those voting in the general election" favor it. Blank ballots effectively count as no.
- New governor takes office
Monday, January 4, 2027
Elected state officers assume office Monday, January 4, 2027 (Wyo. Const. art. 6, § 17; W.S. 22-2-107).
What’s on your ballot
Every contest you will vote on, from Congress to school board, with each candidate’s positions and record and the arguments for and against them.
Confirm this with the official source
Your ballot is determined by your election authority, not by us. Verify your registration, precinct, and sample ballot at Wyoming Secretary of State.