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Wyoming secretary of state conducts audits of commercial registered agents

On March 18th, the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office conducted several targeted, in-person audits of commercial registered agents, including the location of 30 North Gould Street in Sheridan, Wyoming. "Our administration takes fraud and abuse of corporate filings extremely seriously, and the office works to ensure compliance by Wyoming business entities and commercial registered agents with Wyoming law,” Secretary of State Chuck Gray said in a statement. “These targeted, in-person audits of large commercial registered agents are an important part of ensuring compliance with Wyoming law, and our office also conducts regular audits to ensure compliance with the Commercial Registered Agents Act.”

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a50-year-old Wyoming state law mandating regular purges of voter rolls just resulted in the removal of more than a quarter of the Cowboy State's registered voters, according to a new report.

Local news site WyoFile reported that state authorities have removed approximately 83,500 names from its database of registered voters since 2022, which amounts to roughly 28% of Wyoming voters. State law requires that every February, the secretary of state's office has to remove all registered voters from the rolls who didn't vote in the most recent election. This means that any Wyoming voters who were registered in 2020 but didn't show up during the 2022 midterms may be surprised to learn this November that they aren't registered.

"Our concern is simply people not realizing that they’re no longer registered and not bringing with them the appropriate materials to get re-registered, because you can register at the polls," AARP spokesman Tom Lacock told WyoFile.

As Lacock mentioned, Wyoming is one of roughly 20 states that allow for same-day voter registration. According to Rock the Vote, the Cowboy State's same-day registration law allows for voters to not only register on the day of the election, but also during early voting — provided voters bring required identification documents with them

Acceptable forms of identification to register and to cast a ballot include a Wyoming driver's license or ID card, a valid U.S. passport, a tribal nation ID card, a U.S. military identification card and some forms of student ID. Prospective voters will be turned away if they try to register with just a Medicare or Medicaid card or a concealed carry permit for firearms. However, if a voter is already registered, they can obtain a ballot by showing one of those documents.

In a statement to WyoFile, Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray (R) defended the law requiring regular purges as necessary to keep voter rolls current in the event that a registered voter dies or moves away.

"Voter roll hygiene and voter registry maintenance is extremely important to maintaining integrity and confidence in our electoral process," Gray said.

The law stipulates that voters at risk of having their names removed from Wyoming voter rolls have a letter sent to their last known address informing them that their status as a registered voter is at risk. The last round of letters went out in 2023, urging voters to contact their county clerk if they wished to remain registered.

According to Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee, the enormous size of the February 2024 purge was due to the fact that the 2020 presidential election saw extremely high turnout, while the 2022 midterms — which are typically lower turnout across the U.S. — had far less interest.

"Our voter rolls were large... That’s why we ended up with so many people who were purged," Lee said.

Wyoming remains the least populated state in the U.S., though its population has seen a steady increase since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Between 2022 and 2023, the state experienced natural growth, meaning the number of new babies born outpaced the number of deaths in the state. Wyoming also saw an influx of more than 2,000 new residents in 2023, partly due to remote work opportunities allowing Americans to relocate to more affordable communities.

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the man behind the conservative effort to move the judiciary to the right has ties to many of the groups and people arguing that Donald Trump should stay on the ballot in a case heard before the US supreme court this week.

Leonard Leo’s advocacy and financial network played a major role in Trump’s judicial nominations and confirmation hearings as part of his years-long push to make the courts more friendly to conservatives and their causes. Justice Clarence Thomas once joked that Leo was the “No 3 most powerful person in the world”.

US ethics groups hail Senate subpoenas for Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow

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Leo is the co-chairman of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization that counts five of the current nine justices as current or former members. He also heads a well-funded financial network that works to advance rightwing causes, having received a massive $1.6bn donation to boost his work. His maneuvers have been part of the recent scandals at the supreme court, including a payment he directed to be paid to Thomas’s wife, Ginni, the Washington Post reported in 2023.

Through this extensive network, he is tied to several of the filers of amicus briefs in the 14th amendment case that could prevent Trump from running for re-election. In those briefs, a variety of conservative groups argue against Trump’s removal, aligning with Trump’s arguments that he should remain on the ballot.

The consequential case has brought in amicus briefs on both sides from outside groups, historians, law professors and elected officials, who’ve parsed through legal language and the implications of removing a presidential candidate from the running.

According to research by Accountable.US, a non-profit that focuses on calling attention to special interests in US politics, Leo has ties – including professional associations, funding through his own groups or those he’s exchanged money with, and allies in the Federalist Society – to a handful of groups that filed amicus briefs against Trump’s removal.

The ties are part of a pattern, documented by Politico, of Leo himself and his network being connected to amicus briefs in high-profile supreme court cases in recent years. The Politico review also found “multiple instances of language used in the amicus briefs appearing in the court’s opinions”.

In this instance, Accountable.US found ties between Leo and the following groups or their lawyers that filed amicus briefs in the 14th amendment case: Citizens United, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, the Claremont Institute, Landmark Legal Foundation, Judicial Watch, Jones Day, Wyoming’s secretary of state Chuck Gray and America’s Future.

Democrats plan to subpoena Leonard Leo over perks to supreme court justices

Read more](https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/oct/31/leonard-leo-subpoena-harlan-crow-supreme-court)

Citizens United, a conservative group whose name is synonymous with the 2010 supreme court ruling that allows unlimited political spending by outside groups and corporations, filed a brief alongside Steven Calabresi, Leo’s fellow co-chair of the Federalist Society. Other lawyers tied to the society are signed on to the group’s brief as well.

The Public Interest Legal Foundation’s brief is co-filed with a man who has been featured in more than 100 Federalist Society events, and the group has received funding from groups tied to Leo. The Claremont Institute has also received funds from groups tied to Leo’s funding network, and the brief’s author wrote a book that includes a quote from Leo on the back cover and featured in society events.

Leo has complimented the chairman of the Landmark Legal Foundation as a “great patriot” and ”. The Judicial Watch president is also president of the Council for National Policy, which Leo has reportedly been involved with. Jones Day, a conservative law firm whose attorneys authored an amicus brief for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has given money to the Federalist Society, and the firm is where Leo, Trump and others met to come up with a list of supreme court candidates.

The lawyers who filed Wyoming secretary of state Gray’s brief include a Federalist Society contributor who’s received a fellowship from the group. America’s Future has gotten funding from a group that’s exchanged millions with Leo’s financial network.

“It’s no surprise that Leonard Leo is backing efforts to support Trump at the supreme court,” said Accountable.US president Caroline Ciccone. “Leo helped Trump draw up his supreme court nominee shortlist – many of whom are justices on the bench set to hear this critical case – and now, Leo’s deploying his rightwing network in support of Trump as he faces consequences for his violent insurrection. It couldn’t be clearer where Leo stands.”

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Chuck Gray is an American politician and the secretary of state of Wyoming, having won the 2022 election unopposed. Gray was previously a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing the 57th District.

Career[edit]

Prior to his election to the Wyoming House of Representatives, Gray had a radio talk show on Casper radio station KVOC.^[1]

Wyoming House of Representatives[edit]

In 2014, Gray challenged incumbent State Representative Thomas Lockhart in the Republican primary but was defeated, receiving 48% of the vote to Lockhart's 52%.^[2]

When Lockhart announced his retirement, Gray again announced his candidacy for the seat in 2016. He defeated Ray Pacheco in the Republican primary with 59% of the vote and defeated Democrat Audrey Cotherman in the general election with 64% of the vote.^[3]

Gray ran for reelection in 2018. In the Republican primary he faced former Casper Mayor Daniel Sandoval, who defeated with 61% of the vote.^[4][5] Gray defeated Democrat Jane Ifland in the general election with 61% of the vote.^[6]

In 2020, Gray was unopposed in the Republican primary. He again faced Democrat Jane Ifland in the general election and defeated her with 69% of the vote.^[7]

:{In his first session as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, he was the lead sponsor of the ultrasound bill, the first pro-life bill passed in 30 years. He was also the lead sponsor of Wyoming's voter ID law, which was signed into law in 2021. During his time in the legislature, he served on numerous committees, including Minerals, Business & Economic Development; Agriculture, State and Public Lands; Revenue; Judiciary; and Management Audit.}:

Wyoming Secretary of State[edit]

In March 2021, Gray announced that he was running for the Republican nomination for Wyoming's at-large congressional district in the 2022 election, challenging incumbent Liz Cheney in a primary after the Wyoming GOP censured Cheney for her vote to impeach Donald Trump.^[8] In September 2021, Donald Trump endorsed Harriet Hageman in the primary which led to Gray dropping out to consolidate the anti-Cheney vote around Hageman.^[9]

In March 2022, Gray announced he would run for Wyoming Secretary of State in 2022. He was endorsed by Donald Trump and he won the Republican primary.^[10][11] Secretary Gray is known for his conservative record. He is a six-time CPAC award winner, winning the award for his conservative voting record each year in the legislature. He has also received Wyoming Right to Life's Platinum Award for his pro-life record.

Political positions[edit]

Gray has been described by the Associated Press as "one of Wyoming's most Trump-like legislators". Gray has advocated banning ballot drop boxes and instituting mandatory hand-counted election audits.^[12][13]

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