voter turnout

The Election Director in the Wyoming Secretary of State's office is predicting "unprecedented" voter turnout in the state this year.

Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray says he's taking steps to identify and address the causes of that "abysmal" voter turnout rate among the 18-24 age demographic. "In having this round-table and trying to understand the underlying reasons as to the cause of the decline in voter turnout among our youth, the topic turned toward civics," says Murray...

Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray says he thinks the fact that civics courses are generally not taught in school anymore is one reason that young people don't seem to vote.

Natrona County Clerk Renea Vitto cruised to an easy victory in her re-election bid with 17,324 votes and no opposition in Tuesday's general election. But that wasn't why she was so happy when it was all over. "Today was a great turnout," said Vitto, whose office runs the elections and the duties of drafting ballots, finding polling places, hiring election judges, making sure the machines

Voter turnout at the polls in Natrona County has been shockingly low today, County Clerk Renea Vitto said. "It's really surprised me," said Vitto, whose office is in charge of running elections. Judges at many polling places have told her and elections officers of the extremely light turnout, she said...