In June, the U.S. Department of Justice sent letters to state election officials seeking their voter registration lists. Wyoming was the first state to comply, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.
Neither the federal government’s requests, nor targeted states’ responses received much attention at the time. That changed last month when U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi asked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to hand over voters’ private data to the federal government. That request came after federal immigration agents shot and killed a second American citizen in Minneapolis.
Quickly, the federal government’s efforts to obtain states’ voter rolls drew national attention. In Wyoming, Democrats and the League of Women Voters soon criticized Secretary of State Chuck Gray for the decision he’d made months earlier, when, following negotiations, his office provided Wyoming’s statewide voter registration list, including sensitive information like driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.
“The League knows that voter privacy is paramount to the integrity of our election system,” the group said in a statement. “Secretary Gray’s action undermines public confidence in our election process.”
Gray responded this week in a written statement, released by his office, saying he complied with a lawful request after consulting with the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office.
“Contrary to the false claims made by both the Wyoming Democrats and the League of Women Voters, voter information has, and continues to remain, confidential under the law,” the Monday statement read. “As Wyoming’s chief election official, I take my duty to ensure compliance with the law very seriously.”
The Justice Department’s initial June request, signed by Maureen Riordan, acting Chief of the Civil Rights Division’s Voting Section, asked Gray to “Please send us Wyoming’s current statewide voter registration list. Please include both active and inactive voters.”
Two months later, Gray provided Wyoming’s statewide voter registration list, including information like driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.
“With your assurances that the federal privacy protections … apply to these records, we anticipate that the Department of Justice will maintain the confidentiality of these records in accordance with Wyoming law,” Gray wrote in an Aug. 28 letter.
The Justice Department has demanded nearly every state provide election-related records as part of an effort to build the largest set of national voter roll data ever collected by the agency. The Trump administration has argued its efforts are intended to keep elections secure and that it has the authority to do so under The Civil Rights Act, the National Voting Rights Act, and the Help American Vote Act.
Critics, however, say the move amounts to government overreach, noting that the U.S. Constitution explicitly tasks states, not the federal government, with conducting elections.
Most states have responded to the unconventional request by either providing publicly available versions of their voter registration lists — i.e. data sets without sensitive information — or altogether declining to provide lists, according to the Brennan Center, which has been tracking states’ responses.
Last month, Democratic-led Colorado became one the latest states to face a federal lawsuit for refusing to hand over its voter data.
About two dozen states are defending themselves from such legal challenges, prompting an unprecedented legal clash between the Justice Department and state election officials, according to Politico. At least one of those legal challenges has been dismissed.
States’ compliance, or lack thereof, has not been determined strictly by party affiliation. Utah and Idaho, two Republican-led states, for example, are now in standoffs with the federal government.
Wyoming is one of at least 11 states to fully comply and was the first state to do so, according to the Brennan Center’s tracker.
Over the weekend, the League of Women Voters of Wyoming criticized Gray’s decision “to surrender Wyoming citizens’ private voter information to the federal government,” in a press release.
“The safest way to protect sensitive data is to limit access to it, ensuring only those who absolutely need it can access it. States have private, individual voter rolls for a reason,” the League wrote. “There was no reason to hand over Wyoming voters’ private information to the federal government.”
Gray’s action, the League said, “compromises the diligent work of our county clerks who securely maintain Wyoming voter rolls.”
The League also called on Gov. Mark Gordon to “instruct Attorney General Kautz to examine the authority of the Wyoming Secretary of State, by statute, rule and regulation, and to issue an opinion on Secretary Gray’s actions.”
The Wyoming Democratic Party also criticized Gray over the weekend.
The secretary of state’s office responded Monday morning. The agency made the decision “in close consultation with the Wyoming Attorney General and the Wyoming Attorney General’s office,” Gray said in a Monday statement.
“I complied with a lawful request from a federal law enforcement agency charged with enforcing voting rights, to ensure Wyoming’s voter rolls were compliant with the Help American Vote Act and the Civil Rights Act,” Gray said.
“The Democrats’ false claims are driven by Trump Derangement Syndrome and left-wing hysteria, not the truth. These claims are false, defamatory, and made with malice,” Gray said.
Timeline
A month after the Justice Department’s June 25 letter, Gray’s office sent a 15-page response, answering various questions about Wyoming’s election processes and procedures. Gray also directly responded to the federal government’s request for the state’s voter rolls.
First, Gray described how state law defines Wyoming’s voter registration, as “the list by precinct of the names, addresses, party affiliations, unique identifying numbers generated by the state, information relating to absentee ballot status, registration dates and precinct and district numbers of the registered electors in the county prepared by the secretary of state or county clerks for distribution.”
Gray also pointed to state law that “outlines the process of exporting registry lists upon request to eligible recipients” and specifies “that unless otherwise provided, all election records of the county clerk are public and shall be made in accordance with the Wyoming Public Records Act.”
In accordance with the law, Gray wrote in the letter, “our office has furnished previously exported registry lists and history files upon receipt of a public records request, and has routinely provided previously exported lists when requested.”
A voter registry list was exported on July 10, Gray wrote, and was subsequently shared with the Justice Department file sharing system.
However, that did not meet the Justice Department’s demands, according to an Aug. 14 letter to Gray.
“We have received Wyoming’s statewide voter registration list (“VRL”),” the letter states. “However, as the Attorney General requested, the electronic copy of the statewide VRL must contain all fields, including the registrant’s full name, date of birth, residential address, his or her state driver’s license number of the last four digits of the registrant’s social security number.” (Emphasis in the letter.)
The Justice Department requested Gray provide that information within seven days. Two weeks later, Gray complied, according to an Aug. 28 letter.
“Upon review of the provisions cited in your letter, and discussion of the applicable provisions of the Civil Rights Act with the Wyoming Attorney General, we agree that disclosure of the requested records is proper under the Civil Rights Act,” Gray wrote. “With your assurances that the federal privacy protections, including the application of Section 304 of the Civil Rights Act, apply to these records, we anticipate that the Department of Justice will maintain the confidentiality of these records in accordance with Wyoming law.”
Wyoming state law specifies “election records containing social security numbers, portions of social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, birth dates, telephone numbers, tribal identification card numbers, e-mail address and other personally identifiable information other than names, gender, address, unique identifying numbers generated by the state and party affiliations are not public records and shall be kept confidential.”
The governor’s office did not respond to WyoFile’s request for comment by publishing time.
Can we trust this federal administration to keep private information secure? Somehow, the dissemination of private Social Security information, to say nothing of unsecured boxes of classified files should make us skeptical. Obviously Wyoming officials aren’t going to stand up for us.
Pretty soon every Wyoming voter on that list will get a notice from some law firm, saying, your data has been compromised, and as part of the settlement, you get 3 years free of Experian Credit Monitoring.
What does Governor Gordon say?
He must examine the statutory, rule-based, and regulatory authority of the Wyoming Secretary of State—and issue an official opinion on Secretary Chuck Gray’s actions. We urgently need Gray and the Wyoming Attorney General removed from office. Our personal data is NOT safe!
Federal Judge Rebukes DOJ Voter Roll Push
A federal judge has ruled that the DOJ can no longer be trusted in its nationwide “voter roll crusade.” U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s efforts to seize state voter rolls, stating the department cannot be presumed to act in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters’ and states’ rights.
The judge specifically cited a letter from Pam Bondi to Minnesota—tying federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data—as the “smoking gun” that undermines the DOJ’s motives.
Apathy opened the door to the fanatics.
Vote. Large numbers of our citizens are not register and of those that are, only a small number showed up at the polls.
Run for precinct positions and change the county central committees and the Republican platform.l
Find trustworthy and viable candidates and get out the vote.
I love Wyoming, but am appalled by the number of outsiders that likely moved here for the political power. Rich powerful interests supported them and here we are. They are out to destroy our infrastructure by eliminating funding for our schools, towns and governments. They will only succeed if we let them.
I have no idea why this didn’t occur to me earlier, but Chuck Gray has not received even the hint of an endorsement from his president for his US House bid yet. Must hurt like burning hell to sell your soul and trade every ounce of dignity you have for absolutely nothing. Oh yeah and thanks a bunch Chuck for not asking me how I feel about you throwing my pound of flesh on the MAGA tire fire . Can’t tell you how much I appreciate that.
As someone who has worked the polls in Wyoming, I have seen voters respond with hesitation when asked for identification to verify they are a registered voter. You can see the suspicion on their face as they pull out a driver’s license or other proof containing personal information. Knowing this data will be treated in a confidential manner is probably the one thing that gives the good people of Wyoming a sense of security in sharing their info. UNTIL NOW. So no thanks to Mr. Gray who just broke the trust of our friends and neighbors by forwarding – out of state – details he is forbidden to release by state law. I would urge anyone who votes democrat to doublecheck your voter registration status in plenty of time before an upcoming election. I won’t put it past Mr. Gray’s office to “accidentally” delete the names of any voter not registered as a Republican.
Heard any comment on this from Governor Gordon yet? How do we begin the process of having Chuck Gray removed from office?
He’s breaking the law. W.S. 22-2-113 (d): Unless otherwise specifically stated in this Election Code, all election records of the county clerk are public. The availability and dissemination of such records shall be in accordance with the Wyoming Public Records Act. Election records containing social security numbers, portions of social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, birth dates, telephone numbers, tribal identification card numbers, e-mail addresses and other personally identifiable information other than names, gender, addresses and party affiliations are not public records and shall be kept confidential. When necessary, members of the county or state canvassing boards may access confidential information for purposes of this code but shall maintain its confidentiality.
WY voted for MAGA and trump. You are reaping what you have sown. Enjoy!
Two questions: Do I remember signing a document that would permit release of my personal information when I went and registered to vote in the state of Wyoming ; NO, No and NO.
2nd how do I get my personal information redacted from the DOJ database?
Can we file a class action suit against gray and Wy. for releasing our information without our approval?
I do not believe they need drivers license numbers.
I do not agree with Chuck Gray’s action on any of this.
The little twerp has gone to far with this. He has an interminable obsession with “stolen elections” and voter fraud. And let’s not let the Wyoming Attorney General off the hook. Both these bozo’s are to be held accountable. I agree that either he should “man up” and remove himself from office and his campaign for the House seat, or someone else grow a set and have him removed.
How would Sec. Gray have responded to this same request for voter information had it come from the Biden administration? Would he have been this complaint, and eager to please?
So Little Chuckie has admitted publicly that he has violated the law. The law does not say he can give the information to someone else if they promise not to share them. Are there any lawyers in the state willing to initiate a class action suit on behalf the citizens of Wyoming? I’d be glad sign on.
I have a genuine question for you Chuck Gray. If the Biden administration had asked you for our private information, would you have handed it over to them, no questions asked?
What is Wyofile’s political affiliations and donors? The personal information of individuals is the only way to insure they are who they say they are and it is legal for them to vote thus providing this information is reasonable and prudent for federal elections.
But what business does the Federal government have in requesting this information? It is up to the states to run elections, even when Federal positions are on the ballot. I trust our local officials to obtain the necessary proof of identity when registering voters and conducting elections, the Feds have no reason to involve themselves.
I dont understand why this is an issue, what happened in the past, did past administrations not have the same priority or under trump has the priority changed for some reason, sounds like its not a big deal but I dont trust trump, the DOJ or most other officials from this admin, they have proven record of lying and misrepresenting the facts constantly. With the poles showing deep resentment of trump actions, no progress on issues that were campaign promises I feel something is amiss in regards to midterm election..Beware !
I have concerns about what Sec. Gray may have provided. Collecting and centralizing this volume of highly sensitive personal information creates an attractive and dangerous target for hackers, identity thieves, and foreign adversaries. Even well-resourced government systems experience breaches. No database is immune. When a breach occurs, citizens, not policymakers, bear the consequences in the form of identity theft, financial fraud, and compromised personal safety. Each additional data field magnifies potential harm if the system is compromised. From a cybersecurity standpoint, best practice is data minimization: collecting only what is truly necessary. Equally troubling is the broader principle at stake. The U.S. Constitution clearly assigns responsibility for conducting elections to the states, not the federal government. Expanding standardized statewide data collection invites future federal mandates, oversight, or consolidation. This could be a step in moving election administration further away from local control and closer to centralized authority. Protecting voter privacy should be viewed as a core component of election security.
Thanks Chuck,
You just released my personal information to a jackass who has demonstrated total disregard for any and all aspects of the U.S. Constitution, and State’s rights. Just ask the people of Georgia.
You are disgusting toady. Resign!
What is wrong with that guy. Someone should spank him. He does not represent all Wyoming citizens. I object to this decision.
Secretary Gray should have notified Wyoming voters of the federal government’s request last June and again in August.
The idea should have been debated.
With the error of releasing the names of the Epstein victims occurring, the uncalled release of our personal information seems even worse
Ever since taking office Chuck Gray has inserted himself into situations and controversies that were not his under his perview as secretary of state. He obviously has no concept as to the actual scope of his authority. He should never have had the position, and he certainly should never be Governor. I’m sure he would never turn over the names & address’s of unregistered gun owners, but he has no problem giving the federal government all of our private information: ie, address’s, phone numbers, social security numbers, work history and more. And why do you think Trump wants that info? To punish anyone that didn’t vote for him. It isn’t for election security it’s for government election control and manipulation.
Elect this person to represent Wyoming in Congress!? It wasn’t just those of us with “trump derangement syndrome” who’s sensitive protected information was shared illegally with a severely ethically compromised D.O.J.. It was every trump boot licking voter also! Every citizen of this state should be afraid. Very afraid. “Nationalizing” our elections has just gotten much easier thanks to trump sycophants like those of the Wyoming ”freedumb caucus”. A vote for gray is a vote for an authoritarian oligarchy ruling the United States.
No matter what Gray says, it is not okay to send this info to federal government—to dt and cronies basically. Minnesota has refused as have other states. This is dt and cronies looking for ways to sabotage elections.
It is well worth following the link Ms. Mullen provides in her last paragraph to read her exact quote from Wyoming Statute 22-2-113 (d). Our Secretary of State has clearly–and eagerly–broken the law and should be removed from office.
The National Voter Registration Act, Help America Vote Act and Voting Rights Act all allow federal review of State voter rolls to ensure federal laws are being followed and allows the feds to intervene in States having a history of voter suppression or discrimination. All info sent to the feds remains confidential. Both the Wyoming SOS and AG, as with many other States found this effort to be completely legal. It’s a partnership between federal and State control of elections.
“All info sent to the Feds remains confidential”. If I recall, our info went to a bunch of slimy teenagers during DOGE. Get real.
meh … The feds already have all this information on each one of us in triplicate, and tons more. I’m delighted there’s federal efforts being pushed to verify each State’s voter roles nation wide ahead of this fall’s elections. Both the State SOS and AG reviewed the laws prior to releasing this data and found the request to be fully lawful.
Uh. Something happened some where. You would say anything to justify the criminal trump administration.
That’s the funny part. I’m adamant about election integrity so that both your vote and my vote are openly, legally counted and evenly weighed. In your view, you’d allow anything to be done to ensure my vote’s erased. No holds barred.
Mr Fox. Please answer this question honestly. Did you ever, previous to Donald Trump insinuating that voter fraud had taken place, believe that that was a true statement
That in fact so much fraud was occurring that elections were “stolen”
If so, why didn’t you come forward with your allegations?
Read your constitution. Elections are to be controlled by the states.
Trump… yeah that guy who told the Georgia Sec. Of State.. just find me 11,000 votes… wants to try to steal the 2026 election
And Gray just helped him. They are both criminals – even if only one is convicted.
You believe in Qanon. You and your opinion shouldn’t be taken seriously……ever.
Dear Secretary of State Chuck Gray,
I hereby request that you provide me with all of your personal information, including driver’s license number, address, phone number, email address, and the last 4-digits of your social security number.
The purpose of this request is to ensure that you are who you say you are, because I fully believe that you are an illegal immigrant to this country and therefore should be rounded up by ICE.
Sincerely,
A concerned US citizen and voter
Chuck Gray’s obsessive compulsion to personally see to it that Wyoming’s accurate functional time-tested electoral system is monkeywrenched on orders from Donald Trump is more than sufficient grounds for removing him from the SoS office. Whether that happens by the next election’s judgment by the informed voters ( Oh the irony! ) , or summary impeachment on grounds even the deaf dumb and blind can percieve, it must happen. Sooner rather than later. Option 2 is my preference.
Option 3. I realize it is asking too much , but Gray could read the handwriting on the wall and elect to do the right thing by resigning , all by himself. Pun intended.
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The real question is how and why the voters of Wyoming allowed Chuck Gray to get elected to anything in the first place. Everything currently wrong or deformed about the Republican Party from Wahsington D.C. to Wamsutter WY is encapsulated in Chuck Gray … it’s a long list , not limited to hyperpartisn election corruption.
FOOTNOTE: Chuck Gray perceives himself and conducts himself as the savior of Electoral Righteousness, the white knight crusading against voter fraud.
The observed facts point elsewhere. Chuck Gray is the instrument of voter fraud ; vote rigging ; ballot impedance. He is the carrier of the perceived pathogen , not the cure. There is no problem with the election process anywhere in Wyoming. It works plendidly , thank you very much. Gray is demanding solutions to nonexistent phantom problems.
Don Quixote had his windmills. Chuck Gray tilts at ballot boxes.
This isn’t a surprise. Gray would sell his own mother out to further his political career.
I guess I’m glad it finally got reported on but I knew the moment I heard that tRump’s DOJ was asking for the voter files that Wyoming was just going to roll right over and handover everything. So yay for finally getting the word out but it should have been shouted out before the horses left the barn, because no matter what repercussions people face now the data has already been handed over. The damage is done.
Little Lying Chucky sent along personal information for allof us. That information, per state law, is not to be shared. Chucky’s actions are blatantly illegal. We have no idea what the Trump administration might do with our personal information. I, for one, resent Chucky’s actions. Please Wyoming, let’s make sure Little Lying Chucky gets the boot this coming election.
Wake up, Wyoming! Beware of the crazy man in DC. And beware of those who follow him.
Gray is such a carpet bagger and an embarrassment to Wyoming. His actions were wrong, but take on a whole new meaning when Trump starts talking about “Nationalizing Elections” – of course his priority is swing states, which Wyoming will never be in the near future. But the less autonomy states have from the federal government, to easier it is for the federal government to control and influence all elections. Plus, what happened to the Wyoming that didn’t trust the federal government as far as they could throw them? Ever the hypocrites!
Maybe the Sec. should share our info with Google, Apple, etc. so long as they “promise” not to share it. Anyone registered as a democrat should be worried – our President considers them to be the “enemy within”. A little lesson from history: The Nazi regime under Adolf Hitler utilized a systematic, bureaucratically driven process to create lists of Jewish individuals.
Maybe we can request Secretary of State Gray to have all the sensitive information that was turned in to the Department of Justice redacted.
There are alarming similarities between this administration’s policies and those that were present during the French Revolution.
What caused the French Revolution?
The French Revolution (which began in 1789) didn’t have just one cause; it was the result of several pressures building up over decades:
1. Severe financial crisis
France was deeply in debt after costly wars, especially:
The American Revolutionary War, which France helped fund
The government spent lavishly, particularly on the royal court at Versailles
The tax system was badly broken:
The common people paid most taxes
The nobility and clergy paid little or none
2. Social inequality (the Three Estates)
French society was divided into:
First Estate – Clergy
Second Estate – Nobility
Third Estate – Everyone else (about 98% of the population)
The Third Estate bore the tax burden but had almost no political power, creating enormous resentment.
3. Economic hardship and food shortages
Poor harvests in the late 1780s caused bread prices to skyrocket
Bread was a staple food; when people couldn’t afford it, unrest followed
Urban workers and peasants faced hunger and unemployment
4. Enlightenment ideas
Thinkers like John Locke, Rousseau, and Voltaire promoted ideas such as:
Natural rights
Equality before the law
Popular sovereignty (rule by the people)
These ideas challenged the idea of absolute monarchy
5. Weak leadership and political gridlock
The king struggled to reform taxes or control spending
When the Estates-General was called in 1789 to address the crisis, it quickly spiraled into revolution
Who was king during the French Revolution?
The king was King Louis XVI.
He ruled from 1774 to 1792
He was well-intentioned but indecisive and politically ineffective
He resisted major reforms and lost public trust
In 1793, after the monarchy was abolished, Louis XVI was executed by guillotine
Why it mattered
The French Revolution:
Ended absolute monarchy in France
Overthrew feudal privileges
Spread revolutionary ideas across Europe
Ultimately paved the way for Napoleon Bonaparte
(Source: ChatGPt)
History repeating itself, I’d say so!
Chuck Gray needs to resign immediately and he needs to withdraw from his run for congress. Wyoming citizens have known from the get-go that he’s Trump’s puppet. Now he’s sold us all out to Trump and his sycophants. Imagine where your sensitive information is now since Elon Musk had access to it. This loser needs to be sent packing back to California where he came from.
Wow — The time has come to FIRE Chuck Gray. He just told all Wyoming people when he sent all the voter registration data to Federal government that he is incompetent and cannot perform the job he was hired to do. He is getting paid $92,000 to do nothing and showed you he is not capable of managing voter data . Wyoming should call for his resignation NOW.
I wish Gray was as willing to help the people of Wyoming as much as he’s willing break the law and bend over for trump. There is no reason why the DOJ needs state voting records beyond public information. Elections are controlled by the states, not the federal government.
Are the “small government” republicans in the room with us? Chuck Gray will do whatever his master pedo in chief tells him to do, regardless of privacy concerns or damage done to Wyomingites. We need to get rid of this loser.
And there are people that think he will do wonders for us in DC. LOL. he will sell his soul to trump anytime he asks. I might have to change my registration before May 15th just to vote against HIM. Yet there is no one declared so far that is worth the paperwork.
I think the only way to get some of these far right republicans out of office is to hold your nose and register as a republican John. I’ve been embarrassed every election to state which party I’m affiliated with since Trump hijacked the party. I have absolutely nothing in common with most of these folks that support him or his agenda anymore. I’ve thought numerous times about changing parties to avoid the stench but until some viable democrats or independents come along you don’t have much choice in Wyoming if you want to attempt to change anything.
Well. There *is* another way. Run for office. Be the other candidate.
The more people run against Chuck, the better off we’ll all be.
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Absolutely Greg
May 13th is the deadline to change parties.
If you are elected, hired or volunteer to represent Wyoming people and you show loyalty to, or act in a way, that goes against the state rules or state values then you should find other work.
This is an unbelievable violation of our sensitive information. Chuck released it without a second thought, all in pursuit of blind fealty to this administration. Elections are constitutionally a state matter, and DOJ should not be involved, period. Chuck needs to be removed from office immediately, for this gross negligence.
People need to understand how dangerous this is. If one entity controls federal elections you might as well kiss our country goodbye. There needs to be a separation between the federal government and elections. That’s why our Founding Fathers put states in charge of elections. Now, authoritarians like Trump and Gray want to control elections. Meaning goodbye free and fair elections.
A friend of mine told me the other day that Chuck Gray, Wyoming’s secretary of state, shared Wyoming drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers of registered voters with the Department of Justice. She went on to say that Wyoming was the first state to comply with the DoJ request.
I confidently told my friend that this was unlikely. Gray might be a creep and a sycophant. But not even he would surrender sensitive information like this.
Given Ms. Mullen’s report above, I was wrong. Hopefully, not dead wrong.
Reminder: two American citizens were recently murdered in public view. Please watch the videos, distressing though they might be. The two murders are in addition to however many undocumented men and women have died in ICE holding facilities. These individuals are slandered by people who now have Wyoming voter data. The same people oversee an undisciplined, well-equipped militia that prowls our streets.
Thanks Chuck. Smart move.
Remember in November.
Thanks to WyoFile for alerting Wyoming voters that our personal information was voluntarily provided by our own Secretary of State to Trump’s Department of Justice in violation of state law and apparently without any resistance or written agreement limiting its use. Now that’s election integrity. Let us see the Attorney General opinion authorizing this unprecedented disclosure.
I’d say that the time has finally come for the governor to take this little weasel out behind the woodshed.
What’s it got to do with democrats Chuck? Idaho is more republican than Wyoming; they got more ropin and ridin and cattle than we do little buckaroo. Speakin of critters, last time I saw him in a parade he was walkin! And now he wants to be a congressman, do we want a politician representin us in DC that doesn’t even bring a horse to a rodeo parade?
This is dangerous and contrary to Wyoming law. The voter rolls contain information “private voters” — voters whose information is not available to third parties because they’ve been the victims of abuse, stalking, or identity theft. Now the information is out and likely to be abused.
Thank you Maggie for your concise reporting. I am sorry that the voters of Wyoming ever elected the boy Gray to ANY public office and I am especially disappointed that he is our Secretary of State.
It would be great if the Attorney General would comment on this story to collaborate Mr. Gray’s explanation and to give more specifics on the legal aspects of the release. The Wyoming statute as written does not explicitly authorize disclosure to federal agencies like the Department of Justice. The DOJ is not listed among the entities that can receive voter registration lists under W.S. 22-2-113, and the confidential information appears to be protected by law from disclosure except to specific election officials for specific purposes.
This creates a legal tension between state privacy protections and federal requests for voter data – a tension that’s currently playing out in multiple states through litigation.
What could possibly go wrong with this system? Didn’t some personal info end up in the wrong hands after a Doge leak? Sounds like someone was too eager to comply before thinking this through
When a tyrannical government controls the military the high courts and attempts to suppress the First Amendment they can strike fear in the hearts and minds of the citizenry. They become fearful of loosing their life or their personal property at this point they become pliable and will conform to the needs of the government. —–The government itself,which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will,it is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it.—– Henry David Thoreau
I can’t recall exactly what Steve Harshman said about Chuck Gray and got seriously reprimanded by the weak sisters in the Legislature a couple of years back but whatever it was he was probably about right.
It went something a lot like….”little f***er”.
I saw Gray at a Wyoming football game last season sitting in the aisle across from us. All by himself, nobody near him, nobody stopping to pat him on his little MAGA head and tell him what an awesome job he was doing, an orphan in a sea of republicans. You’d think the the secretary of state would have had some high dollar republican buddies invite him to one of their skyboxes but nope, there he sat, all alone, not watching football..probably doesn’t understand it..head down, on his phone the entire time that he felt obligated to be there (which might have been a whooping 15 minutes judging how bored he looked). A sad sight indeed.
This trump sycophant should not represent Wyoming in ANY way. He’s proving that he’s a traitor to the Wyoming public. PLEASE send this California transplant packing.