Secretary of State Enters Agreement Streamlining Receipt of Death Records to Help Prevent Voter Fraud

Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray has entered into a revised data sharing agreement with the Wyoming Department of Health Vital Statistics Services that will reduce the time between a voter’s death and their removal from Wyoming’s voter rolls. Secretary of State Gray said the revised agreement will streamline the receipt of death records in an effort to prevent voter fraud.

According to information from the Secretary of State’s Office, mortality records previously took as many as four weeks to be processed and received, but will now be received in as little as three to seven days, shortening the time period between a registered voter’s death and the entry of the death record into Wyoming’s voter registry system by more than 75 percent.