CASPER — Four bills seeking to catch and prevent election botching in Wyoming are headed into the 2026 legislative session after the Management Audit Committee advanced them all Tuesday.

Meeting in Casper, the committee discussed the four bills in the context of the Weston County Clerk’s mishandling portions of the 2024 general election, which has been an ongoing political saga since last November.

Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock did not appear for a Sept. 29 legislative meeting — to which she was subpoenaed — to explain her handling of the election.

If the Natrona County District Attorney’s Office prosecutes her and she’s convicted for failing to appear for the subpoena, she could face up to six months in jail and $100 in fines for that.

Now the Management Audit Committee

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