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Traffic was light, but steady, during the lunch hour at the Laramie High School voting precincts during the Aug. 16 primary election. While elections in non-presidential years typically are less well-attended, a high-profile race for the Republican nomination for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House has put Wyoming under a national political microscope.
- Boomerang file
Election judge Marion Yoder hands out “I voted” stickers at a polling place in Cheyenne on Aug. 16, 2022. A new Wyoming law that seeks to curtail “crossover voting” could cause some confusion among voters in the next primary election.
- Thomas Peipert/Associated Press
Blue stickers, indicating a need for a Democratic primary ballot, were in good supply Tuesday as some voters changed their party affiliation to vote for or against Liz Cheney in her big for election to the House of Representative. Challenger Harriet Hageman had a significant lead over Cheney in the polls going into the primary.
- Carol Ryczek/For the Boomerang
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Traffic was light, but steady, during the lunch hour at the Laramie High School voting precincts during the Aug. 16 primary election. While elections in non-presidential years typically are less well-attended, a high-profile race for the Republican nomination for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House has put Wyoming under a national political microscope.
- Boomerang file
Ripp Sandberg, an Albany County election worker, hands out “I Voted Today!” stickers to people after they cast their primary ballots at Spring Creek Elementary School last week.
- Greg Johnson/Boomerang
The longest line at the Laramie High School polling place for Tuesday's Wyoming primary was at the table where people can either register to vote or change their party affiliation.
- Greg Johnson/Boomerang
Gail Grubb, top, is assisted by Albany County election worker Carole Homer at Spring Creek Elementary School in examining a map showing the boundaries of various election precincts in the city of Laramie.
- Greg Johnson/Boomerang
A voter, seated right, fills out his ballot while others submit theirs through an electronic reader in the background during Tuesday’s Wyoming primary voting at Laramie High School.
- Greg Johnson/Boomerang
It wasn’t unusual to see people around Laramie sporting their “I Voted” stickers during Tuesday’s Wyoming primary election.
- Greg Johnson/Boomerang
A large sign directs people to the polling place at Spring Creek Elementary School for Tuesday's primary election.
- Greg Johnson/Boomerang
Albany County election worker ripp Sandberg directs Pamela Sandoval on how to put her completed primary ballot into an electronic counting machine at Spring Creek Elementary School on Tuesday.
- Greg Johnson/Boomerang
A pair of voters fill out their Wyoming primary ballots on Aug. 16, 2022, at Laramie High School.
- Laramie Boomerang/file
A handful of voters fill out their Wyoming primary ballots late Tuesday morning at Spring Creek Elementary School in Larame.
- Greg Johnson/Boomerang
A local voters submits her ballot after voting at Indian Paintbrush Elementary School in Laramie on Tuesday.
- Carol Ryczek/For the Boomerang
Voters at Indian Paintbrush Elementary School in Laramie spread out to mark paper ballots in the school gym Tuesday.
- Carol Ryczek/For the Boomerang
Election judge Marion Yoder hands out “I voted” stickers at a polling place in Cheyenne on Aug. 16, 2022. A new Wyoming law that seeks to curtail “crossover voting” could cause some confusion among voters in the next primary election.
- Thomas Peipert/Associated Press
Thomas Mattimore, left, and Raul Merly check in a voter and prepare to give her a sticker for a ballot at the polling place at the Albany County Fairgrounds on Tuesday.
- Carol Ryczek/For the Boomerang
Blue stickers, indicating a need for a Democratic primary ballot, were in good supply Tuesday as some voters changed their party affiliation to vote for or against Liz Cheney in her big for election to the House of Representative. Challenger Harriet Hageman had a significant lead over Cheney in the polls going into the primary.
- Carol Ryczek/For the Boomerang
The registration table was a busy place at the Albany County Fairgrounds on Tuesday during the primary election.
- Carol Ryczek/For the Boomerang
Kaiha Lowry, student judge, offers an “I voted’ sticker to a voter as she left the poll. Lowry is a student at Laramie High School with an interest in speaking and debate.
- Carol Ryczek/For the Boomerang
Bailey Quick and Brady Carroll empty the only 24-hour drop box for absentee ballots in Albany County at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16 – primary Election Day. Carol Ryczek/For the Laramie Boomerang (affiliated with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
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