Over 200 voters from Pine Bluffs were purged from voter list last year

The Town of Pine Bluffs is reaching out to local residents whose names may have been removed from the county’s voter list and encouraging them to re-register before the 2024 elections. According to Kim Patterson, Town Administrator, over 200 voters from Pine Bluffs were purged from Laramie County’s registry under a state law that requires the removal of voters who did not vote in the last general election.

Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee explained that the number of voters purged following the 2022 general election was exceptionally large because of record low voter turnout that year. Lee said...