Casper Star Tribune: “Laramie County law enforcement was called to polling places and the county clerk there fielded more than a half-dozen reports Tuesday of staffers for Kanye West and another independent candidate acting aggressively and apparently violating state law at nearly every polling location in the capital county.”
“The Laramie County clerk said that there were repeated reports of signature gatherers for West and fellow independent candidate Brock Pierce being too close to polling stations across the county and that the staffers were aggressively pursuing voters. Clerk Debra Lee said her office fielded multiple calls from six of the county’s seven locations, including one in Pine Bluffs, population 1,100. In some cases, Lee said, the signature gatherers were combative with poll workers after they told the staffers they needed to move away. On Monday, West filed paperwork to officially begin the process of joining the ballot in Wyoming. Within 24 hours, his staff had reportedly broken electioneering laws in at least two Wyoming cities — Cheyenne and Casper, where the county clerk’s office received two reports of signature gatherers being too close to polling locations. By state law, no one can gather signatures within 100 yards of a polling place. Lee said the staffers for West and Pierce were standing near doors and approaching voters in their cars.”