Teton commissioners to renew state ePollbook agreement through 2026

Teton County commissioners are scheduled April 7 to approve an interagency agreement with the Wyoming Secretary of State that sets the rules for the county clerk’s use of the state’s Electronic Pollbook (EPB) module within WyoReg, Wyoming’s voter registration and election management system. The clerk’s staff report says the agreement runs through Dec. 31, 2026 and has no fiscal impact. (Clerk Staff Report)

While the 2026 attachment wasn’t included in the April 7 packet section posted with the staff report, the county has used the same EPB framework in prior cycles. A 2024 version of the state-county EPB agreement required security controls on any county-owned computer used for EPB access (password protection, timed lockout, managed endpoint protection, disabled Bluetooth, restrictions on remote desktop and email access), and required chain-of-custody and maintenance/patch logs for EPB devices and printers. It also states the Secretary of State covers EPB hosting, operational support, help desk and ongoing maintenance, with “no payment” between the parties. (Interagency Agreement between the State of Wyoming and Teton County Clerk’s Office (2024))

The agreement before commissioners continues a pattern of time-limited renewals: the clerk brought a similar EPB interagency agreement to the commission in April 2022 (effective through Dec. 31, 2022) and again in March 2024 (through Dec. 31, 2024). (Interagency Agreement with SOS (2022); Interagency Agreement between the State of Wyoming and Teton County Clerk’s Office (2024))