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Jon Conrad was done with sitting on the sidelines.
The Evanston resident had been engaged at the state level for decades. Conrad had served under former Govs. Matt Mead and Dave Freudenthal, as chair of the Wyoming Workforce Development Council and as vice chair of the Wyoming Board of Parole. For the last two years, he’s worked as the governmental affairs officer for his company, Tata Chemicals.
He had been civic-minded at home as well, closely involved in economic development activities across Uinta County.
On paper, Conrad looked like the model of the citizen-politician that Wyoming.
Wyoming House looks to require ID at the polls, exclude student, out-of-state IDs By Brendan LaChance on March 1, 2021
Staff prepare mail-in and early ballots for the tabulation machine at the Natrona County Courthouse in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming House of Representatives passed House Bill 75 on first reading on Monday, March 1 which would require people to show identification when voting at the polls.
At question is which forms of identification would be acceptable should the legislation become law.
Rep. Chuck Gray (Natrona County) argued against allowing three types of identification during the House’s debate:
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New Mexico is seeing its daily COVID-19 case totals decline. But health officials have been worried about whether the Christmas holiday could lead to another spike as it takes two to three weeks for infections to manifest.
On Monday, the state reported an additional 700 confirmed cases, bringing the total to more than 138,650 since the pandemic began. The 36 additional deaths bring the death toll to 2,380.
Almost one-third of the latest deaths included people at long-term care facilities and one inmate at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility.
Vaccinations of health care workers as well as staff and residents at long-term care facilities is ongoing.
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