Wyoming Election Day Buffer Zone Upheld, Absentee Limit Remanded

A Wyoming law prohibiting electioneering within 300 feet of a polling place on Election Day is constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

John C. Frank sued Wyoming state and local officials, alleging the state’s electioneering statute violated his First Amendment rights because it unconstitutionally prevented him from handing out campaign literature and displaying bumper stickers on his car within the 300-foot buffer zone. He also contended the law was overbroad and violated third parties’ First Amendment rights who couldn’t display campaign signs on private property within the buffer zones.

Reversing a federal trial court ruling, the US Court of ...