Voter inititative just shy of target

The Secretary of State’s Office announced at the beginning of the week that the people’s initiative looking to create a property tax exemption for homeowners through a ballot measure has not gathered quite enough signatures to be valid.

The committee’s submission saw 28,700 accepted valid signatures, of the 29,730 required by law based on the number of votes cast in the last general election.

On the other hand, it did achieve the required amount of signatures to equal 15% of voters in at least two thirds of counties.

Secretary of State Chuck Gray wrote that, Wyoming law allows the committee to...