Special election

Election day is May 2.

If voters approve any of the projects on the 2017 sixth-penny ballot, local businesses will begin collecting the tax again on October 1.

Early voting will start on March 23.

Laramie County residents will never vote the same way again. As part of a pilot program, Cheyenne voters were able to vote at any of nine different voting centers during Tuesday's special election. "It worked really well and voters really seemed to like it," said Laramie County Clerk Debbye Lathrop...

A large number of Cheyenne voters cast their ballot in Tuesday's special election. Laramie County Clerk Debbye Lathrop says 36% of registered voters went to the polls, a higher number than she anticipated. "I thought if we hit 30% we'd be doing good," said Lathrop...

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says he thinks this week's special election on creating a position of city administrator in Cheyenne will probably end up costing between $25,000 and $30,000.

Cheyenne voters have decided to keep the city's government structure how it is. A charter ordinance, which would have established the position of city administrator, failed by a margin of nearly 2-1 in Tuesday's special referendum election...

Cheyenne voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to keep the current form of city government with an elected mayor making most day to day governing decisions, or to create the position of a city administrator to handle many of those duties.

Commercial and non-residential property owners located within the boundaries of the Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority/Main Street District have approved a new mill levy. The mill levy, which will double property taxes from 10 mills to 20 mills, passed by an 84 to 62 vote during a special election on Tuesday...

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says there are still a lot of unanswered questions about a proposal to have an appointed city administrator take over most day to day city decision making.