Ballot measure · Wyoming · November 3, 2026

Proposed Initiative Proposition Number One

Title as the state lists it: People’s Initiative to Limit Property Tax in Wyoming through a Homeowner’s Property Exemption1,2,3,4

Research draftCitizen initiativeState law
How it got there
Citizen initiative
Kind of measure
State law
To pass
A majority of everyone voting in the election
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would exempt half of the assessed value of a qualified homeowner's primary home from property tax, for owners who have lived in Wyoming at least one year and in the home at least six months of the prior tax year and who file a sworn claim with the county assessor.1 pp. 1-4 (ballot language and full text)

A no vote

A no vote would keep current law, which exempts 25% of the market value of a single-family home and its land, on the first $1 million, for owners who live there at least eight months a year, along with the other homeowner exemptions now in state law.4 W.S. 39-11-105(a)(xlvi)

More about it

The state's fiscal estimate printed with the ballot language projects state revenue would fall by about $92.6 million in fiscal year 2028 and $95.9 million in fiscal year 2029, and it does not include effects on counties, cities or other local governments.1 p. 1 (Estimated Fiscal Impact) The same fiscal estimate says that if the measure passes in 2026, the earliest tax year it would apply to is 2027, even though the measure's text refers to tax year 2025.1 p. 1 (Estimated Fiscal Impact); full text subparagraph (D) Current law says an owner who qualifies and applies for the existing exemption for homeowners aged 65 or older with 25 years of Wyoming residential property taxes cannot also qualify for an exemption created by a voter-approved homeowner initiative.4 W.S. 39-11-105(a)(xlv)(E)

§2How it got on the ballot

Citizen initiative. Voters proposed it by signing a petition.1,2,3,4

State law. It would change state law, not the constitution.1,2,3,4

It is on Wyoming's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Wyoming's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of everyone voting in the election. The initiative passes only if the yes votes are more than half of everyone voting in the general election, so a ballot left blank on this question counts the same as a no, and it takes effect 90 days after the results are certified.5 Wyo. Const. art. 3, § 52(f)