Saying court actions threaten its organizational autonomy, the Wyoming Republican Party on Tuesday sought numerous changes to state laws that restrict it.

But ultimately, the legislative Corporations, Elections, and Political Subdivisions Committee adopted one small tweak to the body of law addressing major parties as it met in Cheyenne on Tuesday.

Wyoming Republicans and Democrats at the ballot box choose precinct committee people — members of their own party, from within their neighborhoods, to vote within their county political parties.

If it becomes law, the change the committee advanced Tuesday would let party members who haven’t been elected vote at county party meetings — as long as they were appointed in line with party’s bylaws and registered with the Secretary of State’s offic

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