Weston County Clerk Hadlock (R) charged with falsifying election documents
Authorities arrested Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock on Wednesday after a special prosecutor brought additional felony-level charges against the embattled local official for her conduct related to the 2024 general election, new court records show.
State investigators found evidence Hadlock knowingly filed a false post-election audit that did not show any errors, according to an affidavit signed by a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation special agent. A subsequent audit of the same ballots revealed 21 errors.
Investigators also spoke with two people who said they overheard Hadlock describe such audits as “stupid.”
The clerk now faces one count of violating the election code as an official and one count of falsifying election documents. Both are felonies and can be punishable by not more than five years in prison.
Hadlock’s arrest comes less than a week before she is scheduled to stand trial in another case to determine whether she should be removed from office for acts of misconduct and malfeasance. Those include allegations that she filed a false audit report after the 2024 general election and defied a legislative subpoena. The allegations stem from her handling of an election-night error that led to a dramatic miscount in the uncontested race for House District 1.
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