CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - The special prosecutor who investigated state Rep. Bill Pownall’s actions as Campbell County Sheriff says Pownall could have been blocked from serving in the Wyoming House of Representatives.
But representatives never voted whether to allow the Gillette Republican to occupy his House seat.
Keith Gingery is the chief deputy Teton County attorney who was appointed special prosecutor to determine whether Pownall broke the law in having his son’s DUI ticket changed to a lesser charge.
Gingery served in the Legislature for a decade through 2014.
He tells the Casper Star-Tribune (https://bit.ly/1aVO1O3 ) that lawmakers have voted in the past on whether to seat representatives. The most recent was in 2011, when lawmakers decided to seat former Rep. Matt Greene, of Laramie, after questions about whether Greene lived in his district.
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Information from: Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, https://www.trib.com
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