‘Russia hoaxer’ sues Wyoming for trying to make elections more secure

Marc Elias, a lawyer known in headlines now as the “Russia hoaxer” for his prominent role in the made-up claims supporting Hillary Clinton’s run for the White House in 2016, now is suing the state of Wyoming.

It’s because lawmakers adopted requirements to make the election more secure.

A report in the Federalist explains Elias, who orchestrated with the Clinton campaign and various sources to made up wild claims about Trump, resulting in the debunked “Steele dossier,” was unhappy that lawmakers adopted a bill requiring those who want to vote to provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

That could come from a passport, birth certificate, naturalization papers or other options.

The state House adopted the plan 51-8 and the Senate by 26-4, and Gov. Mark Gordon allowed the bill to become law without his signature.

However, Elias has joined with the Equality State Policy Center and the leftist American Civil Liberties Union to sue in his attempt to destroy the will of the lawmakers in the state.

The plaintiffs claim there are violations of the First and 14th Amendments, because the law will “impose new, burdensome, and entirely unnecessary requirements that will make it harder for eligible citizens to vote.”

The plaintiffs claim that documenting citizenship will somehow cause the “disenfranchisement” of voters.

They claim that women, Hispanic, young and low-income voters will find it harder to register to vote.

The lawsuit specifically cites the debunked claim that women will have trouble because they often change their last name when getting married.

Existing Wyoming law calls for people to promise that they are eligible.

But state Rep. John Bear pointed out that “attestation” is not the same as proof.

According to the report, “Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray said the lawsuit ‘shows how far the radical Left is willing to go to try to stop election integrity. The far-left’s lawsuit is a meritless attempt to undermine the common-sense election integrity measures Wyomingites want. Proof of citizenship and proof of residency are common sense measures pivotal to election integrity, which is why house Bill 156 was the number one priority of our conservative election integrity agenda during the 2025 Legislative Session.”