A complaint has been filed with the Wyoming Secretary of State’s office that political signage used by Tara Nethercott in her statewide campaign violates election disclosure law.

The Secretary of State’s Office in Cheyenne issued a brief reply on Aug. 8 to say it is reviewing the matter.

James Andrews of Powell said Nethercott, a state senator running for Secretary of State in the Republican primary, has not provided required disclosure to identify who is paying for some large “printed literature” which he says should be considered as billboards.

Yard signs and small printed campaign items such as tickets, bumper stickers, pens, pencils, buttons and the like are not considered “campaign literature or campaign advertising” that require disclosure. 

Andrews cites larger signage used by Nethercott in parades or campaign booths and said they amount to billboards which state campaign finance statutes require the candidate to disclose the source of payment, as in “Paid for by the Committee to Elect Tara Nethercott.” 

“These signs are clearly not ‘small campaign items’ or yard signs,” Andrews said in his complaint. “They’re too big to meet that exception.”