Cheyenne-area voters will decide Sixth Penny tax proposals in August primary

Cheyenne-area voters will decide proposed Sixth Penny specific-purpose sales-and-use-tax propositions for Laramie County and the City of Cheyenne in Wyoming’s Aug. 18, 2026, primary election.

The measures have been placed on the primary ballot as proposals. They are not established as approved, enacted, implemented or enforceable before the election decision and any subsequent certification of results.

A local revenue question for voters

Laramie County’s official Sixth Penny 2026 overview identifies proposed specific-purpose sales-and-use-tax propositions for both the county and the City of Cheyenne. The ballot question is a direct local-government revenue and spending matter, with voter approval or rejection determining whether the proposed authority may move forward for the identified purposes.

That puts the decision with voters rather than making it a completed tax action by either local government. The available official material establishes ballot placement, but it does not establish an outcome in advance of the vote.

The proposals concern a Sixth Penny specific-purpose sales and use tax. The supplied material does not provide the complete final ballot text or project-by-project cost totals. It also does not support conclusions about a tax rate, duration or allocation of money among projects beyond what is identified in official ballot materials.

Aug. 18 is the scheduled decision date

The Wyoming Secretary of State’s 2026 Election Calendar schedules the state primary election for Aug. 18, 2026. That date is the known election point for the Laramie County and Cheyenne propositions.

The state calendar also includes election and campaign-finance deadlines applicable to local political subdivisions. However, the approved materials do not identify a separate, specific deadline for these Sixth Penny propositions beyond the scheduled primary-election date.

No vote totals or certification results are available in the source packet. Likewise, it does not establish an implementation date or an enforcement action because the measures have not been shown to have passed.

What the election will determine

The ballot decision matters because approval or rejection will determine whether local governments can collect the proposed additional sales-tax revenue for specifically identified public projects and services. A vote in August is therefore the next confirmed step in the process described by the county and state election materials.

For voters in the Cheyenne area, the central question is whether to authorize the proposed local sales-and-use-tax propositions. The official sources confirm the election date and the governments covered by the overview, while leaving the final outcome to the electorate.