Cheyenne Artificial Intelligence Candidate Sues For Spot On The Ballot
Cheyenne Artificial Intelligence Candidate Sues For Spot On The Ballot
Publish Date: 2026-06-04 19:43:00
Source Domain: cowboystatedaily.com
Victor Miller is a human being.
But he’s promised to give his spot, if he can get one, on the Wyoming Republican primary election ballot to “Virtual Integrated Citizen” (VIC). That’s an artificial intelligence bot that Miller says is part of a long plan to replace politicians.
Miller, who lives in Cheyenne, tried to register to appear on the primary election ballot in the U.S. Senate race last month under his first name only, but the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office denied his registration and told him to verify that he’s a person and a qualified elector.
So, Miller filed a civil rights lawsuit complaint Monday in the federal U.S. District Court for Wyoming, against Secretary of State Chuck Gray in his official capacity.
The complaint asks the federal court to intervene and force Gray’s office to register Miller as a Republican U.S. Senate candidate.
“Upon information and belief, no other candidate for any 2026 Wyoming primary office has been required to provide a separate written confirmation of personhood or elector qualification,” says Miller’s civil complaint. The secretary of state “has applied this requirement to (Miller) alone.”
This follows a similar 2024 effort in which Miller tried to run for Cheyenne mayor under the same pledge arrangement. That campaign garnered national and international headlines.
Ultimately, Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee kept “VIC” off the November 2024 ballot, but later balloted the candidate with his full name.
In the current election cycle, Victor Miller announced on May 19 that he and his nephew Landon Miller both planned to register as “meat avatars,” or humans with legal access to the ballot, who have pledged to give their decision-making powers, if elected, to the AI persona.
Miller said it’s part of a mission to shift toward AI governance and replace human politicians.
“We all feel it, we all hate them, we all see what they are doing us,” said Miller of politicians. “We need a…
