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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — One of the new members of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees switched his political party affiliation just three weeks before his appointment last month by Gov. Matt Mead.
However, even if Dr. David Fall had not switched from Republican to independent before his appointment, the board makeup would still comply with state law that sets boundaries on the mix of Republicans and Democrats among its members.
Fall and Republican Kermit Brown were appointed by Mead on Feb. 24 to replace board members Mike Massie, a Democrat, and Dave Palmerlee, a Republican.
Fall, who had registered as a Republican since 1986, switched to independent on Feb. 1.
Fall tells the Laramie Boomerang (http://bit.ly/2nrnOQL) that he wasn't trying to mislead anybody by changing his party affiliation.
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