Election Day

Parks bond gets a thumbs down

Results final in Gallatin County municipal general elections

Election Day is next Tuesday, Nov. 2, and that means an important absentee ballot deadline is at hand. If you miss the deadline, you can still get your ballot in on time.

With his state reeling amid one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the nation, the last thing South Dakota Speaker of the House Steven Haugaard wants to be dealing with during the upcoming legislative session is marijuana. But the state’s voters haven’t left the Republican much choice.

In the final hours of the election, advocates working to get out the Native American vote in Montana are pulling out all the stops to connect with difficult to reach voters. YPR News’ Kaitlyn Nicholas reports from Hardin, where absentee ballot returns trail the rest of the state.

Elections officials in Montana’s Lewis and Clark County have begun counting absentee ballots ahead of Election Day.

County elections officials in Montana will begin preparing absentee ballots for counting starting Oct. 29.

The majority of absentee ballots have already been returned in Montana with less than a week until Election Day.

Just 15 days ahead of the election, Montana Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney laid out his ideas on how he’d handle the COVID-19 pandemic if elected governor. Details were few, but the Democrat’s plan became one of only a handful being offered by candidates in the 11 U.S. governor’s races about how they’ll approach what’s certain to be the dominant issue of their terms, should they win.

Counties are sending mail and absentee ballots to Montanans on Oct. 9.