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A group of Cascade County residents, including a former county commissioner, announced the formation of an ad-hoc committee to monitor upcoming special elections. The committee formed after the Cascade County elections administrator last month said her office would face difficulty administering five upcoming special elections.
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Cascade County’s elections administrator was the subject of a withering line of questions and criticism Friday about upcoming local special elections.
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A Gallatin County election official says a large number of voters dropping off absentee ballots in person on Election Day is partly why it took longer to count ballots.
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Just over half of registered absentee voters in Montana have returned their ballots for the midterm election as of noon Monday.
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It’s now too late for Montanans to mail in absentee ballots for the Nov. 8 midterm election. To ensure ballots get counted on time, voters should drop them off at their local county elections office.
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Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s allegations against recent courtroom rivals was dismissed as “frivolous.”
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A record number of people are registered to vote in Montana, and thousands have already cast their ballot.
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The laws would have ended Election Day voter registration, changed voter ID requirements, and banned paid ballot collection. They are now permanently blocked from going into effect.
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The ruling comes amid multi-pronged election administration litigation and also blocks new voter ID requirements adopted by the 2021 Montana Legislature.
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The future of three new Montana election laws is in the hands of a state judge. Attorneys recently concluded nine days of arguing over the laws' possible benefits and harms.