Elections

As Missoula County searches for a new elections administrator, the work goes on to prepare for the major federal, state and local elections in 2020.

It was a looong election night and the day after for Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton and the team in Helena as they waited throughout Wednesday for votes to come in.

Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton released the results of Friday’s ‘Youth Vote 2018’ and the Republican ticket won the day.

Concerns over possible voter fraud and irregularities in Missoula County Elections don’t appear to be a major worry for the Montana Secretary of State.

Election Day isn’t until November 6th this year, but according to Missoula County Elections Coordinator Dayna Causby, a large portion of Missoula voters have already sent in their ballots.

Representatives of the Republican National Committee’s $200 Million program will be in Missoula on Tuesday to meet local press to explain how GOP candidates can utilize the data in their campaigns.

It is primary election day, and only about 19,000 out of over 48,000 absentee ballots had been turned in to the Missoula Elections Office as of Saturday.

The big primary election day for Montana this year is June 5th, but with a week to go, turnout in Missoula looks sparse.

With lots of changes from Federal Court and the Montana State Legislature, county elections offices have to plan for an uncertain future.

The Missoula County Elections Office will be relocating from the County Courthouse to the Elections Center at the Missoula County Fairgrounds on April 5.

The Montana governor's race is still too close to call, Ryan Zinke easily defeated Denise Juneau for the U.S. House, and Republicans fared well over the rest of the statewide races.

The Missoula County Elections Office will be holding public testing of its voting systems this week, with the public and the media invited to watch.