Absentee Ballots

Primary election voting starts now.

After the incident in Bozeman yesterday in which Republican candidate Greg Gianforte was cited for assaulting a reporter, those who wanted to change their absentee ballot are too late.

44 percent of the absentee voters in Missoula have already cast their ballots in the special federal election to fill the seat vacated when Ryan Zinke was named Secretary of the Interior.

Missoula boasted over 75 percent voter turnout in the November 2016 Presidential election, just one of the many facts released by the City-County Elections Office on Wednesday afternoon.

Missoula produced a heavy turnout at the polls for Tuesday's Presidential election, one that saw the Big Sky state turn red for Trump, Zinke and a host of other statewide races, despite the heavy local Democratic voting population.

Elections Administrator Rebecca Connors began her day at about 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday, and plans to be going strong through about 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday.

The long haul to election day is almost over. The polls will be open on Tuesday at 7:00 a.m.

Elections Administrator Rebecca Connors bristles when allegations arise about the integrity of ballots and elections in Missoula County. so she conducted a guided tour through the process a ballot goes through before it is counted at elections headquarters.

Three members of a motorcycle gang have been charged with aggravated kidnapping and assault in Great Falls.

Missoula set a new record high on Monday of 94 degrees at the National Weather Service. The old record was 93, set in 1977.