Ballots in the Cascade County primary election are due by 8 p.m. on June 4.
Local ballots include federal, state and local races and the question of local government studies.
Polls open at 7 a.m.
For most county voters, Montana Expo Park will be their polling place, but there are others for voters in Belt, Cascade, Fort Shaw and Vaughn.
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Absentee ballots will be accepted at the county elections office in the Courthouse Annex at 325 2nd Ave. N., Exhibition Hall at Montana Expo Park and a drive-up drop box across from Exhibition Hall until 8 p.m. The drop box at the county annex will also be available.
Check your voter status, polling place or see sample ballots at MyVoterPageMT.com.
Late registration is available to voters but must be done in person at the elections office or Exhibition Hall with identification to receive a ballot, according to Terry Thompson, county elections administrator.
Cascade County voters will see the question of a local government review study on their ballot.
One is countywide, others are specific to the City of Great Falls, or towns of Belt and Cascade.
More information on those questions is available here: Local government reviews on June ballots
Thompson said that county officials had been asked about a “vote of no confidence” option on the ballot for district court judges.
She said that option will be on the November general election ballot.
The Cascade County Commission is a contested race on the Republican primary with Eric Hinebauch challenging incumbent Rae Grulkowski.
Hinebauch responded to a candidate questionnaire from The Electric: County Commission candidate questionnaire: Eric Hinebauch
Grulkowski sent a campaign document that did not answer the questionnaire.
Thompson said that her office had scanned about 8,000 absentee ballots on June 3, or about half of those received so far.
She said she expects to have the majority of absentee ballots scanned before 8 p.m. on June 4 and that early counts will be released after the last voter has voted and numbers have been uploaded to the Montana Secretary of State’s website.
We’ll post results on June 4 as soon as we have them.
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