GFPS election is May 6, few ballots have been returned so far
The Great Falls Public Schools Board election is one week away.
About 36,780 ballots were mailed and as of April 28, 4,153 had been returned. That’s about 11.2 percent.
Ballots are due by 8 p.m. May 6.
Lynn Deroche in the Cascade County elections office anticipated that they’d have about 5,000 ballots by the end of day on April 29.
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Ballots can be returned to the elections office or the dropbox in the Courthouse Annex foyer on 2nd Avenue North during normal business hours up until May 5.
On May 6, election day, the county elections office moves to Exhibition Hall. Voters can register, vote and return their ballots at Exhibition Hall from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The drop boxes will also be available at the Annex on May 6.
Deroche told The Electric that 1,078 ballots had been returned undeliverable.
Terry Thompson, county election administrator, said that they’re mailing out letters to all voters whose ballots were returned undeliverable with notice that their address was undeliverable.
Ballots cannot be forwarded, but the notice letters can be, Thompson said.
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Voters can return the form included in the letter to update their address and if it’s received before election day, the ballot can be resent, but since the letters are being mailed on April 30, that doesn’t leave much time and Thompson recommended that voters who didn’t receive their ballot visit the elections office to correct their address and be issued a ballot.
Voters can check their registration and ballot status here.
Four candidates are running for three available seats on the GFPS board for three-year terms.
Gordon Johnson and Paige Turoksi, current school board members, are seeking reelection.
Tony Rosales and Craig Duff are also seeking election to the school board.
The Electric’s candidate questionnaires are below:
2025 GFPS board candidate: Craig Duff
2025 GFPS board candidate: Tony Rosales
2025 GFPS board candidate: Paige Turoski
2025 GFPS board candidate: Gordon Johnson
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