Polls closed at 8 p.m. and in the unofficial results, Tracy Houck and Rick Tryon are the top two vote getters for the two available City Commission seats. About 28,000 ballots were mailed to eligible registered voters, but city residents were able to register up until 8 p.m. today. The total number of votes processed as of 9:24 p.m. was
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Ballots are in the mail Monday for the city election. The mayor, two commissioner seats and municipal judge are on the ballot, as well as all nine neighborhood councils, for the Nov. 5 election. Lynn Deroche, county elections supervisor, told The Electric that about 28,000 ballots were being mailed but eligible voters can still register up until the polls close
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The Electric is hosting a City Commission candidate forum on Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Heritage Hall at Great Falls College MSU. All candidates have been invited to participate. The forum will include prepared questions moderated by Jenn Rowell of The Electric and the audience will be able submit questions during the forum. Cherry Creek Radio is planning to
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Candidates for Great Falls City Commission took questions during a forum hosted by Neighborhood Council 5 on Sept. 16. Candidates who attended were Mayor Bob Kelly, who is running unopposed; and commission candidates Bruce Pollington, Kim Rodriguez, Jasmine Taylor, Terry Thompson and Rick Tryon. Incumbent Tracy Houck did not attend. She told the forum organizers that she had another engagement.
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The Cascade County Clerk of Court is resigning, effective Jan. 2. Faye McWilliams notified the County Commission last week of her decision to resign from the elected position. She was appointed in January 2011 to fill the term of another clerk who had resigned and won a 2012 election to the four-year term. She ran again in 2016. Her term
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Next week Great Falls Neighborhood Councils #5 and #8 will host their monthly meetings. Below is a brief summary of each meeting: Neighborhood Council 5 is hosting a City Commission candidate forum at the Great Falls Clinic Specialty Center Conference Room, 3000 15th Ave. S. at 7 p.m. Sept. 16. The City Commission candidates invited to attend are Mayor Bob Kelly,
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City Commissioners voted during their Aug. 20 meeting to deny the resolution of intent to cancel certain races in the November 2019 election. Those races have less candidates running for the available seats and state law allows a local government to cancel the election and declare winners by acclamation. The resolution would have would have provided notice that the city
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Since few people filed for city elected positions, staff is recommending that the City Commission adopt a resolution during the Aug, 20 meeting to give notice of its intention to cancel the Nov. 5 general election for certain officers. State law allows a municipality to cancel a general election if the number of candidates filing is equal or less than
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County election officials will have a new counting machine in time for this fall’s election. Since there was no school election this year, the elections office had a cost savings and was in a position to purchase another DS850 counting machine for $126,321. The elections office is using $76,321 that was existing in their reserve fund, plus the $50,000 in
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The filing deadline for city races closed 5 p.m. June 17 and there are six candidates for City Commission. meaning no primary election. The general election is Nov. 5 The six candidates are: Tracy Houck (incumbent); Terry Thompson; Kim Rodriguez; Jasmine Taylor; Bruce Pollington; and Rick Tryon. Commissioner Bill Bronson’s term is up this year and he has opted not to
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