During their June 21 meeting, County Commissioners will discuss whether to send the question of a three percent local option tax on marijuana to the November ballot. The county can, if voters approve, implement a combined three percent local tax on all medical and non-medical marijuana sold in the county. On the same November ballot, the city is planning to
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Polls close at 8 p.m. for the June 7 primary election. The ballot includes multiple county seats, as well as state and federal positions. The preliminary results show that 16,556 ballots were cast. Of those, 12,019 voted a Republican ballot, 4,537 voted a Democratic ballot and none voted a Libertarian ballot. Cascade County races Commission District 1 Joe Briggs (incumbent):
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Update 12 p.m. May 25 The November ballot will likely include several questions for city voters on the Municipal Court and marijuana. Earlier this spring, City Commissioners voted to have staff develop language for the ballot on whether marijuana businesses should be allowed in the city limits. They are currently prohibited. During their May 17 work session, City Attorney Jeff
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The Cascade County Attorney’s Office has issued an opinion stating that the County Commissioners cannot place the question on the ballot of whether recreational marijuana sales should be allowed without a petition from citizens. The county attorney’s office sent the opinion to commissioners on May 6 and the commission sent it to The Electric on May 9. In April, a
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A group of locals requested to meet with the County Commission to discuss their concerns over election integrity, which ranged from Russian interference, hacking and fraud. Lewis Zanto, a local resident, requested the meeting with commissioners and on April 25, presented his group’s concerns. To address their concerns, Zanto and his group asked that the county eliminate mail ballots and
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Updated at 12 p.m. May 4 Preliminary results for the May 3 school board election are below. According to unofficial results, Nathan Reiff, who was appointed to fill the vacancy after the death of former board chair Jan Cahill has been upset by newcomer Paige Turoski. Unofficial results show incumbents Gordon Johnson and Mark Finnicum holding their seats for another
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Ballots for the May 3 school board election are in the mail in Cascade County. There are four seats are up for election: Three seats that represent both elementary and secondary districts on the board for three years through May 2025. Anyone interested in these positions must live within the Great Falls Public School District boundary. The positions are currently
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The Electric hosted a forum with the candidates for school board on April 14. If you missed it, you can watch the video below. Michael Nagel wasn’t able to attend and submitted his responded to the same questions in an email. Those responses are posted below the video. There are four seats are up for election: Three seats that represent
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The Electric is hosting a candidate forum on April 14 with the candidates for the Great Falls Public Schools board of trustees. The forum will be 6-8 p.m. in Room B101 at Great Falls College-MSU. More candidates file for May school board election The forum will also be live streamed on The Electric’s Facebook page. There are four seats are
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