Updated Feb. 19 with additional filings Filing for county offices opened Feb. 17 and runs through March 4. Multiple county positions are on the 2026 ballot, including a commission seat, sheriff, county attorney, clerk and recorder and treasurer. The primary is scheduled for June 2 and the general election is Nov. 3. As of 11:30 a.m. Feb. 19, the following
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Three incumbents have filed for three seats in the 2026 Great Falls Public Schools board election. This year’s election is set for May 5 and filing closed Feb, 9. Incumbents Bill Bronson, Amie Thompson and Kim Skornogoski have filed for reelection. Write-in filing closes March 2 and according to Terry Thompson, Cascade County elections administrator, if no one files as
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The Great Falls Public Schools board set their election calendar during their Nov. 24 meeting. The next school board election is set for May 5 with three seats on the ballot. Filing opens Dec. 11 and runs through Feb. 9. The board approved a resolution calling for a mail ballot, which is an estimated $65,000 cost to the district. School
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Polls closed at 8 p.m. Nov. 4 in Cascade County in the 2025 municipal election. As of 8:40 a.m. Nov. 5, all ballots had been processed. As of 7:50 p.m., the Cascade County elections office had issued 31,019 ballots. These are the last batch of preliminary results but won’t be considered official until the county canvass. County elections officials accepted
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Ballots in the Great Falls municipal election are due by 8 p.m. Nov. 4. The Cascade County elections office issued 30,836 ballots by mail on Oct. 20. By end of the day Oct. 29, only 6,945 ballots had been accepted, or 23 percent, according to Terry Thompson, county election administrator. So far, 219 ballots were rejected for the following reasons:
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Great Falls voters are receiving their ballots this week and will be asked to vote on city fireworks regulations. The Electric received numerous questions this week about what the ballot language means. In the simplest terms: if you want fireworks rules to remain as they are, vote no if you want to further restrict the allowable types of fireworks in
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The Electric is partnering with KRTV and KFBB to host a city candidate forum Oct. 22 from 6-8 p.m. at the Great Falls Public Library. All candidates for mayor and commission have confirmed they will participate. Representatives from The Electric, KRTV and KFBB will be moderating the forum. To submit questions for consideration, email them to jenn@theelectricgf.com by 5 p.m.
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Regular registration for the November municipal election ends today and late registration begins Oct. 7 at the Cascade County elections office through noon on Nov. 3. On election day, Nov. 4, voters can update their registration or reactivate their registration status and receive a ballot only at Exhibition Hall at Montana Expo Park. Some city races and write-in lines won’t
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The Nov. 4 municipal ballot will include mayor, two city commissioners, municipal court judge, one neighborhood council and the question of fireworks. It will not include the other eight neighborhood councils. Under Montana law, if the number of candidates filing for election is equal to or less than the number of positions to be filled, the election administer shall notify
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Some voters may have received a letter from the Cascade County elections office regarding their “grandfathered” identification flag in the state voter registration system. The grandfathered identification flag applies to those who registered to vote before laws required them to include a driver’s license, Montana identification number and/or the last four digits of their Social Security number. Terry Thompson, county
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