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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City Commissioners, by consensus, directed city staff to move forward with drafting a resolution to send a question to the ballot to revise the city’s fireworks ordinance. They made that general direction, though at least two commissioners do not support sending the question to the ballot, during a special work session on July 22. Commissioners will meet again in a
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Filing in the city election closed at 5 p.m. June 11 and there are not enough candidates to require a primary. The November city ballot this year includes mayor, two city commissioners for four year terms, 45 Neighborhood Council representatives, and one Municipal Court judge for a four year term. The city is planning a mail ballot election and all
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Filing in the Great Falls city election closes June 11. The November city ballot this year includes mayor, two city commissioners for four year terms, 45 Neighborhood Council representatives, and one Municipal Court judge for a four year term. The city is planning a mail ballot election and all newly elected officials will take office in January 2026. As of
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Legislators changed election rules this session and some of the changes will impact the November city election. Lawmakers passed House Bill 207 and Gov. Greg Gianforte signed it on May 12. The bill went into effect immediately changing the candidate filing opening and closing dates for the Municipal election. The opening date is changed from 145 days before an election
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Former Montana Commissioner of Political Practices Jeff Mangan is hosting a community conversation about how to get dark money out of politics at the Great Falls Public Library at 6 p.m. May 22. Mangan recently launched the Transparent Election Initiative, an effort to champion meaningful campaign finance reform and tackle the challenges posed by Citizens United. With his experience in
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Updated 10:30 p.m. The unofficial results for the school board election are in. Results are not final until the county canvass is complete and the results are certified. For Great Falls Public Schools, three seats available: Paige Turoski: 8,341 Gordon Johnson: 7,611 Craig Duff: 7,123 Tony Rosales: 4,732 Write-ins: 308 Centerville school district, two seats available: Erik Ingman: 262 Christopher
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The Great Falls Public Schools Board election is May 6. About 36,780 ballots were mailed and as of May 5, 8,375 had been returned. That’s about 22.7 percent. GFPS election is May 6, few ballots have been returned so far Ballots are due by 8 p.m. May 6. GFPS forgoing levy on May ballot, but has option to do so
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