The Cascade County Elections Office is preparing for the November 3rd general election, and shared the following information:
The Cascade County Elections Office is encouraging everyone to get their ballots back into the office by 8:00 pm on November 3rd, 2020.
We hope that our voters will take advantage of the opportunity to vote through the mail and to vote early. This will reduce the number of people that need to vote in person on Election Day, and will therefore reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission to voters and election workers. Our in-person operation will be socially distanced, will require that you wear a mask and will be operated according to public health guidelines. Both your right to vote and your safety are important to us.
We are anticipating a wait of 2-4 hours on election day and because we are not able to use the 4-Seasons arena, the voters will need to wait outside the facility, so please:
- If you have made a mistake on a ballot, you need to take care of that now.
- If you did not receive your ballot, you need to take care of that now.
- If you need to register or have moved, you need to take care of that now.
Our office is currently open Monday thru Friday from 7 am to 5 pm and Saturdays from 9 am to 4 pm. We will be open at Exhibition Hall on Monday, November 2nd, 2020 from 7 am to noon and then again on election day from 7 am to 8 pm.
Exhibition Hall is the only location where ballots will be available on November 2nd and on Election Day, November 3rd. We will have ballot drop locations at:
- Main Office – 325 2nd Avenue North
- Wedsworth Hall in Cascade – 13 Front Street
- Vaughn Volunteer Fire Station – 14 4th Street
- Sun River Senior Center – 13319 Highway 200, Fort Shaw
- Belt Senior Center – 19 Castner Street
If you have questions or need more information, call the Elections Office at 406-454-6803, or click here to visit the website.
To help voters learn more about the candidates on the ballot this year, MTN News hosted several debates with federal and statewide candidates. You can watch the hour-long debates at the following links:
- U.S. Senate: Steve Bullock vs Steve Daines
- U.S. House: Matt Rosendale vs Kathleen Williams
- Governor: Mike Cooney vs Greg Gianforte
MTN also hosted half-hour debates with statewide candidates on our Face The State program. You can watch them at these links:
- Secretary of State: Bryce Bennett vs Christi Jacobsen
- Attorney General: Raph Graybill vs Austin Knudsen
- State Auditor: Troy Downing vs Shane Morigeau
- State Superintendent: Elsie Arntzen vs Melissa Romano
- Supreme Court Justice: Roy Black and Laurie McKinnon
You can watch these debates on-line and on-demand on our streaming app. The app is available to download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV. To find details on how download our streaming app visit krtv.com/streaming.
Montanans will also choose whether to approve two ballot measures that would allow recreational use of marijuana; click here for details and full text of the proposals.
