Montana temporarily shut down its online absentee voting system after a voter realized that Kamala Harris was not listed.

Montana’s election season has gotten off to a rocky start after absentee voters realized Kamala Harris was not a listed candidate on their ballot.

The state was forced to shut down its electronic absentee voter system after it went live on September 20 when a voter reported that there was no option to vote for the vice president.

Max Himsl, a Montana voter living in the UK, reported the issue when trying to fill out his ballot online, according to the Daily Inter Lake, a local newspaper. He reported it right away to the Flathead County Election Department on Friday, September 20.

As a precaution the Secretary of State’s office, run by Republican Christi Jacobson, took down the electronic absentee system for troubleshooting, although it insisted that very few voters had been affected by this issue.

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  • Tiefling IRL
    88•3 months ago

    although it insisted that very few voters had been affected by this issue.

    Sus

    • @BallsandBayonets
      39•3 months ago

      Even if a dozen voters were affected, that’s practically the entire resident population of Montana!

      • @unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        -3•3 months ago

        in case you’re having trouble understanding the population of Montana, I’ll post a quote from Wikipedia below.

        Montana, also. has not politically been absolutely Red or Blue. I’m not familiar with the politics of the state, but it is not historically Red or Blue, though I’m pretty sure it’s voted for Trump, and it’s previous Gov was a two-term Democrat. Current Gov is GOP Gianforte. Also sitting U.S. Montana Senator Jon Tester is a Dem.

        People have been living in Montana for thousands of years. Ask them about immigrants. And I don’t mean just ask the people running casinos.

        The United States Census Bureau states that the population of Montana was 1,132,812 on July 1, 2023, a 4.5% increase since the 2020 census.[191] The 2020 census put Montana’s population at 1,084,225. During the first decade of the new century, growth was mainly concentrated in Montana’s seven largest counties, with the highest percentage growth in Gallatin County, which had a 32.9% increase in its population from 2010 to 2020. The city having the largest percentage growth was Kalispell, with 40.1%, and the city with the largest increase in actual residents was Billings, with an increase in population of 12,946 from 2010 to 2020. >>

        • @pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works
          3•3 months ago

          People have been living in Montana for thousands of years. Ask them about immigrants.

          The ones who’ve been living there for thousands of years, or rather the very few that are left, probably aren’t too fond of it.

          Or did you mean to write hundreds?

          • @unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            -6•3 months ago

            sure. the indigenous people were just genocided, i guess, forced out or killed, I don’t even know. hopefully the headline in question doesn’t mean someone is trying to throw all elections in the state into question. it’s early still.