Election DayTuesday, November 3
Montana polls close at 8 p.m. today, and 300,609 absentee ballots were in by Monday morning
The Good Day Helena team
If you haven't voted yet, today's the day. Polls close at 8 p.m., and you can register until then. Registration hours vary by county, so we suggest calling your county election office first. Officials spent Monday finalizing tests of ballot tabulators and will begin counting absentee ballots.
Montana voters had returned 56.62% of issued absentee ballots by Monday morning
56.62%of 530,945 absentee ballots issued, as of 4:20 a.m. Monday
Source: NBC Montana
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| of 530,945 absentee ballots issued, as of 4:20 a.m. Monday | 56.62% |
The Secretary of State's Office says voters had returned 300,609 absentee ballots by 4:20 a.m. Monday. Midterm turnout is usually lower, and about 61% returned ballots in 2022, versus about 77% in 2024.
Ballot returns were higher in 2024 than in 2022
Source: The Independent Record
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 61% |
| 2024 | 77% |
Election experts NonStop Local spoke with expect turnout of 50% to 65% this year. Sheridan leads the counties at 65.49% of ballots returned.
- Registered: more than 683,000 of 806,000 eligible voters
- Mailing an absentee ballot now: too late
- Partial results: none until the last person in line votes
- Count updates: every three hours to the Secretary of State, after the last voter in a county has voted