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Broadwater County Clerk reports ballots sent, turnout numbers and municipal candidate filing deadlines
Summary
Broadwater County Clerk Andy Paulson reported that 5,124 ballots were mailed April 17 for countywide and school-district contests, with 230 returns as of the previous day. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. on May 6. Municipal candidate filing for Townsend closes June 16.
Broadwater County Clerk and Recorder Andy Paulson told the commission on April 23 that the county mailed 5,124 ballots on April 17: 3,966 ballots for the Townsend School District and 1,158 ballots for the portion of Broadwater in the Three Forks area. As of the day before the meeting, election staff reported receiving 230 returned ballots.
Paulson reminded voters that ballots must be returned to the county office no later than 8 p.m. on election day, Tuesday, May 6. He said mail returns can lag and asked residents who have not received ballots by Friday to visit the clerk’s office in person so staff can cancel the original ballot and issue a replacement; replacement ballots must be issued in person.
The clerk explained that a write-in line appears on the school trustee portion of the ballot by statute, but that write-ins count only if the candidate meets Montana…
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