Great Falls "Day Of" Voters Stuck In Line For Hours

Chaos At Montana Expo Park For Non-Registered Voters

For some voting in Great Falls was a quick experience. Go in, drop off your ballot and leave. Others however, if they needed to register or update their registration were stuck in line for literally hours. My sister, for example was in line at 9:00 AM and didn't leave until 4:00 PM!

There have been previous comments in Great Falls about the county elections office but the concern this year was about the preparedness of the staff at the Montana Expo Park. Complaints varied from not enough staff working to not being prepared enough for the large amount of voters that needed to update their registration.

I myself went to the Montana Expo Park at 4:30 and was done and out of there by 5:00pm

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The Lines At Montana Expo Park

Great Falls Residents Stand In Line For Hours To Register

If you needed to register to vote there was a line anywhere from 4 hours to 7 hours at Montana Expo Park

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Montana Came Out And Voted!

We received word that since there was so many people that needed to register to vote there was only a limited number of people that could be accessing the state website to register people. With that limited access also created a lag in the system which is what created such long lines.

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If you are looking for election results KRTV has a COMPLETE LIST HERE.

I am proud of Great Falls to see how many people came out to vote. There was a really large turnout. And now to celebrate the end of election season and the end of political ads-woohoo!!

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