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

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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  • Infynis@midwest.socialEnglish
    135·
    2 months ago

    Next, they say that all ballots that were already submitted have to be counted as-is. Then later, it’s revealed that there were Kamala Harris write-ins submitted during this time, but rather than being counted, they were discarded as invalid

        • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          61·
          2 months ago

          They’re not “guaranteed” not to win. Technically, 100 million people could spontaneously wake up and decide that they all want to vote for Tom Hanks as President of the United States. So long as Tom Hanks meets the qualifications for President, he wins.

          Of course, I have a better chance of winning the lottery every day until Christmas, and get blown by every NFL cheerleader in alphabetical order than of that ever happening. but our constitution does allow for the possibility.

    • sin_free_for_00_days
      12·
      2 months ago

      This is the chaos the GOP has been planting in different states so that they can delegitimize their states voting to justify sending “alternate” electors.

    • andyburke@fedia.io
      97·
      2 months ago

      Hey, you may need a break! We don’t need to write the fanfic for the other side, that’s usually a sign of burnout.

      You should rest up then get back to it when you can be less defeatist. We need you.

      • modifier@lemmy.ca
        121·
        2 months ago

        People are downvoting you but I could definitely see myself needing a reality check like this in the next weeks, or probably days.