Make Sure Your Montana Ballot Has Been Received And Accepted

Montana Has Some Of The Best Voter Turnout In The United States

Take a look at this chart from Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen. It's pretty interesting to see the voter turn-out for Montana for over 100 years. If you look here, you'll see Montana ranked against America every 4 years for the last few years.

A large number of Montanans choose to vote by mail. If you'd like to see numbers of absentee ballot voting in Montana, click here, then go to the bottom of the page and click to see the spreadsheet for absentee turnout.

If You Vote By Mail, Check The Status Of Your Ballot

It's very easy to check the status of your Montana mail-in ballot.

It starts with Voter Portal. Click on that, and it will bring you to a page that looks like this:

Enter your information, and it will look something like this:

Then, you can see if your ballot has been accepted. It will look like this:

What Do You Do If Your Montana Ballot Is Rejected

From PoliticalPractics.mt.gov

"Upon receipt of a ballot, the local election office scans the unique barcode on the affirmation envelope, verifies the signature, and marks the ballot as “received.” Once your ballot has been processed, you will most likely see the status of your ballot is “accepted;” however, if you see a status of “rejected” or “undeliverable,” please contact your local election office immediately to resolve the issue so that your vote will be counted." Click here to get the Cascade County Elections Office.

What are you waiting for? Log on and see if your ballot has been received and accepted. You took the time to vote, make sure it counts.