By DARRELL EHRLICK | Editor-in-Chief
“We are rocking and rolling on the election," – Bradley Seaman, Missoula County Election Administrator on Montana’s ballots coming back since they were sent on Oct. 9.
Some state lawmakers want to legalize gun suppressors, short-barreled weapons
by Jordan Hansen
Three Republican legislators announced they’re preparing bills for the opening of the 2027 Legislature in January that would allow more types of firearms and firearm accessories. Gun suppressors (sometimes referred to as silencers) would become legal under proposed legislation, which would additionally allow for short-barreled shotguns and rifles, sometimes colloquially referred to as “sawed-off” weaponry. […]
Nearly 12% of absentee ballots returned, according to Montana Secretary of State’s Office
by Keila Szpaller
Montana voters already are turning in their general election ballots — 60,329 as of Monday, according to the Montana Secretary of State’s Office. That’s 11.6% on average of the 520,035 absentee ballots sent, according to the Secretary of State’s ballot counts tracker. Montana has more than 780,000 registered voters. People who haven’t registered to vote […]
Libertarian US Senate candidate Kyle Austin pitches himself as an alternative for voters
by Jordan Hansen
Kyle Austin, the Libertarian candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat in Montana, calls himself “the alternative Republican” as he bids to upend the four-way race and give voters a second conservative choice in the election. Austin has twice ran in Republican primary races for the U.S. House of Representatives, losing to Matt Rosendale in […]
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