Montana overseas ballot glitch briefly omitted Kamala Harris

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Montana overseas ballot glitch briefly omitted Kamala Harris
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Some Montana voters living overseas got a surprise Sept. 20 when they tried to vote electronically for the 2024 election

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to media members Sept. 22, 2024, after she arrived at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Shortly after 8 a.m. local time, a voter reported that Vice President Kamala Harris’ name wasn’t on the ballot.

"The Montana Secretary of State left Kamala Harris off the ballot. Not RFK, Jr., not Jill Stein. Kamala Harris," aThe Instagram and Threads posts were flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. voters on Friday morning and were temporarily taking the system offline," Aldrich said."The system was restored later Friday by the Secretary of State.

He said the ballots for voters who choose to vote electronically come through the secretary of state’s database. The files and digital layout for the paper ballots are done through Montana’s certified vendor, Election Systems & Software.who are not overseas will be mailed Oct. 11. Those ballots had not been printed when this error happened, Seaman said."It's a whole office of individuals who work collaboratively to help get this out," Seaman said.

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