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Montana voting system shut down after Kamala Harris left off ballot (www.newsweek.com)

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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.social 135 points 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

[-] Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months ago

Republicans are what Jesus was warning us about.

[-] poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 months ago

In Montana, I believe, write-ins for president are always invalid

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Why allow them at all if they're guaranteed not to win?

[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 5 points 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@sopuli.xyz 12 points 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 2 points 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 11 points 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.

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