This *could* be an unfortunate accident but when you read the rundown of the other issues with Montana voting it definitely seems this was far more likely not to be an accident.
baquir on
Where’s Mike Lindell when we need him… oh wait.
Gwar-Rawr on
Biden needs to do an executive order any legal votes not counted will lead to charges or should give the voter the standing to sue. Every voter needs to be able to check if their vote counted.
ranchoparksteve on
So, some random voter is the first set of eyes to ever see the official ballot? It doesn’t seem possible.
doublestitch on
Quoting the lede:
> “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.”
Weekly-Somewhere-674 on
Idk if this is under the purview of the FBI but that’s exactly the kind of thing that should be gone after doggedly
BannedAgainDude on
Someone needs to go to jail.
This is unacceptable… There is obviously oversight, proof reading, tests, etc before a voting system goes live.
This is intentional and someone needs to be locked up.
Dragon_Fam_1003 on
The Fed should probably dig into any county with 0 votes for either candidate (I say either for all fairness). But this is scary stuff, man.
2stepsfwd59 on
Did they leave Tester off too?
Mjbagscauze on
Feel free to write a comment to the Secretary of State instagram Christi Jacobsen
If this happened to trump, he’d use it alone to fuel another insurrection
bishpa on
>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.
I’d like to know specifically what the remedy is here. They need to throw out any ballots that were cast prior to shutting the system down, right? They can’t seriously just say “oh, it wasn’t very many voters that weren’t given the option to choose among all the candidates.”
fatdog4561 on
Jail time to the group that made this happen, complete and utter BS and should never be happening.
BrookeBMa on
People should be loosing jobs because of this.
autotldr on
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.newsweek.com/montana-voting-system-shut-down-1957839) reduced by 87%. (I’m a bot)
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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 Croes, former vice chair of the Montana Democratic Party, said on X, formerly Twitter: "This is criminal…The Montana SOS is an arm of the corrupt Montana GOP.".
Cause election controversy so you can claim election controversy.
BankshotMcG on
What was the expectation here? That people would fail to notice? This is the dumbest slow-mo coup in history.
NastyBiscuits on
Oh boy, they aren’t even trying to pretend they aren’t the party of anti democracy
IT_Geek_Programmer on
This is bound to get a lot of people angry. The point being is that how did a candidate of a major political party could possibly get left of off the ballot? Wasn’t it the AG Department’s responsibility to test the system and check the ballots before even sending them out?
lizkbyer on
Stupid fuckers. Try harder! WE ARE STILL VOTING #harriswalz2024
Damunzta on
I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable lie to explain all of this.
SchwarzestenKaffee on
Here we go. One of the first of a long list of shenanigans about to be attempted by the GOP to steal the election.
praefectus_praetorio on
Imagine if this happened in a blue state and Trump was “left off”.
KopOut on
Where the fuck is our Department of Justice?
You cannot convince me that an entire state ACCIDENTALLY forgot to put one of the TWO major party candidates, for the very first question, on the fucking ballot.
This is not funny. This is not an innocent mistake. I am sure a dozen or more people reviewed the ballot before this went live. Come. The. Fuck. On. Investigate it.
Mission-Argument1679 on
>As a precaution the Secretary of State’s office, run by [Republican](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/republican) Christi Jacobson, took down the electronic absentee system for troubleshooting, although it insisted that very few voters had been affected by this issue.
Yeah, just enough voters to mysteriously have this issue, hmmm Jacobson??
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I’m sure it is all a perfectly innocent explanation
They even ratfuck elections they know they’ll win
50/50 – one web designer is having a bad day/election interference
These things never seem to happen to Republicans, for some reason.
It could happen to anyone. Remember when an actual judge [Aileen Cannon left off a ‘not guilty’](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/aileen-cannon-judge-trump-documents-case-made-multiple-errors-earlier-rcna98207) option on jury instructions?
This *could* be an unfortunate accident but when you read the rundown of the other issues with Montana voting it definitely seems this was far more likely not to be an accident.
Where’s Mike Lindell when we need him… oh wait.
Biden needs to do an executive order any legal votes not counted will lead to charges or should give the voter the standing to sue. Every voter needs to be able to check if their vote counted.
So, some random voter is the first set of eyes to ever see the official ballot? It doesn’t seem possible.
Quoting the lede:
> “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.”
Idk if this is under the purview of the FBI but that’s exactly the kind of thing that should be gone after doggedly
Someone needs to go to jail.
This is unacceptable… There is obviously oversight, proof reading, tests, etc before a voting system goes live.
This is intentional and someone needs to be locked up.
The Fed should probably dig into any county with 0 votes for either candidate (I say either for all fairness). But this is scary stuff, man.
Did they leave Tester off too?
Feel free to write a comment to the Secretary of State instagram Christi Jacobsen
https://www.instagram.com/secretarychristijacobsen?igsh=MWl2d2huZ3ZpNXRzMw==
If this happened to trump, he’d use it alone to fuel another insurrection
>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.
I’d like to know specifically what the remedy is here. They need to throw out any ballots that were cast prior to shutting the system down, right? They can’t seriously just say “oh, it wasn’t very many voters that weren’t given the option to choose among all the candidates.”
Jail time to the group that made this happen, complete and utter BS and should never be happening.
People should be loosing jobs because of this.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.newsweek.com/montana-voting-system-shut-down-1957839) reduced by 87%. (I’m a bot)
*****
> 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 Croes, former vice chair of the Montana Democratic Party, said on X, formerly Twitter: "This is criminal…The Montana SOS is an arm of the corrupt Montana GOP.".
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Cause election controversy so you can claim election controversy.
What was the expectation here? That people would fail to notice? This is the dumbest slow-mo coup in history.
Oh boy, they aren’t even trying to pretend they aren’t the party of anti democracy
This is bound to get a lot of people angry. The point being is that how did a candidate of a major political party could possibly get left of off the ballot? Wasn’t it the AG Department’s responsibility to test the system and check the ballots before even sending them out?
Stupid fuckers. Try harder! WE ARE STILL VOTING #harriswalz2024
I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable lie to explain all of this.
Here we go. One of the first of a long list of shenanigans about to be attempted by the GOP to steal the election.
Imagine if this happened in a blue state and Trump was “left off”.
Where the fuck is our Department of Justice?
You cannot convince me that an entire state ACCIDENTALLY forgot to put one of the TWO major party candidates, for the very first question, on the fucking ballot.
This is not funny. This is not an innocent mistake. I am sure a dozen or more people reviewed the ballot before this went live. Come. The. Fuck. On. Investigate it.
>As a precaution the Secretary of State’s office, run by [Republican](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/republican) Christi Jacobson, took down the electronic absentee system for troubleshooting, although it insisted that very few voters had been affected by this issue.
Yeah, just enough voters to mysteriously have this issue, hmmm Jacobson??