Montana temporarily shut down online absentee voting after a voter realized that Kamala Harris was not listed on his ballot.

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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    • frezik@midwest.social
      115·
      2 months ago

      Colorado was trying to do it on purpose using the legal system. This at least sounds like a mistake.

      • Zron@lemmy.world
        481·
        2 months ago

        “Mistake”

        “Whoopsie daisy, I forgot to add 1 of the 2 candidates to the voting system, I’m such a silly goose”

          • Zron@lemmy.world
            131·
            2 months ago

            If you’re trying to sow doubt in the election process from the ground up, it’s a great place to start.

            “Look Montana had an issue with absentee votes, where else do we have issues”

            Becomes

            “Montana had absentee voting issues, we can’t trust anything from absentee votes at all, they don’t count”

            • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
              44·
              2 months ago

              Surely. But if your purpose it to affect the ultimate outcome with the electoral college in mind, then this is not a good choice. It’s not exactly a swing state. Far from it.