Lake
County Election Administrator
How
to contact us:
Kathie
Newgard
106 Fourth Avenue East
Polson, MT. 59860
Phone: (406) 883-7268
Fax: (406) 883-7230
knewgard@lakemt.gov
Hours: Monday thru Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
In Lake
County we have House Districts 9, 11, 12 and 15 and Senate Districts 5, 6
and 8.
2010
Candidate Filing List: Legislative-
2010 Candidate Filing List: Non-legislative
2010 Candidate Filing List: County
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Provisional Voting
Allows
individuals to vote using provisional ballots if they forget their
identification or are not listed in the register. The voter has until
5:00 P.M. the day after the election to resolve identity and/or voter
registration issues. If the issues are resolved, the ballot would be
counted. If the issues are not resolved by 5:00 P.M. that next day, the
ballot would not be counted.
Voting Qualifications
U. S.
citizens may become voters for national, state, and local elections if
they meet the following requirements:
• Citizen of the United States.
• Eighteen years old or older at the time of election.
• Resident of the state, county, and precinct for at least thirty
days prior to the election.
• Registered to vote.
***Persons
serving a sentence in a penal institution for a felony and persons
determined to be of unsound mind by a court may not vote.
Common
Questions Answered
Districts
required to hold annual elections - School Districts, Fire Districts
and Irrigation Districts - are on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in May.
Federal, State and County hold elections in even numbered years -
Primary on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June. The General
is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Municipal, Water and Sewer District elections are held in odd
years. If a Primary is required for the Municipal election it is held on
the Tuesday following the second Monday in September, with the General
held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Voter Registration closes 30 days before all elections. Polling
place hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. except for School elections. School
districts set the hour the polls open which must be before noon and they
remain open until 8 p.m..
Electors can
request absentee ballots starting 75 days before an
election and up until noon the day before the election. Electors may also
come in and vote in the election office once ballots are available
- 30 to 45 days before Federal, State and County elections
and 20 days before School, Fire, Irrigation, Municipal, Water and Sewer
District elections.
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