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    Wahlsystem in Montana geschlossen, nachdem Kamala Harris nicht mehr auf den Stimmzettel durfte


    Wahlsystem in Montana geschlossen, nachdem Kamala Harris nicht mehr auf den Stimmzettel durfte

    https://www.newsweek.com/montana-voting-system-shut-down-1957839

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    3. yakueb on

      50/50 – one web designer is having a bad day/election interference

      These things never seem to happen to Republicans, for some reason.

    5. ColdAdmirableSponge on

      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.

    7. 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.

    8. ranchoparksteve on

      So, some random voter is the first set of eyes to ever see the official ballot? It doesn’t seem possible.

    9. 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.”

    10. 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

    11. 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.

    12. 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.

    15. VesperJDR on

      If this happened to trump, he’d use it alone to fuel another insurrection

    16. 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.”

    17. fatdog4561 on

      Jail time to the group that made this happen, complete and utter BS and should never be happening.

    18. Lydkraft on

      His replacement of NAFTA also triggered inflation.

      He also lost 1.5 million jobs and added 9 trillion to the debt.

    20. 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.".

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    22. BankshotMcG on

      What was the expectation here? That people would fail to notice? This is the dumbest slow-mo coup in history.

    24. NastyBiscuits on

      Oh boy, they aren’t even trying to pretend they aren’t the party of anti democracy

    25. Vanman04 on

      would be interesting to know how many ballots were cast before this was caught.

    26. 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?

    29. SpangleDam2 on

      Not an error or mistake but some knuckle dragging fool being himself.

    30. Damunzta on

      I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable lie to explain all of this.

    31. 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.

    32. praefectus_praetorio on

      Imagine if this happened in a blue state and Trump was “left off”.

    34. JustAGoldfishCracker on

      Get ready for thousands of similar news stories as the fruits of Trumps supporters labor comes to fruition. They plan to watch voting stations like hawks and report ANYONE who looks like they’re not supposed to be there. Like a Karen looking for black people in her neighborhood. If you and 20 of your best Hispanic friends all show up in solidarity to vote for your favourite candidate, you will likely get your ballot audited.

      The fight isn’t over, friends 🙁 it’s only just beginning

    35. 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.

    36. 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??

    41. Tiny_Independent2552 on

      And so it begins…. Just remember, this is their tactic. The only way to save democracy is to make sure your vote gets counted. Don’t let them get away with this.

    44. mikedave42 on

      The FBI should be jumping all over this, subpoenas for emails etc, filing charges if appropriate, make it clear election interference fuckary won’t be tolerated.

    46. Akegata on

      I like that “As a precaution the Secretary of State’s office, run by Republican Christi Jacobson, took down the electronic absentee system for troubleshooting”.
      Oopsy-doopsy, someone caught us manipulating voting, better shut down the systems for a little bit until somone notices all them other things we’ve done!

    47. lilacmuse1 on

      I have no idea if voter rolls are purged in Canada. When you fill out your tax return they ask you if you want to be included on the National Registry for Elections. You click or check Yes. If you’re eligible to vote, when the next election is called, you receive a voters card with the date of the election and your polling station address and hours. You go there and vote. Easy peasy. There are options for people who can’t vote on election day. I wish Americans could have an easier system.

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