Election do-over will ensure voter confidence
A roll of "I Voted" stickers at the Trade Center at the Flathead County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, Nov. 8. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
An unfortunate administrative error came to light at the 11th hour of Kalispell’s municipal election earlier this month.
According to the Flathead County Election Department, incorrect ballots were issued to some voters based on previous ward boundaries that had not been updated in the election software prior to Election Day. Approximately 8% of Kalispell voters — or roughly 1,400 ballots — were affected by the error. There are 16,894 voters in Kalispell, and a total of 2,869 ballots were cast in the election.
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