Montana election officials say it’s unlikely the state’s June primary election will see the kinds of long lines Arizona voters experienced Tuesday in that state’s presidential primary. Voter interest in this year’s presidential primary overwhelmed Arizona election officials. The Arizona Republic reported people waited for hours at some polling stations after county election officials reduced the number of sites to save money. The newspaper says at least one polling place ran out of ballots. Montana elections officials say they are making sure that doesn’t happen in the state’s June primary. “I’m not really worried about our polling places just because we generally don’t see a lot of walk-in voters for primary elections.”
Bret Rutherford is election administrator for Montana’s most populous county, Yellowstone.
The county is one that consolidated its polling places, largely because it is now easier for registered voters to cast their ballots by mail. Most voters in the Billings city limits, if they vote in person, go to MetraPark.
“So there really shouldn’t be much waiting at all and if you’ve been seeing the national news, seeing those lines outside of buildings you’re probably not going to see that in Yellowstone County anywhere.”
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