2020 Absentee/Early Voting thread

[MT Treasurer]

MONTANA, as of 10/19:

County (2016 Presidential vote, 2016 Gubernatorial vote, 2018 Senate vote) - % of mail-in ballots returned

Cascade (Trump +22, Bullock +10, Tester +5) - 35.9% of mail-ins returned

Flathead (Trump +36, Gianforte +15, Rosendale +15) - 19.8% of mail-ins returned

Gallatin (Clinton +1, Bullock +15, Tester +21) - 24.5% of mail-ins returned

Lake (Trump +21, Bullock +2, Tester +3) - 37.0% of mail-ins returned

Lewis & Clark (Trump +7, Bullock +23, Tester +18) - 46.0% of mail-ins returned

Missoula (Clinton +16, Bullock +34, Tester +37) - 34.2% of mail-ins returned

Ravalli (Trump +38, Gianforte +14, Rosendale +19) - 37.0% of mail-ins returned

Silver Bow (Clinton +14, Bullock +44, Tester +45) - 39.9% of mail-ins returned

Yellowstone (Trump +27, Gianforte +1, Rosendale +3.5) - 36.6% of mail-ins returned

Statewide: 32.6% of mail-ins returned (207.593 / 635.764)

[MT Treasurer]

Doesn't seem like much of a partisan pattern, honestly. May reflect more when ballots where first mailed out or how quickly counties are updating their tallies.

I assume these counties are all all-mail? I know a handful of mostly small MT counties are still doing in-person voting but not sure which ones.

Yeah, it’s not much of a partisan pattern and mostly driven by logistical/administrative factors (hence the Flathead vs. Lewis and Clark discrepancy).

Yes, all of these counties are all-mail; only eleven counties won’t be conducting an all-mail election: Broadwater, Carbon, Chouteau, Fergus, Mineral, Petroleum, Powder River, Powell, Stillwater, Treasure, Wibaux.

Absentee/mail-in voting in MT was already in widespread use even before COVID-19 (IIRC, something close to 75% of all ballots in 2018 were absentee).