Originally published in the 10/5/18 print edition of Yellowstone County News.
BILLINGS — Because the ballot is two pages long for the general election on Nov. 6, it will take two days for the Election Office in Yellowstone County to count the ballots, reported County Elections Administrator Bret Rutherford to County Commissioners, last Thursday. Most of the results will be in at the end of Election Day, however, because the strategy is to count the first page of the ballot first, which has all of the candidate contests. Results for the initiatives won’t be known until the second day.
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