Originally published in the 11/2/18 print edition of Yellowstone County News.
BILLINGS — With only a few days remaining before the general election, absentee ballots are flowing into the county elections office at a record pace.
“I’m pretty sure we’re going to have a record turnout,” said Bret Rutherford, Yellowstone Count elections administrator, on Wednesday morning. He noted that in 2006, the county received just shy of 60,000 total ballots.
“We’ll probably hit 60,000 in absentee” alone, he said. He noted more people are registered to vote absentee than in 2006.
People who want to register to vote may register at the courthouse until noon Monday. On Tuesday, people who want to vote can register and cast ballots at the Montana Pavilion at MetraPark, where the entire county elections office will set up shop on Election Day.
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