Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Max Himsl confirmed that Christi Jacobsen left off Kamala Harris name off digital ballots sent to thousands of Montanans living abroad.
The Montana Supreme Court won’t take over a lawsuit that affects signature counting for three Constitutional ballot initiatives — one to protect abortion and two to change the way candidates win elections.
This is Montana GOP Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen. Her office just left Kamala Harris’s name off ballots sent to thousands of Montanans living abroad. READ MORE HERE
In an order Tuesday, justices unanimously said Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen hadn’t made the case that District Court Judge Mike Menahan erred when he told her office to count the signatures of “inactive” voters toward the minimum threshold for placing initiatives on the ballot — as has been practice.
“(Montana code) provides that the Secretary bears the responsibility to obtain and maintain uniformity in the application, operation and interpretation of election laws,” the order said. “Jacobsen’s decision to change the Secretary’s longstanding practice to count the signatures of inactive voters — and to do so without notice to county election administrators after they had commenced petition processing — failed to maintain uniformity in the application, operation and interpretation of the election laws in this instance.”
When Max Himsl opened his electronic ballot on Friday, he was dismayed to see a candidate missing from the list of options.
Voting absentee electronically while living abroad, Himsl saw that under the options for president, only Republican Donald Trump and Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were listed. Missing was Democrat Kamala Harris.
“I’m upset my democratic process was interrupted,” he said.
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