{"id":2344990,"date":"2024-09-23T17:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T21:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-not-listed-on-montana-overseas-ballots-after-system-glitch\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T21:40:08","slug":"harris-not-listed-on-montana-overseas-ballots-after-system-glitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-not-listed-on-montana-overseas-ballots-after-system-glitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris not listed on Montana overseas ballots after system glitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-not-listed-on-montana-overseas-ballots-after-system-glitch%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2344990&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A glitch in Montana&#8217;s absentee\u2062 voting system resulted in Vice \u200dPresident\u2063 Kamala Harris being\u2064 omitted from the state&#8217;s presidential ballots \u2064when the system went live on Friday at 8 a.m. Only former President Donald\u200c Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were listed. Upon discovering \u200dthe error, the Secretary of State&#8217;s office quickly took the electronic system offline to address the \u200bissue. By\u200d Friday afternoon, the system was restored, allowing affected voters\u200d to recast their ballots, now\u200d including the complete \u200clist of presidential candidates. This incident highlights the potential consequences of technical issues in the electoral process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris not listed on Montana overseas ballots after system glitch<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1760338\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Montana&rsquo;s absentee system, which allows certain registered voters to cast their vote electronically, was missing a presidential candidate when it went live Friday at 8 a.m.: Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A glitch in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">state&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s electronic absentee system caused Harris to be wiped from the ballot, leaving former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and independent candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> as the only listed options for voters.&nbsp;As soon as reports of the missing candidate hit the secretary of state&rsquo;s office, the program was taken offline to troubleshoot and then promptly restored by Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen attends the summer conference of the National Association of Secretaries of State in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo\/Matthew Hinton, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Voters who were impacted by the missing candidate had the chance to recast their ballots, which were fixed to include the full list of presidential nominees, later that day.<\/p>\n<p>Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen released a <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/MTSOS\/bulletins\/3b78792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> on the glitch Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, Montana did not leave a candidate off the 2024 General Election ballot. Contrary to egregious misinformation campaigns circulating online, the Montana Secretary of State&rsquo;s Office certified all qualified candidates to appear on its 2024 General Election ballot,&rdquo; the statement said. &ldquo;No ballots were affected, including those that will be sent to registered absentee voters and those that will be presented to voters at the polling place on Election Day.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The absentee system operates under the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fvap.gov\/info\/laws\/uocava\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act<\/a> and gives U.S. citizens who are abroad or on active duty the opportunity to vote within 45 days of the election, which began on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Absentee voting will continue until Nov. 5, and in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-j6-show-trial-is-lying-about-election-fraud\/\" title=\"The J6 Show Trial Is Lying About Election \u2018Fraud\u2019\">-person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-bans-gop-account-allows-inflammatory-dnc-ads\/\" title=\"Facebook bans GOP account, allows inflammatory DNC ads\">absentee voting<\/a><\/a> will begin Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1760338\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1760338\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris Omitted from Montana&#8217;s Overseas Ballots Due to Technical Error<\/p>\n<p>Montana&#8217;s absentee voting system, which enables specific registered voters to vote electronically, experienced a technical issue when it launched on Friday at 8 a.m., resulting in the absence of Vice President Kamala Harris from the ballot. A malfunction in the state&#8217;s electronic absentee system led to her name being removed, leaving only former President Donald Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. available for voters. Upon learning of the missing candidate, officials took the program offline for troubleshooting and restored it by Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen attended a summer conference for secretaries of state in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 8, 2022 (AP Photo\/Matthew Hinton, File). Voters affected by this error were given an opportunity to recast their ballots later that day with all presidential candidates included. In a statement released on Monday morning regarding the glitch, Jacobsen clarified that &#8220;Montana did not leave a candidate off the 2024 General Election ballot.&#8221; She refuted claims circulating online and confirmed that all qualified candidates were certified for inclusion on Montana&#8217;s ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobsen emphasized that no ballots were impacted\u2014this includes those sent to registered absentee voters as well as those presented at polling places on Election Day. The absentee voting system operates under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act and allows U.S. citizens overseas or active duty military personnel to vote within 45 days leading up to elections starting September 20, 2024. Absentee voting will continue until November 5th while in-person absentee voting is set to begin on October 7th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3427,"featured_media":2344991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Christi-Jacobsen.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[40680,4021,8605,40294,41553],"class_list":["post-2344990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-election-issues","tag-harris","tag-montana","tag-overseas-ballots","tag-system-glitch"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Christi-Jacobsen.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}