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Montana politics, elections and legislative news

Helena Voters On Why They Vote

Election sign reading 'polling place' on a door at a Missoula polling place.
Josh Burnham
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Montana Public Radio
Corin Cates-Carney visited the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds to get voters’ thoughts on some of the issues surrounding this election.";

Corin Cates-Carney visited the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds to get voters’ thoughts on some of the issues surrounding this election.

Election officials at the fairgrounds said a steady stream of voters had been flowing through the polls all day, noting the lack of lines and rushes – something they attributed to the high percentage of absentee voting.

Here are some of the thoughts of voters who showed up to cast their ballot in person.

Corinne Kyler: "Just going into the presidential election is my biggest issue."
 
Chris Christensen: "I think each one of the candidates...it’s all important. It's not just the top of the ticket, it's all of it."

Helen Christensen: "We’d like to see some more progressive people elected to the legislature so we can actually get something done."

Broderick Payne: "As someone who is going off to college here pretty shortly, education is really big. Especially because I want to go into education when I graduate, secondary education. I think Common Core is broken completely and either we need to get to work on it, fix it with some duct tape or completely throw it out and get a new system in."

Ruth Gahring: "The medical care and stuff like that. Because it is not very good. Obamacare is costing old people way too much money."

Tressie White: "I really think the issues of our Native American population are really important and so I think officials who really have that population in mind are really important."

Nava Connor: "I think it is just important that people get out there and vote. And the biggest thing is know what you are voting for. Don’t just vote because you hear your neighbor talk about this or that, do it for yourself and be informed about it."
 

Corin Cates-Carney manages MTPR’s daily and long-term news projects. After spending more than five years living and reporting across Western and Central Montana, he became news director in early 2020.
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