The absentee ballots mailed Friday, Oct. 9. If absentee (mail) voters do not receive a ballot within a week, they can verify their registration online at MyVoterPageMT.com or contact us.

Following a recent court decision, mail voters are no longer required to write their birth year on their signature envelope. However, the Elections Office recommends voters still include this in case the law changes again before Nov. 3. The Elections Office will contact any voter whose ballot has been rejected for any reason. 

Statewide Ballot Issues:

The Montana Secretary of State's Voter Information Pamphlet provides information on the statewide ballot issues. It is available online at https://sosmt.gov/elections/vip/. Registered voters may have also received a physical copy in the mail.

Candidate contact information is available on the following pages: 

• Montana Secretary of State - Candidate Filing
• Missoula County - Candidate Filing
• Local news may provide candidate interviews

• USPS mail – Put it in the mail before Tuesday, Oct. 27. Return postage is pre-paid.
• Ballot drop box, open 24/7, outside of the Elections Center Building B north entrance, door 2B, at 140 N. Russell St. **Due to traffic congestion in the parking lot, it is not recommended to use this drop on Election Day. The McCormick Park drive-thru ballot drop box will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. as an alternative option.**

• Election Day, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• All polling places
• Drive-thru ballot drop locations: 
• South Russell Street between the YMCA and the Fairgrounds
• McCormick Park - 600 Cregg Lane
• Hellgate Elementary baseball field parking lot north of the school - 2385 Flynn Lane

On Election Day, the following drive-thru ballot drops will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

• South Russell Street between the YMCA and the Fairgrounds
• McCormick Park - 600 Cregg Lane
• Hellgate Elementary baseball field parking lot north of the school - 2385 Flynn Lane

Additionally, absentee (mail) ballots can be dropped off at any of our 20 polling place locations. 

The 20 polling place locations listed below will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. Visit MyVoterPageMT.com to view your voter registration and confirm your polling place location. 

• Bonner School - 9045 Highway 200 E, Bonner 59823
• Clinton Elementary School - 20397 E Mullan Rd, Clinton 59825
• Former Cold Springs School - 2625 Briggs St, Missoula 59803
• East Missoula Community Center - 314 Montana Ave, Missoula 59802
• Frenchtown Fire Station - 16875 Marion, Frenchtown 59834
• Front Step Community Land Trust – 1500 Burns Street, Missoula 59802
• Gray Wolf Peak Casino - 20750 US-93, Missoula 59808
• Hellgate Elementary School - 2385 Flynn Ln, Missoula 59808
• Lifelong Learning Center - 310 S Curtis, Missoula 59801
• Lolo School - 5305 Farm Ln, Lolo 59847
• MCPS Admin Building - 909 South Ave. West, Missoula 59801
• Missoula Library - 455 E Main, Missoula 59802 
• Orchard Homes Country Life Club– 2537 S. Third St. West, Missoula, MT 59804
• Petty Creek Fire Station - 995 Terrace View Dr, Alberton 59820
• Potomac Greenough Community Center - 29827 Potomac Rd, Bonner 59823
• Seeley Lake Elementary School - 200 School Lane, Seeley Lake 59868
• Spring Meadows Fire Station - 9350 Ladyslipper, Missoula 59808
• Swan Valley School - 6423 Highway 83 N, Condon 59826
• Target Range School - 4095 South Ave West, Missoula 59804
• James E. Todd Building - University of Montana - 32 Campus Dr, Missoula 59812

All polling places will have an absentee (mail) ballot drop box.

View the status of your registration and ballot at MyVoterPageMT.com

To view your sample ballots, visit MyVoterPageMT.com.

To view all sample ballots for the election, click this link. 

Physical copies of the sample ballots are also available at the Missoula County Elections Office at 140 N. Russell St. Building B. 

The Missoula County Elections Office encourages voters to educate themselves on the processes the County follows to conduct accurate, accessible and secure elections and invites members of the public and media to tour these processes leading up to and after Election Day.

The following tours will take place in the Elections Center, located at 140 N. Russell St. in Missoula:

• 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27: Election equipment testing. Elections staff will test the tabulators used to count ballots to ensure they are working properly ahead of Election Day. They will also test the ADA-compliant ExpressVote ballot marking devices to ensure they are operating correctly for drop-off locations on Election Day.
• 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29: Ballot processing. Attendees will observe staff and volunteers following the multi-step process used to verify signatures, process ballots and ensure that each ballot cast is counted.
• 8:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 2: Ballot tabulation. Attendees will observe staff conducting the final test of equipment, as well as the counting and retention process for voted ballots.
• 2:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9: Provisional ballot count. Attendees will observe staff counting any accepted provisional ballots for the election.
• 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12: Post-election audit. Attendees will observe the process used to confirm that equipment worked correctly during the election. This is an audit of any ballot counting machines used during the election. It is completed by comparing a hand-count of ballots to the results from the equipment.
• 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17: Election canvass. State law requires the Elections Office and three county elected officials to verify the election with a canvass. The canvass ensures the number of ballots voted are the number of ballots counted and that no ballots are missing or counted more than once. Media and public are invited to observe the canvass with the Missoula County commissioners and elections staff.

Late registration is the 29 days before an election where any changes to voter registration must take place in-person at the Elections Center.

Late registration is available during the following dates/times: 

• October 6 through 23: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
• October 26 through 30: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday
• Saturday, Oct. 31: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Monday, Nov. 2: 8 a.m. to noon

Election Day registration will be available from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. 

Yes, Election Day registration will be available from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3.