Voting begins: Quist casts ballot for May 25 congressional election
Missoula Current
Rob Quist cast his ballot for this month's special congressional election on Tuesday, and encouraged other voters to do the same.
Quist voted in Kalispell.
Counties across the state mailed absentee ballots to all those voters who requested the service on May 1. They are due back to election offices by 8 p.m. on Election Day, Thursday, May 25.
In Missoula County, 45,000 absentee ballots went in the mail on Monday.
The May 25 vote was scheduled to select a successor to former Rep. Ryan Zinke, who was named Interior secretary by President Donald Trump earlier this year.
Names on the ballot include Democrat Quist, Republican Greg Gianforte and Libertarian Mark Wicks.
In addition, three candidates tried to get their names on the ballot, but did not collect enough signatures. However, voters can write in the names of Thomas Breck of the Green Party, or independents Steve Kelly or Doug Campbell.