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Articles with the Tag: Elections

Unofficial election results counted

The Lake County Election administrators have an unofficial count on election results for the Tuesday, May 3, election. Official results will be approved by county commissioners on Monday, May 9, at 3:30 p.m. Polson Rural Fire trustee count was in with John Doty at 357 votes, Kevin Straub at 325, and Tracy...

Meet, greet candidates

ST. IGNATIUS – Candidates running for House District 47, Senate District 93, and for Lake County Commissioners will be at the St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center on Main Street at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 6. The event is open to the public and will be an opportunity to become informed on important issues ...

Irrigation election problems considered

Before the ballots were counted, several issues occurred in the Flathead Joint Board of Control election including rule changes, ballots being held, and a majority vote to cancel the election. The FJBC commissioner candidate election closed on Tuesday, May 3, at 8 p.m. before press time, so election resul...

Superintendent seeks public comment on proposed bond

ST. IGNATIUS – Mission School District Superintendent Jason Sargent wants public input concerning a bond currently proposed at $5 million to possibly be put on the election starting in April. “We’ve got a lot of work to do on this in the next month, and I’d like people to ask me th...

Election results in

LAKE COUNTY — Unofficial election results are in for municipal races in Lake County. Ian Donovan won the Polson City Commissioner race with 209 votes over Peter Daniels’ 111 votes. Just 37.5 percent of voters participated. In Ronan, three seats were open for City Council. Ellen R. Kaphammer (W...

Tribal elections clarified

PABLO — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal election is Saturday, Oct. 17. Twenty-six candidates are running for five seats during the primary election.  The voting districts open during this election include Dixon, Hot Springs, Pablo, St. Ignatius and Arlee. Voters can cast a single vo...

Lake County road levy passes Lake County road levy passes

POLSON — Unofficial results from the Lake County Election Office indicate the Lake County Road Levy passed with 2,561 voters mailing in ballots in favor of the two-year levy and 1,592 voters casting their ballots against the levy.  About 35 percent of eligible voters returned ballots; the elect...

Arlee gets majority in tech levy recount

ARLEE – One vote found in the General Election recount was all it took to put the majority in favor of the Arlee Elementary Technology Levy. “We are waiting on the Secretary of State to finalize the results but as far as we know it passed,” said Francis Ryan, school network administrator...

Lake County citizens vote Daines, Zinke Lake County citizens vote Daines, Zinke

POLSON — Unofficial Lake County election results were released early on Nov. 5 with a 53 percent voter turnout rate.  Results will be official after they are canvassed Nov. 17. In the race between House District 15 candidates Joe Read and George G. Kipp III, Kipp passed Read with 1,018 votes...

Student votes on levy issues in General Election, one passes Student votes on levy issues in General Election, one passes

ARLEE – High school senior Zach Felsman, 18, knows all about filling in bubbles on tests, but last week, he filled in bubbles without a right or wrong answer during the General Election.  “It’s pretty cool to be able to vote,” he said. “My parents always stressed the nee...


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