Secretary of State

Election officials in Montana have been coordinating with State agencies including the Office of Political Practices (OPP), local law enforcement, and private non-governmental associations to quell citizens who have questions about their local election processes. The moves from state and local officials mirror coordination between the Department of Justice and the National School Board Association…

Carbon County Elections Administrator Crystal Roascio shared a press release Thursday to quell growing public concern regarding broken warranty seals discovered by citizens at a public test of the county’s ES&S DS200 election tabulation machines last Thursday. At the test, warranty seals shielding access to the inside of each of the county’s DS200 tabulation machines…

Carbon County Election Administrator Crystal Roascio declined two brand new ES&S DS200 election tabulation machines offered by the Montana Secretary of State’s office after citizens discovered the warranty seals covering machine access screws were broken on Carbon County’s two tabulation machines. The warranty seals were found broken during a public test of the machine organized…

This op-ed was first published in Last Chance Patriots newsletter. It has been over 16 months since the 2020 General Election and the results continue to be investigated around the country, particularly in conservative trending states which unexpectedly turned blue in the 2020 election. Revelations about the ES&S and other voting tabulators being connected to…

The Missoula election integrity group released a 52-page report Tuesday documenting “a pattern of irregularities” in Missoula County’s 2020 General Election and “troubling issues” found in a study of the county voter registration database.

Legislative staff attorney Jaret Cole stated, “It is my opinion that the president of the Senate has the authority to create a Senate special committee to review Montana’s election laws and processes.”

“I would like to see a select committee appointed specifically to investigate Missoula County and the election process there and evaluate all the evidence and then make a decision on that,” said Manzella.

This morning, State House Representative Brad Tschida (HD-97) sent a letter to Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen asking her to immediately inform all Montana county election administrators that they may be violating state and federal laws regarding data retention requirements. Tschida’s letter was also addressed to Montana State Elections Director Dana Corson. Tschida warned…

Montana House Rep Theresa Manzella (SD-85) checked in from Mike Lindell’s Cyber Symposium on Election Integrity last night saying, “We’ve just arrived at the Cyber Symposium. Excited about the truth we’ll be digesting over the next few days.” Manzella made the announcement on the Montana First Audit Chat Telegram channel last night at about 10pm….

Despite protests from public comment and Councilwoman Vasecka, Missoula Councilors voted to approve mail-in ballot election amid unexplained 2020 election discrepancies.

A Missoula ballot review team found 4,592 ballots from the 2020 General Election missing ballot signature envelopes and dozens of envelopes with duplicate signatures.

We reported last week that 30 of 56 Montana counties, including Missoula County, were granted funds from the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech & Civic Life. Grant funds were offered for “elections-related” expenses during the 2020 General Election including for expanding mail-in ballot access, increasing ballot drop-boxes, purchasing election software and machines, and voter outreach….

Last October, over 2,500 election offices across the country received undisclosed sums of money from the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech & Civic Life (CTCL). The organization was funded by Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, to the tune of $350 million. Money sent to local election offices was reportedly given to, “cover expenses like…