Special Election Night in Montana
Live tweets, social media postings and updates on Election Night, May 25, 2017, at the Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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The Huffington post is reporting this evening on a Montana TV station that did not air the recording of candidate Gianforte's altercation with reporter Ben Jacobs. NBC affiliate KECI said it "takes pride in reporting only verifiable facts from independent, reliable sources, officials and documents." Read more here:
Montana TV Station Won't Air Recording Of GOP Candidate's Attack On Journalist
The Huffington PostRight-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group recently purchased the local NBC affiliate, but the general manager says the company didn’t interfere. -
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For more background, check out Michael Wright's story about what might happen, legally speaking, if Gianforte wins:
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Chronicle reporters headed out to the polls earlier today to find out what effect, if any, the charge against Gianforte would have on their preferences.
Bozeman voters react to news of Gianforte's assault charge
Bozeman Daily ChronicleBozeman voters standing in line at the polls Thursday had plenty to say about the news of U.S. House candidate Greg Gianforte facing a misdemeanor assault charge after an altercation -
The three Lee Enterprises newspapers in Montana that endorsed Greg Gianforte all rescinded their endorsements last night in light of the assault allegations. Here are those papers' explanations:
- Gazette: http://billingsgazette.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-opinion-we-re-pulling-our-endorsement-of-greg-gianforte/article_34d90b42-545b-5e10-9355-605b7c5cb11f.html
- Missoulian: http://missoulian.com/opinion/editorial/missoulian-rescinds-gianforte-endorsement/article_ab947a9d-9220-5dc5-9193-f1ae9ef03c60.html
- IR: http://helenair.com/news/local/an-ir-view-independent-record-withdraws-endorsement-of-gianforte/article_0d7d40b6-8d5d-587c-86f7-290a611b53db.html
The Chronicle, for the record, pointedly endorsed no candidate.
Serious flaws afflict Gianforte, Quist campaigns
Bozeman Daily ChronicleAs an editorial board, we would like to be able to say that one of the two major party candidates in the current congressional race demands our endorsement, that he -
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Gallatin County Clerk and Recorder Charlotte Mills says she saw 274 same-day registrations today — not a huge number.Turnout at the polls, though, was significantly higher than the average primary election. By 10:30 a.m., Mills estimated 2,890 voters had visited a poll in person.All that's according to Troy Carter, who's stringing for the Associated Press tonight.
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Gallatin County elections chief Mills also predicted a large number of provisional ballots — "as many or more than we had in November." They won't be counted for a few days until their identification/addresses are verified, Carter at the Courthouse noted.Gallatin County had 1,100 provisional ballots in November's election.
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Twogood places to find live election results tonight:We'll be posting them as we get them, but if you want something closer to real time, check one of those automated sources. -
Fivethirtyeight is also doing live results...with data analysis most likely fivethirtyeight.com -
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