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Montana election officials wrangle early ballot returns — and false rumors

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Perhaps the most aggravating challenge of this election cycle, several election officials said, is the voter misinformation that staffers are forced to intercept and correct.
One man said he received a spam call alleging that his signature on file did not match the one on his ballot, even though his absentee ballot had already been listed as “accepted” on the state’s My Voter Page.
Dozens of other concerned citizens called after reportedly reading a Facebook post claiming that ballots would be thrown out if the voter failed to write “2020” in the dateline, rather than an abbreviated “20.”
Some of the frenzy, she said, has been sparked by political and civic groups sending out mailers warning that some resident in a household might not be registered. That can lead absentee voters to fill out and mail redundant forms to the county, which employees then have to spend time cross-checking against registrations that are already on the books.

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