The Nov. 4, 2025 local elections are being conducted primarily by mail. It’s now too late to return ballots by mail. Instead, voted ballots need to be dropped off at a county elections office or designated polling place before polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Gallatin County Election Administrator Eric Semerad tells NBC Montana voter turnout was 23% as of 11 a.m. on Tuesday.But Semerad says that includes inactive vot

MISSOULA - The polls have closed for the Tuesday, November 4, 2025, election, and the unofficial results are being tallied. Two of the major races are for mayor in Missoula and Kalispell. Voters are also deciding the fate of a $105 million bond request for a new Flathead County jail and a $1.8 million annual infrastructure levy for Missoula County.

MISSOULA — Tuesday is election day in Western Montana and there is still time to drop off your ballot. November 4 is a mail-in only election, meaning you cannot vote in person. However, ballots that haven't been mailed in can be dropped off in person until 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

The final day to cast votes for local government elections is Nov. 4. Voters will choose new mayors, city councilors and commissioners and consider important ballot initiatives. Those still needing to register to vote can do so at their county election offices until 8 p.

Across Montana, election officials are warning they’ve seen a number of voters tripped up by a new state requirement this year: that mail voters write their birth year when signing ballot envelopes.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Decision 2025: CLICK HERE for your unofficial municipal election results for Nov. 4, 2025.

In Montana, there are currently three active proposals for constitutional amendments that would require state judicial elections to remain nonpartisan.

Montana voters are having their first encounter with a new requirement to provide their birth year on the back of mail-in ballot envelopes alongside the previously required signature line. The change is a result of a legislative mandate aimed at enhancing mail election security.

Rejection rates are up following a new law requiring voters to write their birth year on their ballot envelope, multiple county elections administrators explained.

What's open Election Day 2025? Banks, mail delivery, grocery stores, and stock market operate normally despite government funding standoff affecting federal offices.

A new poll released Tuesday shows Montanans, and Americans in general, agree that political spending, including dark money in politics, has a corrosive effect on government, and lessens the trust in government.