Montana county official faces removal of oversight duties after expressing doubts on election integrity
Election Integrity,Montana,Politics
• Commissioners in Cascade County, Montana, are set to vote on removing election oversight duties from Clerk and Recorder Sandra Merchant. • Commissioner Joe Briggs proposed the resolution, citing complaints about local elections since Merchant took office earlier this year. • Briggs emphasized the need to address systemic problems before the upcoming general election. Commissioners in a Montana county are expected to vote Tuesday on whether to remove election oversight duties from a clerk and recorder who expressed doubts about the integrity of the election process when she ran for...
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