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.

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.

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.

This November 4 election is very important as it will decide who will govern our municipalities, Kalispell, Whitefish and Columbia Falls. Whether upgrades will happen to the school system in Columbia Falls.

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.

With a new chairman, Montana GOP is taking an active role in elections. “There’s a new sheriff in town,” said one representative. “He has a different way of doing things.”

President Donald Trump released a slew of endorsement posts for 2026 Congressional candidates on his social media network Truth Social on Monday, a full year out from the election.