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Montana sees unofficial primary turnout drop from 2022
More than 37.6% of Montana’s registered voters participated in Tuesday’s primary election, down from 39.4% in the 2022 primaries, according to the Montana Secretary of State’s office.
Unofficial results show that 297,884 Montanans cast ballots during the 2026 primary, just up from the 293,049 votes cast in 2022.
But the drop in voter turnout comes from an increase in registered voters. The Secretary of State’s office shows a total of 791,151 registered voters, a 6.3% increase from the 743,710 registered voters in 2022.
It is also an increase of about 44,000 registrations from 2024, which saw turnout in the presidential year push past 41%.
https://dailymontanan.com/briefs/montana-sees-unofficial-primary-turnout-drop-from-2022/