Voter Protection: Be Involved
Make sure your vote counts!
Secretary of State
PO Box 202801 • Helena, MT 59620-2801
(406) 444-2034
WEAK LOGIN REQUIREMENTS FOR MONTANAS ONLINE VOTER LOOKUP
Montana’s online voter profile can be accessed by anyone with a voter’s dob
The State of Montana provides an online application to check your voter status. In order to access a voter’s private profile, the application requests a user to enter a voter’s first and last name, and date of birth. These weak pre-requisites allow anyone to achieve confidential data such as a voter’s home address.
MONTANA VOTING MACHINE SOFTWARE IS A SECURITY RISK
End-of-life software creates vulnerable systems and poses a hacking risk
The voting systems in Montana use outdated software (Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2) that is no longer supported by Microsoft since January 14, 2020. The lack of security patches creates a risk of hackers being able to access polling databases and, potentially, manipulate results.
Also, a security test report of the last voting system approved by the State of Montana pointed out that some of the devices use the same and unchangeable administrator password, useful information to any would be hacker for the upcoming elections.
- opi.mt.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=88B1PNqkPDY%3D&portalid=182
- www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/sysexam/brian-mechler-evs6040.pdf
- support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4467761/windows-what-happens-when-windows-7-support-ends#:~:text=After%2010%20years,%20support%20for,including%20security%20updates,%20from%20Microsoft
FRAUDULENTLY GATHERED SIGNATURES REMOVES PARTY FROM NOV. BALLOT
GOP paid to gather signatures for Green Party candidates to be in the general election
The Democratic Party filed a suit leading to a ruling that said the Green Party's qualifying petitions did not have enough signatures. The Green Party revealed it was not collecting signatures for the 2020 election cycle. Upon learning that the GOP was behind the signature-gathering several hundred people attempted to withdraw their signatures. The ruling affirmed that the withdrawal requests must be accepted, leading to the Green Party's petition not meeting the minimum qualifications. In a twist, the Green Party stated it was not supporting candidates for the US House and Senate; the Green Party supports all other races with a Green Party candidate.
Montana Constitutional Preamble
We the people of Montana grateful to God for the quiet beauty of our state, the grandeur of our mountains, the vastness of our rolling plains, and desiring to improve the quality of life, equality of opportunity and to secure the blessings of liberty for this and future generations do ordain and establish this constitution.
