National stakes for a county job in Great Falls

The MT Lowdown is a weekly digest that showcases a more personal side of Montana Free Press’ high-quality reporting while keeping you up to speed on the biggest news impacting Montanans. Want to see the MT Lowdown in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. The results of several banner races in Montana’s 2024 elections may well hinge on Cascade County, a noted swing county and home to Montana’s third-largest city, Great Falls. But an ongoing local dispute over election administration has raised a particularly fundamental question: Who will be in charge of ensuring the votes are coun