Tuesday’s Quick Hits

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Welcome! Here are the topics for today’s column:

  • Ballot Envelope Birth Year
  • U.S. Senate Montana Poll
  • Speaker Mike Johnson
  • Domed Baseball Stadiums
  • One More Thing

BALLOT ENVELOPE BIRTH YEAR:

A judge has struck down the silly rule that required Montana voters to write their birth year on absentee ballot return envelopes. 

For those keeping score at home, MAGA Republicans passed that requirement in the Montana Legislature. (Source) 

The Montana Free Press is reporting on the issue HERE. The Cascade County Elections Department posted the new information on their Facebook page.

U.S. SENATE MONTANA POLL:

Republican Kurt Alme holds a clear advantage in the Montana U.S. Senate race despite entering at the eleventh hour. His sudden candidacy followed a closed-door arrangement in which incumbent Steve Daines withdrew just minutes before the filing deadline to hand off the slot. 

That pissed off many Montanans, but it does not appear it pissed them off enough to not support Alme. 

A new poll commissioned through NonStop Local shows Republican candidate Kurt Alme with a sizable lead in the race for the US Senate seat being vacated by Senator Steve Daines. 

NonStop Local reports that Kurt Alme, the Republican nominee, leads the field by 19 points. Around 45.1% of Montanans—surveyed via live phone calls and text conversations between September 19 and 24—expressed plans to vote for Alme. Support for Independent Seth Bodnar and Democrat Alani Bankhead just barely trailed behind Alme at 45% combined, with 26.1% of Montanans voicing their support for Bodnar to Bankhead’s 18.9%.  

The race would have been exciting and competitive if Bankhead or Bodnar had stepped aside. 

SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: 

NonStop Local is reporting that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson will be campaigning in Bozeman on October 20 for Congressional candidate Aaron Flint.

If Johnson wants to remain Speaker in the next Congress, he will need candidates like Flint to win their races. I’m not sure how big an attraction Johnson will be. He’s a pretty boring person. He’s about as exciting as watching paint dry. 

Many in the media are waiting to hear when/where President Donald Trump will campaign in Montana.  

DOMED BASEBALL STADIUMS:

Ty France of the San Diego Padres hit a high fly ball that struck a roof cable in deep left field during Game 1 of the 2026 National League Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The ball changed path after hitting the cable and dropped straight down, allowing Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio to catch it for an out instead of a potential go-ahead, ninth-inning home run. Milwaukee won the game 3-2. (Source)

I believe that baseball is meant to be played outdoors under the open sky. While stadiums like the Brewers’ use retractable roofs to beat the elements, true baseball belongs in the fresh air, not under a lid.

ONE MORE THING:

Why do SCUBA divers fall backwards out of the boat? 

Because if they fell forward, they would still be in the boat. 

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7 thoughts on “Tuesday’s Quick Hits”

    • There has always been a few issues. Your example told about 16 ballots.
      The Associated Press (AP), in an exhaustive review of the 2020 election across six highly contested battleground states, found fewer than 475 potential voter fraud cases out of more than 25 million total ballots cast.
      I think we have a pretty good system. The MAGAs of Montana made fools of themselves when enacting the birthdate rule. -JmB

  2. Wow, if I was a Democratic ballot harvester I’d be overjoyed with this judge’s ruling. Now I can collect ballots at retirement homes and steal ballots out of rural (Republican) mailboxes. Fake the signature with the name provided on the envelope and drop them off at the county offices.

    Life is good.

    • That might be the narrative in the MAGA echo chamber, but it doesn’t align with reality.
      Even Trump is actively telling his supporters to vote by mail now. The irony is pretty hard to miss. -JmB

    • The signature has to match the one on file at the election dept.

      Good luck with that.

      Use better critical thinking skills, swede.

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