Hopping mad

by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville

I’ve been in three recent hacks of my personal information, and recently I read in the Montana Free Press it happened again through Christi Jacobsen, our Secretary of State. She released unredacted voter files which contain a lot of private data to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Montana’s State Constitution, Article II, protects our right to privacy. Furthermore, states control elections and voter information, not the federal government. DOJ now expects to screen Montana voter files and require the state to remove those identified as ineligible plus share voter information with third parties. It is no surprise that this is happening prior to the midterm elections.  

I filed a complaint with Governor Gianforte’s office. You can too by calling his office at 406-444-3111. Christi recently sent out a glossy postcard to Montanans with her and President Trump standing together with a message of election integrity at a cost of $197,000. I expect the Secretary of State to be non-partisan in her government position, guess that’s asking too much. And Trump, well he still believes without any evidence he won the 2020 election.