https://bozemandailybee.com/tags/courthouse/Recent content in Courthouse on The Bozeman Daily BeeHugoen-usWed, 03 Jun 2026 07:10:00 +0000https://bozemandailybee.com/local/gallatin-county-polling-place-serves-traditionalists/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:10:00 +0000https://bozemandailybee.com/local/gallatin-county-polling-place-serves-traditionalists/<p>BOZEMAN - Gallatin County election officials reported that more than 22,000 absentee ballots had already moved through the primary process Tuesday, while the courthouse continued receiving a steadier but more ceremonial stream of residents who still wished to vote in the ancient civic style known as going somewhere on purpose.</p> <p>The arrangement appeared to satisfy everybody. Modern voters were able to complete democracy from the kitchen table. Traditional voters were permitted to put on a jacket, find parking, nod gravely at a clerk and leave with the private feeling that citizenship had briefly involved the legs.</p>