Reuters

U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen found that Governor Steve Bullock, a Democrat, was within his authority to allow the state's counties to use a mail ballot system to avoid the risk of transmitting COVID-19 at polling places. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "The evidence suggests, however, that this allegation, specifically in Montana, is a fiction," wrote Christensen, who was nominated by former Democratic President Barack Obama.