Meet the election volunteers who help make elections happen

HELENA — There’s a lot more that goes into elections than meets the eye. Election volunteers are an asset to ensuring a smooth election process.

“There's so much to it,” said Election Judge Nancy Perry. “It's really a very complicated process, and it's just exciting to be a part of it.”

When Nancy Perry moved back home to Helena after retiring, she knew she wanted to get involved.

(Meet the election volunteers who help make elections happen) Meet the election volunteers who help make elections happen

“Oh gosh, I've wanted to be able to do this for so long,” Perry said. “Every time I went to vote, I thought, ‘Who are those people doing this? This looks like such interesting work, so I kind of thought, ‘wouldn't it be fun to actually finally now do this?”

There are four main roles th