Anyone who wants to get a ballot measure in front of Montana voters in the 2026 elections has until mid-June to turn in thousands of signatures from registered voters.
The Montana Secretary of State's office is sending out post cards to residents announcing a new election security program.
Less than 48 hours after the Montana Supreme Court stopped a first-of-its-kind constitutional measure that would prohibit corporations from spending money on political candidates or ballot issues, the Transparent Election Initiative in Montana resubmitted a revised proposal that its leaders said honored the court’s ruling and simplified the motion.
There’s a growing field of Democratic candidates challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke in the race for Montana’s western U.S. House seat.
Midterm elections are still months away, but the race for Montana’s western congressional district is already heating up.
Top court unanimously says first-of-its kind measure violates ‘single-subject’ rule; group says it’ll re-file the proposal.
A ballot proposal to limit campaign spending in Montana is blocked from advancing. The state’s high court Tuesday ruled it doesn’t pass legal muster.
Montana Supreme Court rejects initiative on corporate political spending, sponsors plan to try again
The Montana Supreme Court has rejected a proposed ballot measure intended to block corporations from spending on political campaigns – but the sponsors of the measure say they plan to try again.
The filing came just two days after the state Supreme Court found an earlier version of the initiative legally insufficient.
A pair of groups championing ballot issues aimed at maintaining nonpartisan courts in Montana announced Thursday they’d be consolidating their efforts, aiming to garner support for a single initiative — Constitutional Initiative 132 — that would ensure all judicial elections in Montana remain nonpartisan.
If the hope among Democrats for a decisive blue wave in the 2026 midterms has a chance of coming to pass, the party would likely have to win difficult House contests in redder parts of the country. Montana's 1st Congressional District may prove to be the test case for whether that can happen.
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