‘Montana Plan’ to prohibit corporate spending in politics green lit for signature gathering

By: Micah Drew

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: March 11, 2026

Words: 401

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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A plan to prohibit corporations from spending money on political candidates or ballot issues, aptly named “The Montana Plan,” is moving forward with the signature-gathering process, though in a different form than initially proposed.

The Transparent Election Initiative originally put forward a ballot issue to make a change to the Montana Constitution, but both the state’s Attorney General and Supreme Court found the language violated a “single subject” rule that governs citizen initiatives.

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