Montana Supreme Court rewords ballot language for Transparent Election Initiative

By: Daily Montanan Staff

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 347

Last Updated: 1 day, 5 hours ago

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The Montana Supreme Court unanimously approved new language for a proposed ballot initiative which aims to halt corporate contributions to political candidates.

Attorney General Austin Knudsen rewrote the ballot language of the proposal, which is backed by the Transparent Election Initiative. He had previously tried to strike other ballot language as legally deficient.

The court approved the new language after Knudsen argued the Transparent Election Initiative’s wording could mislead voters into thinking that only …

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