Montana Supreme Court rewords ballot language for Transparent Election Initiative
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 “corporations” were affected by the proposal, when in fact, it could mean other types of entities, like nonprofits.
Meanwhile, backers of the initiative argued that Knudsen’s specific concerns about the ballot language didn’t allow his office to rewrite the entire ballot description.
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