Alex Sakariassen, Montana Free Press
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After a year of unsuccessful requests, election critics in the Montana Legislature will get a special committee focused on election security.
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Preliminary fall data from OPI show another year of K-12 student growth following pandemic-era decline.
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Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s allegations against recent courtroom rivals was dismissed as “frivolous.”
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The laws would have ended Election Day voter registration, changed voter ID requirements, and banned paid ballot collection. They are now permanently blocked from going into effect.
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The ruling comes amid multi-pronged election administration litigation and also blocks new voter ID requirements adopted by the 2021 Montana Legislature.
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In the trial’s final days, courtroom debate turned to the origins of the state’s three new voting laws and the case’s ties to broader conspiracies about voter fraud.
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The justices have overturned a district court injunction blocking new voting laws.
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The state health department is seeking pandemic-EBT funding two months after declining continued participation.
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From debates over library books to local GOP campaign contributions, politics are defining the Billings school board election in more ways than one.
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A Billings judge temporarily suspended four new election laws passed by Republicans in 2021, saying the plaintiffs make a compelling case that they’re unconstitutional.