HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has temporarily blocked a voter-approved law that restricts the collection of absentee ballots.
Several organizations argued the Ballot Interference Prevention Act disproportionately harms Native Americans who live in rural areas without home mail service, making it more difficult for them to vote. There are organizations that collect ballots on reservations.
The 2018 law allowed each person to turn in only six absentee ballots and asked that they fill out a form saying whose ballots they were returning.
A judge scheduled a hearing on May 29 in Billings on a motion to grant a preliminary injunction against enforcing the law. Primary election ballots are due June 2.
