Christi Jacobsen

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.

The group of 10 Montana lawmakers is asking for a joint committee to investigate the state’s election security, saying there’s “widespread belief” among Montanans that irregularities have sown doubt in the state's election integrity.

A panel of federal judges has struck down the current map outlining the districts for Montana’s utility oversight commission and implemented a new one. The order comes days before the filing deadline for candidates running for the commission.

Montana’s union for public employees and several private business owners say the attorney general and secretary of state didn’t properly vet a proposed constitutional initiative that would cap how much the state can tax property.

Montana’s largest labor union filed a lawsuit today against Montana’s secretary of state over same-day voting registration restrictions passed during the 2021 legislative session.

The new laws in question limit voter identification acceptable at the polls, restrict ballot drop-offs and eliminate same-day voter registration.

Missoula Democratic state Sen. Bryce Bennett is resigning from the Montana Legislature to take a job in Washington D.C.

The dispute between Republican legislative leadership and the state Supreme Court will likely continue after the legislative session ends. This as...

Missoula County’s elections office and a local GOP-backed citizens group remain locked in a dispute regarding an alleged discrepancy in the number of ballots cast there during the 2020 election. The claims haven’t been substantiated in court, yet the allegations are being used in an argument to justify the need for enhanced election security in the state.

The Montana Democratic Party is challenging the constitutionality of new policies ending same-day voter registration and changing voter ID requirements. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed them into law Monday.