Primary change proposed during town hall meeting

Choteau Acantha | April 24, 2024

“I think it’s time for a change,” [Mayor Chris] Hindoien said. In Montana, just 6% of voters get 88% of legislative seats elected. “That’s a huge number,” he said.

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New Constitutional Initiatives Could Change How Montanans Vote

NonStop Local | April 24, 2024

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Bruce Tutvedt and Ted Kronebusch: Put Voters Back in Charge

Flathead Beacon | April 16, 2024

“We trust Montana voters to think for themselves. Montanans want to be able to vote for the person, not just the party. And we deserve more and better choices on the ballot in November.”

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What are Montana Constitutional Initiatives 126 and 127?

KRTV | April 5, 2024

“Because there are more candidates available, candidates are going to have to work harder to ensure that they have some crossover appeal to the broadest collection of voters in their district in order to get elected,” says Senior Advisor for Montanans for Election Reform, Rob Cook.

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Montana GOP says proposed primary change ‘destructive,’ advocates say it tempers extremism

Daily Montanan | April 4, 2024

“It brings us back more to the center, which is a dirty word for some folks on both sides of the aisle,” Sexton said. “This is really about choice and freedom to select those people who are going to be the best representatives, rather than having– whether it’s on the left or the right– those extremes that often the party puts forward, be elected in the primary because not many people vote in the primary.”

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Flathead leaders lobby for election reform ballot initiatives

Daily Inter Lake | April 2, 2024

“I don't feel like people have been more ready for a change, a fundamental change in how we choose people to govern, than right now,” said former Kalispell Police Chief and Republican state legislator Frank Garner this week. 

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Flathead Leaders Rally Around Election Reform Initiatives

Flathead Beacon | March 15, 2024

“The voice of the people is getting buried, it’s being lost,” Sue Corrigan said. “We want the opportunity to vote for the person, not for the party.”

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Decision 2024: Montanans for Election Reform propose changes to voting

NBC Montana | March 12, 2024

Garner said the group wants to give Montanans more power in their election system.

"We think we can do better, that our government can do better, that our election system needs to do better," Garner said."

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Signature gathering begins for two election reform initiatives

MTN News | February 7, 2024

“I know from talking to people across the state and in my hometown that they're tired of the divisiveness, tired of us not solving some of the hardest problems, and they want to see reforms and changes that put them back in charge,” says Garner.

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Election reform group officially begins signature-gathering effort

Helena Independent Record | February 7, 2024

“An elections reform group officially launched its campaign to gather thousands of signatures from across the state in an effort to get two initiatives on November's ballot. 

Montanans for Election Reform (MER) gathered at a Wednesday event in Helena to ink the first signatures of the campaign.”

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Lawmakers support majority-vote initiative

Montana Free Press | January 5, 2024

“A legislative interim committee Thursday lent overwhelming support to a proposed ballot initiative that, if passed by voters in 2024, would require most Montana elections to be decided by a majority of the vote. 

The State Administration and Veterans’ Affairs Committee voted 9-1 in favor of Ballot Issue 13. This means signature-gathering sheets for the initiative will note the committee’s support for the proposal.”

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Committee supports ballot initiative that could change Montana elections

Daily Montanan | January 4, 2024

“A ballot initiative to change how elections are won in Montana to a majority vote system is a step closer to appearing on the ballot.

Legislators took a 9-1 vote Thursday to support the proposed change in a special State Administration and Veterans’ Affairs Interim Committee meeting. Proponents now need to gather enough signatures– from 10% of the voters of 40 house districts, and 10% of the total citizens eligible to vote in the state– for the issue to go to the voters this November.”

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