By DARRELL EHRLICK | Editor-in-Chief
"We’ve never given up the authority as a state to determine what powers corporations have. So, what I-194 does simply is basically redefine those powers.” – Jeff Mangan, who is leading the Transparent Election Initiative (Initiative 194) which would ban corporations from spending on political candidates or issues in Montana.
Flint, Forstag trade barbs during debate for Montana’s open Congressional seat
by Micah Drew
As many Montanans were still on their first cup of coffee Tuesday, two candidates in a tightening race for federal office traded full blows in a debate, one attacked for being too crazy and the other for already being too much of a politician. Republican Aaron Flint and Democrat Sam Forstag are vying to replace […]
I-194 seeks to remove ‘dark money’ from politics
by Jordan Hansen
An initiative seeking to limit spending by corporations, nonprofits and other organizations in elections, I-194, will be on the ballot this November. The initiative, which is being spearheaded by the Transparent Election Initiative, is using Montana’s ability for citizens to propose state laws to ask the question: Whether “artificial persons” can contribute to elections to […]
Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It’s mostly failed.
by Jonathan Shorman
Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department of Justice pressured or sued states for their voters’ information and then, according to court […]
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