The Montana House State Administration Committee will hear HB 436 on Tuesday, February 19, at 8 a.m. This is the bill to establish a top-two primary system for all partisan office except President. It is unfortunate that Montana’s legislature has hearings that early in the morning, because Montana is physically a very large state, and sometimes has bad driving conditions in the winter, and it is very difficult for persons who live far from Helena to be there that early, unless they go to the expense of arriving the day before and staying the night. Thanks to James Conner for this news.
I hear a cold front will be moving into Montana on Sunday, with 3 to 4 inches in the mountains and some passes, starting in western Montana. Richard is right, 8 am is too early for people to get to Helena. From western Montana it could take up to two hours if the roads are decent. Let’s hope there’s a small crowd there as well, for the hearing.