Montana House Passes HB 207 but Amends it So it No Longer Increases Number of Signatures

On Thursday, February 6, the Montana House passed HB 207 on second reading. This is the bill that originally increased the number of signatures for independent legislative candidates from 5% of the winner’s vote in the last election, to 10%. The vote was almost perfectly party-line, with Republicans voting for it and Democrats voting against. However, one Democrat, Scott Rosenzweig, also voted for it. UPDATE: the bill was amended so that it no longer raises the number of signatures. Instead it bars “sore loser” write-in candidates and makes the deadline for filing as a declared write-in somewhat earlier.


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Montana House Passes HB 207 but Amends it So it No Longer Increases Number of Signatures — 4 Comments

  1. AZ is a spambot spewing the crazy ideas of Thomas W Jones. Jones is known for never winning a case, often being laughed out of court in a matter of minutes.

  2. Can the Supreme Court rule retroactively that a constitutional amendment was improperly adopted, and would that void it and all cases that stemmed from its interpretation?

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