Montanans for Election Reform Action Fund (MERAF) wishes to circulate an initiative for voters’ signatures that would make a Blanket Primary with the Top Four candidates advancing to a Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) General Election the election method for several offices in that state. It is named BI-12 (BI stands for “Ballot Initiative”).

The Montana Attorney General, Austin Knudsen, has ruled that the various provisions in BI-12, including no political party affiliations listed with candidates on either the Primary or General Election ballot, constitute too many provisions to have the initiative comply with the Single Subject Rule governing initiatives in Montana.

MERAF has sued the Montana Attorney General in the Supreme Court of Montana. The Attorney General recently filed a defense of his decision with the Court.

Here is the Montana Attorney General’s BI-12 Response.

Here is the story from coloradonewsline.com.

Here is the story from The Arizona Republic.

Thanks to Independent Political Report for the heads up.