Transparent Election Initiative Launches Signature Collection for "The Montana Plan"

The Transparent Election Initiative (TEI) announced today that it has received official petition sheets from the Montana Secretary of State for Initiative I-194, the statutory version of “The Montana Plan,” allowing the campaign to begin collecting signatures to place the initiative on the November 3 ballot.

The statutory initiative — now designated Initiative I-194 — was found legally sufficient by the Attorney General and transmitted to the Secretary of State’s office for petition preparation and circulation.

If passed in November, “The Montana Plan” would clarify that the powers granted by...