Dear Editor: Vote yes to CI-132

Dear Editor,

Vote yes to CI-132

Here's why:

CI-132 is a simple measure that adds just FIVE words to the MT Constitution: "Judicial Elections shall remain Nonpartisan."

Note the word REMAIN. This constitutional initiative preserves the 90-year tradition we have had of voting for judges in nonpartisan elections since 1935, when we stopped Montana's powerful Copper Kings from buying judges to rule in their favor.

Montana judges interact with people statewide in all sorts of circumstances; it could be for criminal charges, employment or property disputes, or even child custody cases. Only the law...