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Candidates up and down the ballot for statewide and legislative races filed their quarterly campaign finance reports Wednesday.

Despite objections from Republican officials, the initiative campaign is poised to begin collecting signatures to put the proposal on the November ballot.

Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen sent the group behind a proposed abortion access constitutional amendment its ballot petition ahead of Friday’s court-imposed deadline so the group can start collecting signatures.

Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen will have to send the sample ballot petition to the group trying to get an initiative aiming to enshrine abortion access in the state

Following a week of court challenges and back-and-forth arguments about court procedure and orders, Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen sent the group behind a proposed abortion access constitutional amendment its ballot petition ahead of Friday’s court-imposed deadline so the group can start collecting signatures. Jacobsen provided the Supreme Court notice that her office had […] The post Jacobsen sends group ballot petition to start collecting signatures for abortion init...

The attorney for the group trying to get an amendment to enshrine abortion access in the Montana constitution onto November’s ballot filed another request with the Supreme Court Thursday to force the Secretary of State to provide the group with the ballot petition so it can start collecting signatures. The latest filing is a request […] The post Abortion initiative group asks Supreme Court to force Jacobsen to issue ballot petition appeared first on Daily Montanan.

Democrats held an event at the Montana State Capitol to highlight stories from health care providers and patients, who said there have been real impacts for people who’ve lost Medicaid coverage.

The group behind a proposed ballot measure to enshrine abortion access in the state Constitution asked the Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday morning to clarify its order from earlier this week in the face of what it says are continued delays from the Secretary of State and Senate Republicans. Raph Graybill, the attorney representing Montanans […] The post Group backing abortion initiative seeks clarity from Supreme Court on next steps appeared first on Daily Montanan.

The Montana Supreme Court on Monday wrote the ballot statement for a proposed amendment to enshrine abortion access in the Montana Constitution, rejecting the attorney general’s statement as well as the one originally proposed by the group behind the measure. The 6-0 decision by the court, which Justice Jim Rice did not join, sends the […] The post Supreme Court writes ballot statement for proposed abortion constitutional amendment appeared first on Daily Montanan.

This is exactly why we talked about the need to fundamentally overhaul the way Montana collects property taxes.