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A federal court Thursday set a March 4 trial for deciding whether and how to redraw Montana’s five Public Service Commission districts this election year – and blocked the state from certifying any candidates running for the two PSC seats up for election.
Since candidate filing ends March 14, the judges set a fast timeline to decide how to handle Public Service Commission districts with unequal populations.
A federal court Thursday set a March 4 trial for deciding whether and how to redraw Montana’s five Public Service Commission districts this election year – and blocked the state from certifying any candidates running for the two PSC seats up for election.
The Montana Secretary of State won't be able to certify candidates running for the Public Service Commission districts 1 and 5 at least for the time being, according to an order Thursday from the Helena Division of the U.S. District Court of Montana.
A federal court Thursday set a March 4 trial for deciding whether and how to redraw Montana’s five Public Service Commission districts this election year – and blocked the state from certifying any candidates running for the two PSC seats up for election.