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On August 21, the Montana Supreme Court issued a one-page order, saying the Green Party should not be on the ballot. The order says the court will explain its reasoning later. Larson v State of Montana, DA 18-0414.
On August 21, the Montana Supreme Court issued a one-page order, saying the Green Party should not be on the ballot. The order says the court will explain its reasoning later. Larson v State of Montana, DA 18-0414.
The only hope for the Green Party to be on the November 2018 ballot
is to win its federal court case, which challenges the March 5 petition
deadline, and the distribution requirement. Unlike other states with
distribution requirements, the Montana distribution requirement does not
treat each voter equally. The law requires signatures from each of at
least 34 state house districts. But in some of those districts, the
party needs as few as 50 signatures, whereas in other such districts,
the party needs 150 signatures. Thus, voters in some counties have more
power than voters in other districts, because a voter’s signature in
some districts has three times the weight of voters in other districts.
Such unequal distribution requirements have been invalidated by the
U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts in many states.
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