Two years ago, Montana’s debate over election policy was already making a hard pivot from the legislative arena into the courts. Lawmakers had passed a string of bills directly impacting the voter experience, including ending Election Day registration, and opponents of those laws were gearing up for a lengthy legal battle that’s now before the Montana Supreme Court.
Two years after passing laws directly impacting the voter experience, the Montana Legislature turned its attention in 2023 to the election process itself.
Montana lawmakers made education a primary focus of the 2023 session, passing a raft of bills targeting student achievement, parental rights and teacher retention.