Month: April 2025
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Fact Sheet – Issue: Partisan Election of Judges and Justices
Montana’s judicial elections have been nonpartisan since 1935, when the legislature prohibited political parties from endorsing, contributing to, or making expenditures in support of, or opposition to, judicial candidates. Current proposals to change the non-partisan nature of judicial elections could undermine judicial impartiality by increasing political influence over court decisions by implementing partisan elections for…