Citizen ballots are democracy in action
What is the benefit of a citizen ballot initiative?
Currently there are six ballot initiatives approved by the Secretary of State for signature gathering. Several are sponsored by single individuals – one by a young teenage girl! These are Montanans! None are sponsored by out-of-state corporations like the marijuana initiative was.
Montana is one of several states whose constitution allows for individual citizens to sponsor a ballot initiative to change or amend an existing law. These initiatives go through a strict process of legal and constitutional review by the Attorney General.
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