蒙大拿州的推动无党派司法选举的努力在法院决定挑战投票语言和拒绝措施时停滞不前. Montana’s push for nonpartisan judicial elections stalls as court decides on challenged ballot language and rejected measure.

在支持者对总检察长奥斯汀·克努森拒绝其选票声明提出质疑后,为确保无党派司法选举正在等待蒙大拿最高法院的裁决,拟议对蒙大拿州进行三项宪法修正案,以确保无党派司法选举。 Three proposed Montana constitutional amendments to ensure nonpartisan judicial elections are pending a Montana Supreme Court decision after backers challenged Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s rejection of their ballot statements. 倡议——CI-131、CI-132和选票第6号——旨在维持或扩大州法院和未来法院的无党派选举。 The initiatives—CI-131, CI-132, and Ballot Issue #6—aim to maintain or expand nonpartisan elections for state and future courts. Knudsen的办公室核准了这些措施的用语,但用自己的摘要取代了提案国提议的摘要,而倡导者声称这种摘要具有误导性。 Knudsen’s office approved the measures’ language but replaced sponsor-proposed summaries with its own, which advocates claim are misleading. 对6号选票的修改和否决提出了法律诉讼。 6号选票合并了两项条款,被视为违反宪法规则,不得对每份修正案进行多次修改。 Lawsuits have been filed over the changes and the rejection of Ballot Issue #6, which combines two provisions deemed a violation of a constitutional rule against multiple changes per amendment. 法律争端拖延签名收集工作,这需要40个立法区至少60 241个有效签名才有资格参加2026年投票。 Legal disputes delay signature-gathering, which requires at least 60,241 valid signatures from 40 legislative districts to qualify for the 2026 ballot.