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flag Montana group launches 2026 ballot initiative to protect citizens' power to pass laws via direct vote.

flag A new Montana group, Montanans Decide, is launching a 2026 ballot initiative to protect the state’s citizen-led constitutional amendment process amid growing legislative efforts to restrict it. flag The move follows voter-approved measures legalizing recreational cannabis in 2020 and abortion rights before fetal viability in 2024, which contrast with the state’s conservative leadership. flag Lawmakers introduced multiple bills during the 2025 session to raise approval thresholds, impose stricter signature rules, and ban foreign funding, while a $3,700 filing fee was struck down as unconstitutional. flag The group argues these actions hinder direct democracy and seeks constitutional safeguards to ensure voters, not lawmakers, retain power to shape state law.

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