2026 ELECTION RESEARCH · MT

Montana ballot questions

Source review and research limits are shown for each question. An unknown detail is not treated as a fact.

Evidence & research limitsReviewed October 21, 2026

The Secretary of State qualified list contains CI-132, CI-133 and I-194. Other circulated or submitted proposals on the page are not certified November measures.

Question inventoryOfficial list checked

Candidate recordsSource review partial; see scope

EndorsementsPublished statements only; coverage incomplete

What has and has not been checked

The official portal reports 143 offices and 272 candidates; the application has 253 records across a narrower contest scope. Federal Senate and both House district listings were read and compared. Only the first paginated portal page was extracted, so state-legislative records were not fully reconciled. Judicial and public-service-commission coverage requires separate checking.

Local coverage is not exhaustively verified. This audit covers the existing statewide-question inventory and the precisely stated candidate-roster scope; official county, municipal and district ballots remain necessary.

Current-officeholder rosters are dated snapshots, not a guarantee of current service. Individual biographies, policy claims and controversies are unknown unless a separate review is shown. An unknown endorsement does not mean no endorsement exists.

This review does not certify every municipality, district, precinct or address-specific ballot. Confirm the voter’s official local sample ballot.
Candidate biographies, policy positions and controversies were not substantively audited in this roster review.
Endorsement research is not exhaustive. An unrecorded endorsement or party position means not verified here, not that none exists.
No comprehensive post-certification litigation docket was reviewed; subsequent court orders or election-official corrections may change treatment.
Question headings are editorial descriptions. Review status identifies which parts of the explanation were independently checked.
The full voter-information PDF was not successfully downloaded; CI-133 full text and the qualified-issue official descriptions were readable. I-194 enforcement and fiscal details remain partial.

Montana Secretary of State: qualified 2026 ballot issues

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STATEWIDECI-132Question

Keep judicial elections nonpartisan

Source review availableSee exactly what was checked

The fields listed below were checked against the linked sources on October 21, 2026. Future outcomes, final contract awards and individual tax bills are not established by this review.

Checked: Title, Summary, Yes vote, No vote, Beneficiaries, Fiscal estimate, Tradeoffs.

Unknown: Named organizations.

Montana Secretary of State: qualified 2026 ballot issues

Adds a one-sentence constitutional requirement that judicial elections remain nonpartisan.

YES

Constitutionally protects nonpartisan judicial elections.

Leaves the Constitution unchanged; it does not itself convert elections to partisan races.

Who benefits or is affected

Judicial candidates and voters would have a constitutional requirement for nonpartisan judicial elections. No campaign funding or private award is created.

Costs and tradeoffs

No quantified taxpayer-cost estimate was verified. The measure does not establish a bond or grant program.

Changing the constitutional nonpartisan requirement later would require a constitutional change.

Organizations named in the records

Recipient names: unknown. No separately verified allocation or contract-award list is recorded for this question. This does not mean no recipients exist.

Published party positions

Democratic Party

Unknown — no verified statement is recorded for this question.

Republican Party

oppose

Montana Republican Party

The organization explicitly recommends rejection.

Published 2026-04-13 · Source checked 2026-10-21

Official party resolution

A position applies to the named organization, not every party member. Missing evidence does not establish neutrality. We do not infer a party’s position from its ideology or a legislator’s vote.

Montana Secretary of State: qualified 2026 ballot issues Official voter guide and nonpartisan analysis

STATEWIDECI-133Question

Constitutional protections for initiatives and referendums

Source review availableSee exactly what was checked

The fields listed below were checked against the linked sources on October 21, 2026. Future outcomes, final contract awards and individual tax bills are not established by this review.

Checked: Title, Summary, Yes vote, No vote, Beneficiaries, Tradeoffs.

Unknown: Fiscal estimate, Named organizations.

Montana Secretary of State: qualified 2026 ballot issues Montana Secretary of State: CI-133 full text

Protects the initiative and referendum process through impartial and timely review, a 90-day initial approval and legal-review deadline, signature safeguards and restrictions on government advocacy.

YES

Adopts the procedural protections and limits on government burdens.

Keeps existing constitutional provisions and review processes.

Who benefits or is affected

Initiative and referendum sponsors and petition signers receive the stated procedural protections. No sponsor, campaign or business receives a funding award.

Costs and tradeoffs

Unknown. A reliable fiscal estimate has not been independently verified.

Initial legal review is subject to the specified 90-day deadline.

The proposal preserves legal review while adding procedural and signature protections.

Organizations named in the records

Recipient names: unknown. No separately verified allocation or contract-award list is recorded for this question. This does not mean no recipients exist.

Published party positions

Democratic Party

Unknown — no verified statement is recorded for this question.

Republican Party

Unknown — no verified statement is recorded for this question.

A position applies to the named organization, not every party member. Missing evidence does not establish neutrality. We do not infer a party’s position from its ideology or a legislator’s vote.

Montana Secretary of State: qualified 2026 ballot issues Montana Secretary of State: CI-133 full text Official voter guide and nonpartisan analysis

STATEWIDEI-194Question

Restrict political spending by corporations and other legal entities

Source review availableSee exactly what was checked

The fields listed below were checked against the linked sources on October 21, 2026. Future outcomes, final contract awards and individual tax bills are not established by this review.

Checked: Title, Summary, Yes vote, No vote, Beneficiaries, Tradeoffs.

Unknown: Fiscal estimate, Named organizations.

Montana Secretary of State: qualified 2026 ballot issues

Bars covered artificial persons, including corporations, nonprofits, trusts, partnerships and associations, from political spending and contributions, with exceptions for individuals, political committees, public entities and news or commentary.

YES

Adopts the restrictions and business-privilege forfeiture penalties.

Keeps existing campaign-finance law.

Who benefits or is affected

Individuals, political committees, public entities and the specified news/commentary activities are exceptions to the restrictions on covered artificial persons. No private recipient is awarded public money.

Costs and tradeoffs

Unknown. A reliable fiscal estimate has not been independently verified.

Political committees and individual spending are excepted; this is not a prohibition on all organized political spending.

Organizations named in the records

Recipient names: unknown. No separately verified allocation or contract-award list is recorded for this question. This does not mean no recipients exist.

Published party positions

Democratic Party

Unknown — no verified statement is recorded for this question.

Republican Party

Unknown — no verified statement is recorded for this question.

A position applies to the named organization, not every party member. Missing evidence does not establish neutrality. We do not infer a party’s position from its ideology or a legislator’s vote.

Montana Secretary of State: qualified 2026 ballot issues Official voter guide and nonpartisan analysis

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