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Judge blocks Election Day voter registration changes

Late voter registration, allowing Montanans to sign up to vote so long as they’re in line before polls officially close, will continue at least through the June 2 primary election under a court order issued Monday. In Lewis and Clark District Court, Judge Adam Larsen blocked a law passed

Montana district court blocks law restricting voter registration hours, allows voter ID law

A Montana district court has ordered a temporary halt on a new law aimed at restricting Election Day voter registration and tightening the hours voters can register in the days leading up to it, while upholding a new voter identification law. In a 22-page order on Friday, District Court

Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling

Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) The outrage was swift and severe when the U.S. Supreme Court, by an ideologically divided 6-3 vote, recently struck down Louisiana’s majority Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Critics lambasted the court for gutting the Voting Rights Act, the federal law that

AI disinfo tests South Korean laws ahead of local elections

AI disinfo tests South Korean laws ahead of local elections

In an airy office in South Korea, workers comb through social media, uncovering AI-generated content whose growing sophistication is testing toughened election laws ahead of local polls. Experts warn that cheaper, more advanced artificial intelligence models are driving the global spread of online disinformation -- a major concern in South

Deepfakes or criminalizing free speech?: ‘It’s politics’ Bozeman attorney says of mailers in complaint

Lewistown resident Dan Bartel’s 1,872 mailers with doctored images of Republican state House District 68 candidate Jennifer Carlson of Churchill holding LGBTQ+ pride flags and wearing gender-pronoun buttons is free speech, argues a legal complaint filed in Montana U.S. District Court on Wednesday. “Plaintiff Dan Bartel

Citizen Voting Amendment may avoid partisan SAVE Act pitfalls

Despite public support and majorities in both houses, Republicans have been unable to pass the SAVE Act because of Democratic objections in the Senate. But a proposed constitutional amendment could be a way to unite lawmakers from both parties to pass meaningful election reform. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE)

Voters reject school mill levies in Helena, East Helena

Voters in Helena and East Helena have rejected four total mill levies proposed by their separate school districts in Tuesday’s election aimed toward keeping up with technology licensing needs in Helena and boosting teaching staff and district coffers in East Helena, according to unofficial results. Election results released early