'The Montana Plan'
The Transparent Election Initiative's thoughts, additional resources, & related campaign finance media links.

A Response to the Montana Chamber: A Historical Reminder
Montana voters should be able to see who is trying to influence their vote. That is not anti-business; it is pro-accountability and pro-democracy.
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A Response to the Montana Chamber: The Montana Plan Doesn't Silence Anyone
The Montana Plan doesn't quiet a single Montanan. Every business owner, every employee, every rancher and shopkeeper …

Thank You, Butte!
The community exemplified the best of Montana and helped make this event possible in so many ways.

Transparent Election Initiative Launches Website for Voters to Self-Submit Signature/s for “The Montana Plan” Ballot Initiative
Registered Montana voters can print out the official I-194 petition form and unsworn declaration at home, sign the petition, complete an unsworn declaration, then mail their signed petition form & completed declaration
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Open Letter: Main Street for Montana
At its core, The Montana Plan is about leveling the playing field for small businesses

Issue One | New polling illuminates how the Supreme Court got Citizens United wrong
New polling commissioned by Issue One and conducted this month by YouGov reveals that overwhelming majorities of Americans — and Montanans — broadly believe that large-scale political spending by corporations, dark money groups, and wealthy donors undermines democracy, creates the appearance of corruption, and reduces trust in government.

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance | Transparent Election Initiative
Corporations have only the powers that states give them—no more. States stopped being choosy about the powers they granted to their corporations in the mid-1800s. But every single state retained the authority to be as choosy as they like. Every single state retains the authority to decide to no longer grant its corporations the power to spend in politics.
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Transparent Election Initiative Launches Website for Voters to Self-Submit Signature/s for “The Montana Plan” Ballot Initiative
Registered Montana voters can print out the official I-194 petition form and unsworn declaration at home, sign the petition, complete an unsworn declaration, then mail their signed petition form & completed declaration
Media

MSU Public Things: Money, Transparent Elections & the Montana Experience
The MSU College of Letters and Sciences Public Things: Conditions for a Sustainable Democracy initiative brings you a moderated discussion about the Montana experience with elections, campaign finance, and democracy.
Economic Architecture Podcast | Can Citizens Remove Corporate Money from Democratic Elections
we explore the political implications of Citizens United—the landmark 2010 Supreme Court decision that led to an unprecedented rise in corporate financing of political campaigns

Jeff Mangan to Join Bipartisan Panel at Montana State University on Money in Politics and Public Trust
The panel will bring together leaders with diverse political backgrounds to discuss the influence of money in elections, the need for transparency, and Montana’s longstanding role in addressing political corruption

A Response to the Montana Chamber: A Historical Reminder
Montana voters should be able to see who is trying to influence their vote. That is not anti-business; it is pro-accountability and pro-democracy.
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A Response to the Montana Chamber: The Montana Plan Doesn't Silence Anyone
The Montana Plan doesn't quiet a single Montanan. Every business owner, every employee, every rancher and shopkeeper …

Thank You, Butte!
The community exemplified the best of Montana and helped make this event possible in so many ways.

Transparent Election Initiative Launches Website for Voters to Self-Submit Signature/s for “The Montana Plan” Ballot Initiative
Registered Montana voters can print out the official I-194 petition form and unsworn declaration at home, sign the petition, complete an unsworn declaration, then mail their signed petition form & completed declaration

Dark Money Screening in Great Falls on May 12th
Special guests include Senator Jon Tester and journalists Mike Dennison and Peter Johnson

The Nation How The Montana Plan Could Make Citizens United Irrelevant
“We can make money not the focus of these races anymore, and put the focus where it should be, the citizen, the voter, regardless of party.”
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Pete Buttigieg Endorses The Montana Plan, Announces Butte Town Hall
I'm glad to do my part to support these efforts and believe The Montana Plan could be a blueprint for how to put citizen voices, not special interests, at the center of our politics

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