'The Montana Plan'

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

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A Response to the Montana Chamber: A Historical Reminder

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.

A Response to the Montana Chamber: The Montana Plan Doesn't Silence Anyone

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!

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

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

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

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.”

Pete Buttigieg Endorses The Montana Plan, Announces Butte Town Hall

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

Main Street Business Support The Montana Plan

Main Street Business Support The Montana Plan

As a main street business for over 50 years, I simply reject the notion that corporations with unlimited budgets should be able to buy elections of people who will be in the pocket of those donors

BREAKING! Montana Supreme Court Finds TEI’s Constitutional Initiative Language Legally Sufficient

BREAKING! Montana Supreme Court Finds TEI’s Constitutional Initiative Language Legally Sufficient

Orlando Sentinel: Corporations Spend Big in Florida Politics

Orlando Sentinel: Corporations Spend Big in Florida Politics

The state of Montana is betting it can, with an oddly simple, yet startlingly robust solution.