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

Dark Money Screening in Conrad MT March 15
Free screening at Orpheum Theatre at 6:30PM with Special Guests!
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Montana Voices: Claiten Gusler, Conservative Father Backing The Montana Plan
“I want my kids to be able to elect officials who care about them, not corporations.

The State of Montana Podcast | Jeff Mangan
I don’t ever beg people to share an episode from my podcast, but if this initiative gets on the ballot, Montana will be the first state to find a way to ban corporate financing from political campaigns - Russell Rowland

Commentary | The Montana Plan
The Montana Plan is an initiative that needs to get on the ballot in November of 2026

Dark Money Screening - Carroll College Screening and Q&A
Wednesday, March 18th, 6:00PM, at Carroll College in Helena

KTVQ Q2 | Former Montana leaders speak at Billings forum on limiting corporate election spending
Nearly 800 filled the Lincoln Auditorium on Saturday to hear about The Montana Plan

Dark Money Film - Missoula Screening | Q & A March 1st
Free Dark Money Screening in Missoula on March 1st

Dark Money Film - Helena Screening | Q & A March 31st
Free Dark Money Screening in Helena on March 31st at The Myrna Loy

Montana! Tell us you want to SIGN! when our initiative is ready!
Montana! tell us you want to SIGN! when The Montana Plan initiative is ready!

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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Montana! Tell us you want to SIGN! when our initiative is ready!
Montana! tell us you want to SIGN! when The Montana Plan initiative is ready!

TEI Volunteer Signature Gathering Training
We will be providing signature gathering training for our expected ballot initiative to end corporate and dark money, The Montana Plan, as we get closer to potential signature gathering timeline as the new proposed initiative language moves through the approval process. Please email volunteer@transparentelection.org to volunteer!
Media

Politico | Meta Drops $65 Million into superPACS
Meta has loaded $65 million into two super PACs to help elect state candidates it views as supportive of the AI and tech industry

Dark Money Screening in Conrad MT March 15
Free screening at Orpheum Theatre at 6:30PM with Special Guests!
.jpg?table=block&id=3115280f-62fa-805e-aa10-ee9438b5750a&cache=v2)
Montana Voices: Claiten Gusler, Conservative Father Backing The Montana Plan
“I want my kids to be able to elect officials who care about them, not corporations.

The State of Montana Podcast | Jeff Mangan
I don’t ever beg people to share an episode from my podcast, but if this initiative gets on the ballot, Montana will be the first state to find a way to ban corporate financing from political campaigns - Russell Rowland

Commentary | The Montana Plan
The Montana Plan is an initiative that needs to get on the ballot in November of 2026

Dark Money Screening - Carroll College Screening and Q&A
Wednesday, March 18th, 6:00PM, at Carroll College in Helena

Politico | Meta Drops $65 Million into superPACS
Meta has loaded $65 million into two super PACs to help elect state candidates it views as supportive of the AI and tech industry

MTFP | Bipartisan group push plan to block corporate dark money in Montana politics
Supporters present The Montana Plan as a clever workaround to Citizens United, the watershed U.S. Supreme Court decision from 2010 that allowed for unlimited corporate spending in elections





