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

MSU BOZEMAN Public Things: Money, Transparent Elections & the Montana Experience
MSU Public Things: Money, Transparent Elections & the Montana Experience with Governor Mark Racicot & Senator Jon Tester. will be live-streamed as well!

TEI Volunteer Signature Gathering Training
We will be providing signature gathering training for our ballot initiative to end corporate and dark money, The Montana Plan, as we gear up for signature gathering! Please email volunteer@transparentelection.org to volunteer!

Petition Ink
Montana cartoonist JC Moore original. The Montana Plan I-194 is currently gathering signatures to place initiative on the Montana ballot
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Corporate Interests File Lawsuit to Block Montanans from Collecting Signatures on “The Montana Plan”
“Think about it. They are telling the Court their voice is more important than the voices of our citizens and small businesses,” Mangan said. “This isn’t about protecting free speech — it’s about protecting the ability of big corporate interests to dominate our elections with money, while everyone else gets pushed aside.”

Transparent Election Initiative Launches Signature Collection for “The Montana Plan” Ballot Initiative
The Montana Plan is now moving from theory into action. “Our volunteers are ready,” Mangan emphasized. “From Glendive to Eureka, Montanans are prepared to collect signatures and put this question directly to the voters.”

Virtual Only Event The Montana Plan March 26
TEI presents ‘The Montana Plan’ online virtual event March 26th
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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

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

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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Dark Money Data & Resource Sources
there is a rich ecosystem of news and research tracking [dark money, corporate spending] that activity

Dark Money Data & Resource Sources
there is a rich ecosystem of news and research tracking [dark money, corporate spending] that activity
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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

MSU BOZEMAN Public Things: Money, Transparent Elections & the Montana Experience
MSU Public Things: Money, Transparent Elections & the Montana Experience with Governor Mark Racicot & Senator Jon Tester. will be live-streamed as well!

TEI Volunteer Signature Gathering Training
We will be providing signature gathering training for our ballot initiative to end corporate and dark money, The Montana Plan, as we gear up for signature gathering! Please email volunteer@transparentelection.org to volunteer!

Petition Ink
Montana cartoonist JC Moore original. The Montana Plan I-194 is currently gathering signatures to place initiative on the Montana ballot
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Corporate Interests File Lawsuit to Block Montanans from Collecting Signatures on “The Montana Plan”
“Think about it. They are telling the Court their voice is more important than the voices of our citizens and small businesses,” Mangan said. “This isn’t about protecting free speech — it’s about protecting the ability of big corporate interests to dominate our elections with money, while everyone else gets pushed aside.”

Transparent Election Initiative Launches Signature Collection for “The Montana Plan” Ballot Initiative
The Montana Plan is now moving from theory into action. “Our volunteers are ready,” Mangan emphasized. “From Glendive to Eureka, Montanans are prepared to collect signatures and put this question directly to the voters.”
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