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Efforts to put the ban before voters have faced some initial hurdles. In January, the Montana Supreme Court agreed with Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s findings that the proposed constitutional initiative affected multiple parts of the state Constitution and therefore couldn’t be condensed into a single voting measure.
Plan architect Mangan quickly filed new language, which is now under review by the Legislative Services Division. The Attorney General’s office and the governor’s budget director must also complete reviews.
The timing of those reviews will determine just how much of a crunch organizers face in getting the measure on the ballot. Mangan said in an interview before the public forum that petitioners would have at most 12 weeks — but possibly as little as two weeks — to gather enough signatures to qualify it for the November general election ballot. The constitutional initiative would need approximately 60,000 signatures, with representation from at least 40 legislative districts, in order to qualify.
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