US EditionLawsuit claims new Montana law could prevent college students from voting where they live
- On Tuesday, the Montana Public Interest Research Group filed a lawsuit challenging House Bill 413, recently passed by the state legislature and signed into law earlier this month.
- The lawsuit contests the bill’s revised residency criteria, which MontPIRG argues unlawfully prevents certain college students from being eligible to vote by narrowly restricting what qualifies as temporary residence.
- Rep. Jane Gillette sponsored the bill to clarify 'temporary purposes' as temporary work or education without intending permanent residence, while student advocates argue it unfairly restricts students' voting rights.
- The complaint warns students face an impossible choice to either remain at their school for years under penalty of perjury or forgo registering to vote where they live, representing roughly 28,000 Montana students.
- Attorneys have asked a judge in Missoula's District Court to issue a permanent injunction against the new election law, making this one of the earliest legal challenges during this year’s post-legislative “lawsuit season” aimed at halting recently enacted election-related legislation.
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To the editor: Ohio Senate Bill 153 (SB 153), the new anti-voting bill under consideration in the Ohio General Assembly is called Ohio’s “SAVE Act.” It will save nothing. It will impose increased burdens on voters, and on our hardworking and dedicated Board of Elections staff members. It is much worse that the proposed federal SAVE Act. Ohio Senate Bill 153, if passed, will impose strict new laws meant to prevent non-citizens from voting in our …
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