Montana Supreme Court Reverses Course on Butte Data Center Ballot Initiative

Supreme Court: Butte-Silver Bow data center initiative will miss November ballot

The Montana Supreme Court has vacated its own injunction, which temporarily allowed a proposed data center initiative to appear on the November ballot in Butte-Silver Bow County, less than 48 hours after issuing it. The justices said they would not have granted initiative organizers’ request for an injunction had they known that the county’s ballots have already been printed and mailed, with some having already been returned by voters.

Supreme Court reverses decision on Butte data center initiative over already-printed ballots

The Montana Supreme Court ordered Thursday that a question about whether to effectively ban data centers in Butte won't appear on general election ballots because they've already been printed.

Montana Supreme Court reverses course on Butte data center ballot initiative

The Montana Supreme Court vacated an injunction that would have placed a Butte data center initiative on the general election ballot.