In the final weeks of the legislative session, Montana legislators passed two laws that will hinder Native American participation in the state’s electoral process. A lawsuit filed by the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) on behalf of the Blackfeet Nation, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Fort Belknap Indian Community, and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and by the ACLU and ACLU-MT on behalf of Western Native Vote and Montana Native Vote challenges two discriminatory voting laws.
On March 27, 2024, the Montana Supreme Court held that the two state laws violate the fundamental right to vote under the Montana Constitution.
Read more about the case on the NARF website.