Trio of initiatives poised to make the November ballot

Three ballot initiatives, two that could change the way candidates are selected in primary elections, as well as one to enshrine reproductive rights in the Montana Constitution, have crossed an initial threshold, signaling that all three measures will likely be before voters in the 2024 general election in November.

Montanans for Election Reform and Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights both announced Friday that Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s official website showed that both groups had collected enough signatures to meet the legal threshold to go before voters.

Montanans for Election Reform proposed and qualified two measures, Constitutional Initiatives 126 and 127. Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights secured Constitutional Initiative 128.