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Legislation makes elections more trustworthy

by Mike Cuffe
| May 13, 2025 12:00 AM

Faith in our election process drives our Democracy and has driven much of my legislative career. Requiring photo identification to vote is just common sense, so I put it into law.

Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a voter ID bill I sponsored, SB 276, into law the first week of May. Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen also joined the governor and me at the signing table. During her campaign for Montana’s top election position, Jacobsen ran on a platform of safe and transparent elections. She and her staff lived up to that promise by helping me develop language for the bill that can withstand legal scrutiny.

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