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Montana secretary of state says elections office must ‘tear down barriers’ while declining to endorse fusion voting
Summary
Secretary of State Mike Cooney said the office’s most important duty is running elections, called for reforms that make it easier to participate, and said he has not fully studied fusion voting used in other states but would consider measures that broaden voter and candidate access.
Secretary of State Mike Cooney said the most important work of his office is running elections and that he supports reforms that expand voter and candidate participation, though he says he has not studied every option in depth.
"First of all, secretary of state is the head of elections," Cooney said, adding that elections are "the cornerstone of our democratic process." He told interviewer McCarthy Coyle that he favors measures that "tear down barriers" that keep people…
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