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Committee hears bill to confirm signing a petition won’t automatically reactivate inactive voters

2386518 · February 24, 2025
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At a Senate State Administration Committee hearing in Helena, lawmakers heard House Bill 179, a bill to put into statute that signing a statewide ballot petition does not automatically move an inactive voter to the active voter rolls.

At a Senate State Administration Committee hearing in Helena, lawmakers heard House Bill 179, a bill to put into statute that signing a statewide ballot petition does not automatically move an inactive voter to the active voter rolls.

Representative Braxton Mitchell, the bill sponsor, described HB 179 as “a very straightforward cleanup bill” that “simply specifies that if you sign a petition for a statewide ballot issue that you will not be moved from, move as an inactive voter to the…

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