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Committee hears SB105 to restrict campaign activity near early-vote satellite locations
Summary
Witnesses and the sponsor said SB105 would extend electioneering prohibitions to times and places used for obtaining or casting ballots during early voting and satellite polling; COPP offered alternative language to limit prohibitions to hours when ballots may be obtained or cast to avoid banning community events.
Senate Bill 105 returned to the House State Administration committee for a public hearing focused on whether Montana's electioneering rules should apply to early‑vote satellite locations.
Senator Windiboy, sponsor of SB105, told the committee she brought the bill after experiencing campaign material handed out at a satellite voting location on Oct. 9. She described the effect as an unfair advantage and said the bill aims to "keep the cheaters out, keep them…
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