Coalition sues over new law ending same-day voter registration - Helena Independent Record

A broad coalition including unions, advocates for those with disabilities and individuals is seeking to overturn a new law that ended same-day voter registration in Montana.

This winter, with support from GOP lawmakers, the Legislature passed House Bill 176, which ended same-day voter registration. Backers of the bill said it would allow elections administrators and workers time on Election Day to focus on voters and pointed to long registration lines in recent years. Opponents said it would cut off access to voting for Montanans unable to register outside of Election Day.

“HB176 will strip thousands of Montanans of their right to vote,” the lawsuit, filed by the coalition in Cascade County District Court on Wednesday, reads. “ ... Election day registration has become an essential component of the constitutional right to vote in Montana."

The plaintiffs include the Montana Federation of Public Employees, the state’s largest unions with more than 21,000 members; Montana AFL-CIO; the Montana Association of Centers for Independent Living, a partnership of the state’s four centers for independent living that work with people with disabilities; and several union members who have used same-day registration to vote including state employees and teachers whose work schedule did not allow them time to register during work hours.

source: https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/coalition-sues-over-new-law-ending-same-day-voter-registration/article_eb395d27-0401-57e1-865c-2a4917fbd784.html

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