The Supreme Court has turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the way elections are run across the country.

The U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to weigh in on a pair of state election laws declared unconstitutional by the Montana Supreme Court early last year. The laws sought to ban same-day voter registration and paid absentee ballot collection.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up Montana Republicans’ efforts to revive two state election laws under a version of the so-called “independent state legislature” theory.  In 2023,

Montana lawmakers heard more than a dozen bills last week aimed at regulating the state’s courts and judges. They included one of the top priorities for Republicans: to make judicial elections partisan.

"I can think of no better way of ending a career of public service than serving the Democratic Party and championing the values we hold dear," Hogan wrote.

Supreme Court Rejects Republican-Backed Montana Case Based on Controversial Election Law Theory WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an election law case out of Montana ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the way elections are run ...

The 69th session of the Montana Legislature is now underway, and it’s a pivotal moment for the future of our state.

Opinion: Some Republicans want to change judicial elections from non-partisan to partisan because they don’t like the way judges have struck down a handful of previously passed bills as unconstitutional.