BILLINGS, Mont. — A Montana court today struck down as unconstitutional two state laws that hinder Native American participation in the state’s electoral process. One measure, HB 176, would have ended Election Day registration; the other, HB 530, aimed to prohibit paid third-party ballot assistance. Native American voters living on reservations disproportionately rely upon both Election Day registration and ballot assistance to cast votes in Montana. In 2020, two Montana courts struck down a substantially similar measure to HB 530, finding the restriction on ballot collection “disproportionately harms...Native Americans in rural tribal communities.” Plaintiffs Western Native Voice, Montana Native Vote,...

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