06/19/2026
BREAKING NEWS: The Transparent Election Initiative announces that Montana ballot initiative I-194, also known as The Montana Plan, has submitted nearly 50,000 signatures from all 56 counties to qualify for the November ballot.
“This campaign has been powered by Montanans from the very beginning,” said Jeff Mangan, founder of the Transparent Election Initiative. “To the out-of-state corporate and special interests trying to spread disinformation about who we are and what we’re trying to accomplish: look at the power of this volunteer army. More than 500 Montanans gathered signatures in all 56 counties, without a single paid signature gatherer, and blew past the 30,121 signatures needed to qualify. That is what grassroots democracy looks like.”