Proponents of nonpartisan elections argue that Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s edits to ballot initiatives imply that judicial candidates have a political affiliation that’s being hidden.

Voters in cities and towns across Montana will elect municipal leaders and decide local ballot measures Nov. 4. These are the races and issues MTFP’s staff is keeping an eye ...

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A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week.

How two lawsuits could expand Citizens United and turn America into a kleptocracy — and how this nightmare can be stopped ...

Though the state’s tribal members have spent years setting days aside to honor their history, recently passed legislation will officially mark the second Monday of October as a statewide holiday.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon voted in an election Sunday that could see Africa’s oldest leader extend his rule by ...

Official results show that opposition leader Patrick Herminie has won the presidential election in Seychelles, defeating ...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a ...

The heightened attention on the ballot initiative process comes after Montanans legalized recreational cannabis and enshrined in the state's constitution the explicit right to abortions before the ...

Democrat Mike Cooney's recent ad in his race to become governor of Montana shows the white-haired 66-year-old rocking out on a drum set, wryly bemoaning having given up his "dream job" to become a ...