Below are previews of the ballot issues Custer County, Montana voters will see on their ballots in November 2024.
CI-126
BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE NO. 126 (CI-126) CONSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE NO. 126 A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
CI-126 amends the Montana Constitution to provide a top-four primary election. All candidates, regardless of political party, appear on one ballot. The four candidates receiving the most votes advance to the general election. A candidate may list a political party preference, but a candidate isn’t required to be nominated by a political party. A candidate’s political party preference isn’t an endorsement by the political party. The legislature may require candidates gather signatures up to five percent of the votes received by the winning candidate in the last election to appear on the ballot. All voters may vote for one candidate for each covered office. CI-126 applies to elections for governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, state representative, state senator, United States representative, and United States Senator.
[] YES on Constitutional Initiative CI-126
[] NO on Constitutional Initiative CI-126
CI-127
BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE NO. 127 (CI-127) CONSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE NO. 127 A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
CI-127 amends the Montana Constitution to provide that elections for certain offices must be decided by majority vote as determined as provided by law rather than by a plurality or the largest amount of the votes. If it cannot be determined who received a majority of votes because two or more candidates are tied, then the winner of the election will be determined as provided by law. CI-127 applies to elections for governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, state representative, state senator, United States representative, United States Senator, and other offices as provided by law.
[] YES on Constitutional Initiative CI-127
[] NO on Constitutional Initiative CI-127
CI-128
CONSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE NO. 128 A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
CI-128 would amend the Montana Constitution to expressly provide a right to make and carry out decisions about one’s own pregnancy, including the right to abortion. It would prohibit the government from denying or burdening the right to abortion before fetal viability. It would also prohibit the government from denying or burdening access to an abortion when a treating healthcare professional determines it is medically indicated to protect the pregnant patient’s life or health. CI-128 prevents the government from penalizing patients, healthcare providers, or anyone who assists someone in exercising their right to make and carry out voluntary decisions about their pregnancy.
[] YES on Constitutional Initiative CI-128
[] NO on Constitutional Initiative CI-128
LOCAL-OPTION EXCISE TAX WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF CUSTER COUNTY, MONTANA
Shall Custer County be authorized to impose a local-option excise tax of 3% of the retail value of all marijuana and marijuana products sold at any adult-use dispensary and at any medical marijuana dispensary within Custer County? This tax will be effective 90 days after passage. The tax revenue will be used for any authorized governmental purpose.
For the 3% local-option tax
Against the 3% local-option tax
ALLOW ADULT-USE SALES AT MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES IN CUSTER COUNTY
A Montana law passed in 2021 allows adult-use sales at existing marijuana dispensaries only in counties where voters have approved those sales. This initiative would allow licensed medical and adult-use dispensaries to sell marijuana in Custer County.
For: Approve the sale of marijuana at medical and adult-use marijuana dispensaries in Custer County.
Against: Not approve the sale of marijuana at medical and adult-use marijuana dispensaries in Custer County.
