The ACLU of Montana, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) filed a Motion to Intervene in a case challenging SB 490, a new Montana law that restricts Native American participation in the state’s electoral process.

The Commissioner of Political Practices dismissed three complaints that Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen filed against nonprofit organizations that had recently prevailed in a voting rights lawsuit against her Office.

The Montana Supreme Court today affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking a state law that hinders Native American participation in the state’s electoral process.

A Montana court blocked two state laws that hinder Native American participation in the state’s electoral process.