Dark money and corporate election spending
A proposed 2026 Montana ballot measure would amend state corporate-charter law to eliminate corporate and dark-money spending in elections. Polling cited by reform advocates finds bipartisan Montana support for limiting big-money influence after Citizens United, framing the measure as a way to restore voter trust.
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Should Montana ban corporate and dark-money spending in its elections?
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Sources
Issue One — https://issueone.org/press/new-polling-citizens-united-money-in-politics-reforms
Montanans were polled because a new proposed 2026 ballot measure would eliminate corporate and dark money spending in elections by amending state law governing corporate charters.
Issue One Policy Lead Liana Keesing — https://issueone.org/press/new-polling-citizens-united-money-in-politics-reforms
Montanans are sending a clear message that echoes around the country: Our democracy should be owned by voters, not bought by the wealthy few.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Fully ban all corporate and dark-money election spending and publicly finance campaigns
- Strongly limit corporate and dark-money spending via the proposed ballot measure
- Require full donor disclosure but allow most independent spending
- Keep current rules; only modest disclosure tweaks are needed
- Protect corporate and independent spending as free speech under Citizens United