Three lawsuits have been filed against the attorney general over ballot language rewrites to three issues that aim to keep judicial races in Montana nonpartisan, following on the heels of a legislative session where lawmakers brought several bills aimed at doing the opposite.

Great Falls has been a relative outlier among large Montana cities, most of which have banned or limited the use of fireworks inside city limits year-round, including around the July 4 holiday. The current city code allows fireworks from July 2 through July 4 from 8 a.m. to midnight.

Ballots should be mailed back at least a week in advance to ensure they’re counted. They can be dropped-off in-person after October 28. Polls will close at 8 p.m. on November 4.

MISSOULA — The Missoula Office of Neighborhoods and the League of Women Voters Missoula have canceled the mayoral candidate forum, which had been planned for Tuesday evening. Candidates Andrea Davis and Shawn Knopp were scheduled to take part in the event, but because of a medical procedure, Knopp is unable to participate.

Lawsuit before state Supreme Court asserts rewritten ballot measure is ‘misleading and prejudicial;’ now a second measure has identical language.

The Missoula County Elections Office reports more than 77,833 ballots have been mailed for the city's November election.

If you live in Laurel, you may be getting a letter in the mail saying to pay extra close attention to your ballot. That's because voters in Ward 2 and Ward 4 received mixed up ballots.

Opinion: The Nov. 4 municipal general election is an all mail ballot election. There will be no polling locations on Election Day.

A second nonpartisan judicial elections ballot initiative received the OK of Montana’s attorney general Oct. 9, but with the same edits that triggered a lawsuit

BILLINGS — A new Montana law requires the birth year to be listed on absentee ballots as part of the voting process. The law was sponsored by state Rep. Braxton Mitchell, a Columbia Falls Republican, who confirmed with MTN on the phone Thursday afternoon that he hopes it can provide an extra layer of security to increase voter integrity.

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