AFP-MT Opposes I-194, Warns Measure Would Silence Montanans, Threaten Businesses

AFP-MT Opposes I-194, Warns Measure Would Silence Montanans, Threaten Businesses

HELENA, MT — Americans for Prosperity-Montana (AFP-MT) today announced its opposition to I-194, a statewide ballot measure that would strip Montana small businesses, family farms and ranches, and nonprofit organizations of their right to speak up in the political process — and put their ability to legally operate in the state on the line if they don’t comply.  AFP-MT State Director Jesse Ramos issued the following statement:  “I-194 is a governm…

I-194 is dangerously overbroad

This extremely broad definition of “political spending power” threatens severe penalties for normal, organic speech.

Viewpoint: Dark politics in action - the I-194 measure

Roger Koopman writes, In places like Montana, where far-left Democrats mostly can’t win at the polls, moderating their views to something approximating common sense is too much to ask.