Victory for Montana Voters

The right to vote shouldn’t depend on remembering one more box on an envelope.

Disability Rights Montana and Big Sky 55+ won an important victory in court for Montana voters.

A Montana court struck down HB 719, ruling that its birth-year requirement for absentee ballots violated the Montana Constitution’s right to vote and blocking the State from enforcing it.

In the November 2025 election alone, 1,814 absentee ballots went uncounted solely because of a missing or incorrect birth year.

Secure elections and accessible elections are not competing values. Montana can have both.
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Disabled Montanans’ right to vote is under attack in several ways. Read our latest report to learn more and what we are doing to defend our democracy.

https://disabilityrightsmt.org/voting/

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Did you know Disability Rights Montana publishes a weekly newsletter called Growth Rings (yes, just like the podcast)?

Sign up for free and get the latest information about Montana’s disability community and the advocacy we are doing in the courts and the legislature. The written articles are great companions to the podcast episodes.

Most Legal Jobs Operate Inside Systems. These Jobs Are About Changing Them.

Disability Rights Montana is hiring two Civil Rights Attorneys in Helena and Billings. We’re looking for lawyers who want to investigate injustice, challenge powerful institutions, pursue high-impact litigation, and help build a Montana where disabled people have greater freedom, opportunity, and autonomy.

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