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Montana mail ballot bill fails amid racism allegation
MATT GOURAS, Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A plan to use only mail-in ballots for the state's main elections, which haltingly moved forward with fragile bipartisan cooperation, failed Friday after allegations of racism from a Native American lawmaker and defensive counter-accusations.
The simmering tensions between Republicans and Democrats erupted, somewhat surprisingly, over a bill that modifies the way elections are run.
The House had abruptly changed its mind on the proposal after endorsing the proposal a day earlier. The b...
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