Montana Require Elections of County Sheriffs Amendment (2024)
| Montana Require Elections of County Sheriffs Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Law enforcement and Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Montana Require Elections of County Sheriffs Amendment was not on the ballot in Montana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.[1]
The amendment would have required the election of a sheriff in each county.[1]
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The full text of the ballot measure is available here.
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- See also: Amending the Montana Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required in both the Montana State Senate and the Montana House of Representatives.
The amendment was introduced on February 3, 2023, as Senate Bill 272. On April 4, 2023, the Montana State Senate voted 22-28 on the bill, referring to the state House. To qualify for the ballot, 100 of the 150 state legislators (100 Representatives and 50 Senators) must vote in favor of the amendment. Since the bill received 22 votes in the Senate, 78 votes are required in the House. The measure did not receive the required 100 votes to be placed on the ballot.[1]
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State of Montana Helena (capital) |
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