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Montana Veteran Emergency Medical Technicians Initiative, I-179 (2016)
| Montana Veteran Emergency Medical Technicians Initiative, I-179 | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Healthcare and Veterans | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
| Not on Ballot |
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Veteran Emergency Medical Technicians Initiative, I-179 was an initiated state statute proposed for the Montana ballot on November 8, 2016.
The measure would have created a new license for a "community veteran emergency medical technician" and allowed those with this license to provide medical services outside of the existing scope of care for emergency medical technicians (EMTs).[1]
Text of measure
Ballot text
The proposed text of the ballot was as follows:[1]
| “ | I-179 would create a new license for a 'community veteran emergency medical technician' and allow these license holders to provide medical services beyond the current scope of care for emergency medical technicians (EMTs). The care administered by the community veteran EMTs would not be limited to veterans. The board of medical examiners would be required to adopt rules governing the care administered by these licensed EMTs. Two community veteran EMTs would be added to the board of medical examiners, the trauma care committee, and the board of pardons and parole. I-179 requires the department of justice to create and maintain a database of all crimes charged against veterans. I-179 would take effect September 27, 2016, more than a month before the general election.
State government would incur approximately $13.3 million in general fund expenditures and $5.7 million in special revenue expenditures in the first five years due to the creation and maintenance of the criminal database and other provisions. In addition, I-179 would have significant financial impacts on local governments
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Full text
The full text of the measure can be found here.
Path to the ballot
Ed Lesofski sponsored the petition to the secretary of state. It was received on October 26, 2015, and approved for circulation on December 29, 2015. Supporters needed to collect 24,175 valid signatures, which is 5 percent of the total number of votes cast in the last gubernatorial general election.[3] This measure did not meet signature requirements and did not qualify for the 2016 ballot.
State profile
| Demographic data for Montana | ||
|---|---|---|
| Montana | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 1,032,073 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 145,546 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 89.2% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 0.5% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 0.7% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 6.5% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.5% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 3.3% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 92.8% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 29.5% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $47,169 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 17% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Montana. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Montana
Montana voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, three are located in Montana, accounting for 1.46 percent of the total pivot counties.[4]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Montana had two Retained Pivot Counties and one Boomerang Pivot County, accounting for 1.10 and 4.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively.
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See also
- Montana 2016 ballot measures
- 2016 ballot measures
- Montana Legislature
- List of Montana ballot measures
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Montana Secretary of State, "BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR INITIATIVE NO. 179 (I-179)," accessed January 15, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Montana Secretary of State, "Proposed 2016 Ballot Issues," accessed December 16, 2015
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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