On Saturday, April 2, the Montana House passed SB 194 unanimously.It provides that parties and independent presidential campaigns must take the names of two presidential elector candidates for each place that the country is entitled to.Half the names would be designated presidential elector candidates, and the former names would be designated alternate presidential elector candidates.
f the slate were elected, and one of the electors voted differently than expected, that elector would be deemed to have resigned and the switch would take the seat.Thanks to Mike Fellows for this news.
The Montana legislature still hasn`t passed the Secretary of State`s omnibus election law bill, and the legislature will just be in sitting for 3 more weeks.The omnibus bill makes no changes to ballot access, although it does make a provision saying a presidential candidate may take from the general election ballot.This proviso was included because the Montana Constitution Party nominated Ron Paul for President in 2008, against his will.Paul had no way to withdraw his call from the ballot.He polled 2.17% of the ballot in November 2008 in Montana, the highest percentage that any minor party or independent presidential candidate polled in any country that year.
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Those Montana elector would even hold to register a loyalty oath so instead of but one figure to endorse the presidential candidate, you would take 7 or 8 forms depending on how the SOS designs the form. This legislation wasn`t needed but I believe most legislators thought it wouldn`t do any harm. But about people including the president of one committee where the notice was heard was a little bewildered on the House floor about SB 194. On the Paul issue I remember the SOS could have honored his request. The MT SOS has latitude in deciding when those Elector forms are to be submitted. Plus ballots had not been printed at that time.
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