Lawsuit to toss Green Party from MT ballot in judge’s hands

HELENA — A state district judge will soon decide whether to remove the Green Party from Montana’s general-election ballot, as he considers a lawsuit from the Montana Democratic Party and four registered voters.

The lawsuit, which had a hearing last week before District Judge James Reynolds of Helena, says at least 443 voters who signed petitions in February to qualify the Green Party had asked to withdraw their signatures – but were told a deadline had passed.

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