Montana Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment (2026)
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| Montana Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2026 | |
| Topic Suffrage | |
| Status Proposed | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Montana Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment may appear on the ballot in Montana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.
The measure would amend the state constitution to state that only an inhabitant of the state, rather than every inhabitant of the state, who is a U.S. citizen, may vote.[1]
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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.
March 6, 2025: The Senate passed the amendment in a vote of 33-16 with one member absent.
| Vote in the Montana State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members of the legislature as a whole, whether in a joint session or separate sessions | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
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| Total | 33 | 16 | 1 |
| Total percent | 66% | 32% | 4% |
| Democrat | 2 | 16 | 1 |
| Republican | 31 | 0 | 1 |
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