HELENA, Mont. (AP) – Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen is facing multiple lawsuits. A coalition filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jacobsen over a law that eliminates same day voter registration, and called the law “a slap in the face” to the tens of thousands of Montana residents who voted to maintain election-day registration when the question was on the ballot in 2014. This is the fourth lawsuit challenging the same law passed earlier this year by the Republican-dominated Legislature.
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A lawsuit was also filed this month by seven Montana businesses arising from how Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s office handles online business filings. The class action lawsuit, filed in Lewis and Clark County District Court Sept. 1, alleges that the secretary of state’s office wrongfully retained $120,000 in duplicate filing fees from Montana businesses in 2020 and has continued to retain such overcharges unless refunds are requested.
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