AP News: Montana Supreme Court, over two dissents, sided with Montanans for Nonpartisan Courts, finding that the Montana Attorney General “went too far in editing ballot language for an initiative calling for nonpartisan court elections.” Earlier coverage of the issue is here.

“’We conclude the Attorney General’s proposed Statement does not meet the requirements of (the law), because his wording does not fairly state to the voters what is proposed within CI-132,’ Justice James Shea wrote for a four-judge majority.”