Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement:
“Montanans deserve elections and ballot issues that are free from foreign interference. Unfortunately, a loophole in federal and state law allows foreign nationals to contribute to ballot issue campaigns, which is why states like Montana should be passing legislation to ban the direct and indirect foreign funding of them.
“Montana’s ballot issue campaigns in particular have been plagued by foreign influence from Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, who has used the Sixteen Thirty Fund as a conduit to influence Montana’s politics. The Montana Senate is right to take this issue seriously.”
A copy of Snead’s remarks can be found here.