Court Opinion

ID: 9585387
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:59:49.300138+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:41:50.621573
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE SHEEHY,
concurring:
I concur fully with the majority opinion and want to add an observation respecting suits of this nature by voters.
This Court has long recognized the standing of an elector who challenges the validity of an election or the alleged misuse of the elective process. From State ex rel. Clarke v. Moran (1900), 24 Mont. 433, 633 P. 390, through State ex rel. Steen v. Murray (1964), 144 Mont. 61, 394 P.2d 761, *123and down to the recent case of Jones and Herriott v. Judge (1978), 176 Mont. 251, 577 P.2d 846, this Court has guarded and granted standing to a voter whose personal and constitutional right to vote is denied, affected or threatened, holding that every patriotic citizen interested in the enforcement of the election laws, or the selection of suitable candidates has.a direct personal interest which the courts will enforce on an individual basis.