Alder votes down all three ballot initiatives

The two election reform constitutional initiatives—CI-126 and CI-127—were soundly rejected by voters in Alder, but the vote for CI-128 in Alder was closer. 

CI-128 would create a new section of the Montana Constitution that explicitly establishes a right “to carry out decisions about one’s own pregnancy, including the right to abortion." It failed among Alder voters 116 to 96. 

As for the Madison County Government Study Commission, voters in Virginia City and Alder appear to favor Shauna Laszlo Belding, Rhonda Boyd, Dustin Tetrault, Brian Conklin and Tom “Tater” Broksle, who announced his withdrawal from the race back in October. Of the 12 candidates on the ballot, the top three vote-getters will form the Study Commission.