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Lewis and Clark District Court Judge Mike Menehan speaks during a temporary restraining order hearing in a suit against the Montana Secretary of State brought by Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights and Montanans for Election Reform over ballot initiative signature exclusions on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse in Helena, Mont. (Thom Bell/Independent Record via AP)

Lewis and Clark District Court Judge Mike Menehan speaks during a temporary restraining order hearing in a suit against the Montana Secretary of State brought by Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights and Montanans for Election Reform over ballot initiative signature exclusions on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse in Helena, Mont. (Thom Bell/Independent Record via AP)

FILE - Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen attends the summer conference of the National Association of Secretaries of State in Baton Rouge, La., July 8, 2022. A Montana judge ruled Tuesday, July 16, 2024, that Jacobsen's office wrongly changed the rules governing whose signatures should count on petitions for constitutional initiatives. ( AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

FILE - Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen attends the summer conference of the National Association of Secretaries of State in Baton Rouge, La., July 8, 2022. A Montana judge ruled Tuesday, July 16, 2024, that Jacobsen's office wrongly changed the rules governing whose signatures should count on petitions for constitutional initiatives. ( AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

Lewis and Clark District Court Judge Mike Menehan hear arguments during a temporary restraining order hearing in a suit against the Montana Secretary of State brought by Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights and Montanans for Election Reform over ballot initiative signature exclusions on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 in the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse in Helena, Mont. (Thom Bell/Independent Record via AP)

Lewis and Clark District Court Judge Mike Menehan hear arguments during a temporary restraining order hearing in a suit against the Montana Secretary of State brought by Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights and Montanans for Election Reform over ballot initiative signature exclusions on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 in the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse in Helena, Mont. (Thom Bell/Independent Record via AP)