This page is dedicated to you, the Tea Partier, the Person of the Year who has changed the dynamics of the political process forever. You, peaceful revolutionaries of America’s Second Revolution, who have fought off lethargy and passivity, endured the condemnation of critics, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with other Tea Party Patriots to speak out against an out-of-control government, and who strive to live out your principles that are shared by millions of other across this great land.
This is our 2010 Call to Get Out The Vote and to restore our government, our republic and our great state of Montana.
Below is helpful information to help you:
- Get registered
- Get to your polling place on Election Day
- Check on your absentee ballot and
- Be informed when you vote
God bless you and if you’re in the Gallatin County area on November 2, join us for our Ultimate Tea Party. (See details below.)
Register to Vote and Vote
- On or after October 5, register and vote early at your County Clerk & Recorder’s Election Office (Gallatin County Court House, 311 W. Main, Room 210) Bring your ID!
- Find out where your polling place is on Election Day
- Verify that your absentee ballot has been received.
Get Informed: Check out these guides of incumbents and candidates
Your vote is your choice. As such, the Bozeman Tea Party does not endorse candidates not does it support or oppose candidates for office. We encourage you to study up on your candidates and make an informed decision.
Montana Tea Party Coalition
The Montana Tea Party Coalition is a loosely organized coalition of Tea Party organizations from around the state including Bozeman, Billings, Helena, Great Falls, Kalispell, Townsend, Livingston, Big Timber, Glendive, Sanders County and Lewistown.
In May, the Montana Tea Party Coalition surveyed legislative candidates on issues related to free market, fiscal accountability and Constitutionally limited government. To view the summary results of the Montana Tea Party survey for legislative candidates in Gallatin, Park and Madison County, click here.
To view the survey questions, click here.
Project Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan and tax-exempt voter education organization based in Philipsburg, Montana. Primarily staffed with volunteers, Project Vote Smart supports no candidates and embraces no political philosophy. It collects information on where candidates stand on a wide variety of issues and makes that information readily available to the public.
Montana Chamber of Commerce 2009 Voting Review (incumbent voting record)
The Montana Chamber of Commerce says,
“This review is the most comprehensive look at the business and economic issues addressed during the 90-day session. In fact, our prior Voting Reviews have been nationally recognized as a model for other state and local chambers of commerce. Our intent in releasing the review is to provide our members and Montana voters with information on pro-business bills, anti-business bills, and how the legislators and the Governor voted on both.”
Montana Conservation Voters is a pro- environment political organization founded in 1999 that promotes “open spaces” and protects wildlife often at the expense of private property rights, resource development, the economy and responsible shared use of public lands. Montana Conservation Voters also provides voter services to over 35,000 environmentalists and publishes a list of MCV’s endorsed candidates.
Montanans In Action, Legistats (incumbent voting record)
Legistats is a legislator ranking service sponsored by Montanan’s In Action (MIA), a non-partisan, issue focused organization. MIA ranks legislators “by the total spending they have voted for, as well as the number of full-time positions legislation they have voted for has created. Alternatively, legislators can be ranked by the total appropriations by bills they have sponsored.”
Since 2002, Montanans for Tax Reform has sponsored the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a written promise by legislators and candidates for office that commits them to oppose any effort to increase the state income taxes on individuals and businesses. More than 1,200 state officeholders, from state representative to governor, have signed the Pledge. Statehouse tax-and-spend interests have to contend with Pledge signers in every state.
The Bozeman Tea Party and the Montana Tea Party Coalition does not endorse, support or oppose candidates for office. The results of the Montana Tea Party Coalition survey or other information presented herein are not intended to support or endorse any candidate for office.
