Can Wisconsin do what Montana is attempting to prohibit corporations from donating to campaigns?
Organizers are working to introduce a Montana ballot initiative that could prevent corporations from spending on elections.
The constitutional amendment would alter corporate charters and the power given to “artificial persons” in Montana, barring them from political spending. It attempts to bypass the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which said under the First Amendment the government can’t bar corporations and similar groups from spending money independently to influence elections.
The Montana proposal is not yet on the 2026 ballot after the Montana attorney general and the Montana Supreme Court determined the version was legally insufficient under state constitutional rules, but organizers are refiling new versions in the hopes of getting the initiative on the ballot.
In Wisconsin, home of the most expensive state Supreme Court races ever, could similar campaign finance laws be put in place? It’s a complicated question, according to legal experts.
https://wisconsinwatch.org/2026/02/wisconsin-election-campaign-spending-montana-corporations-donation-citizens-united/