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Montana’s proposed digital privacy amendment, explained

by Arren Kimbel-Sannit Montana Free Press
| October 19, 2022 12:00 AM

As Montana voters head to the polls this fall, they’ll have the chance to amend the state Constitution to add language explicitly requiring law enforcement to obtain a search warrant before accessing a person’s private electronic data.

Constitutional Amendment 48, referred to voters by last year’s Legislature with bipartisan support, is the culmination of several years of efforts intended to boost digital privacy protections in the state....

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