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Yellowstone Voices Restart Signatures, Challenge AI Data Center

8/8/2026

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Yellowstone County Voices resumed gathering signatures after learning the filing deadline is July 13, not August 12, and that signatures must be filed 113 days before the Nov 3 election.
County Attorney Scott Twito said the deadline change follows Montana Code Annotated 13-28-206, revised by the legislature in 2025.
Kassi Solberg, head of Yellowstone County Voices, called county officials incompetent and said they are pushing Quantica’s 5,000-acre AI data center without voter consent.

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Yellowstone County Voices resumed gathering signatures after learning the filing deadline is July 13, not August 12, and that signatures must be filed 113 days before the Nov 3 election.
County Attorney Scott Twito said the deadline change follows Montana Code Annotated 13-28-206, revised by the legislature in 2025.
Kassi Solberg, head of Yellowstone County Voices, called county officials incompetent and said they are pushing Quantica’s 5,000-acre AI data center without voter consent.