Taking Action: How To Spark Change In Great Falls

Lately on socials, I've noticed people upset about how the election turned out. This time I'm talking about fireworks, but it could be anything in any election.

Now, I can't help you with the people part of the elections, but there are things you can do to affect life in our tiny river town, like whether or not fireworks can be shot off in city limits.

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How Many Times Was Marijuana On The Ballot In Montana?

Good grief. Remember, we had to vote it in twice for our leaders to take it seriously? THEN, people started to circulate petitions to get pot out of Montana towns. Of course it didn't work, but it's what they did anyway that I want to talk about.

Instead of just complaining and saying the election was rigged or whatever, they actually started a few petitions around the state and did their best to get pot back on the ballot in key areas of the Treasure State.

Just because it didn't work for that, doesn't mean you can't do it for things important to you.

Start A Petition In Your Town Or County

Say you'd like fireworks to have another chance to be legal, here's what you can try. Go to the Montana Secretary of State website and make your way through it. It's a vault of information from how to make sure you can vote in Montana all the way up to the steps to be taken to have something make it on to a ballot in the state.

Accept Montana Election Results

If you want change, go out and make it. Great things are usually scary and start small.

Until then, keep in mind it's majority rules in an election. Accept the results. Take the time in between elections to forward the type of change you'd like to see in Big Sky Country. Buck up and roll with the majority vote.