by Helen Sabin, Corvallis
Ms. Kathy Love, a legislative candidate for HD85, which includes the towns of Corvallis, Darby, Connor, Sula, and parts of Hamilton, does NOT have the honesty and integrity, nor the listening, reading, and comprehension skills necessary to be a “productive” member of the legislature. Here’s why I say this.
At a recent meeting of the Pachyderm Club in Stevensville, Love, who was the guest speaker, presented House Bill 402, as proof of why she should be elected.
Amazingly, Love didn’t understand the bill or hadn’t even read it, because its sponsor, David Bedey, was present and refuted completely what she had stated – which was that the bill allowed illegals to vote. He explained the objectives of the bill and how it was developed. and clearly demonstrated that her claim was not correct.
Here is a short summary of what he said to the crowd and to Ms. Love. Bedey’s bill was intended to identify “voting offenders” but allowed for the “fact” that the “citizen verification system,” at least initially, might not be “real-time correct” so that in some instances a person could cast a vote if the verification process was NOT complete.
The intent of HB 402 was to “catch illegal voting offenders early.” However, to “survive court challenge,” it was necessary to add the provision, “allowing a person whose registration has been accepted and processed to vote while citizenship verification is pending.” Without this clause, the bill would have been ruled unconstitutional by the courts.
This was an unfortunate necessity driven by the NVRA (National Voting Rights Act) and the Montana courts’ interpretation of the law, i.e. once you attest to being a citizen on a registration form, you must be treated as a citizen even if you are NOT!
(NOTE: Given the clear violation of what we Montanans consider our citizens’ right to vote and having it protected by the courts, we must get justices on the courts who read and interpret the Montana and U.S. Constitutions correctly and support them – and not rule for their political parties or ideologue activist thinking! We must get this rule changed or the thirty or so million illegals currently residing in the USA will be allowed to vote and always disenfranchise or cancel out Americans who vote! Choose your justices carefully when you vote later this year.)
For further info check this page: https://leg.mt.gov/content/Committees/Interim/2023-2024/State-Administration-and-Veterans-Affairs/Meetings/January-25-2024/5.2-2024-Primary-General-Election-Calendar.pdf
When she wrote her recent op-ed, candidate Love proved that she wouldn’t or couldn’t understand what Bedey had clearly explained, or hadn’t even read the bill or she would have known that what she wrote was incorrect and misinformation. This may be due to possibly having poor literacy skills: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/doc/PIAAC-SAE-Brochure.pdf
And/or, perhaps her misunderstanding of the bill was due to being around members of the John Birch Society (JBS) and her mentor, Theresa Manzella. Love may have been gaslighted. Here is the definition of what gaslighting means: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/gaslighting
If you cannot listen to and comprehend what you are told by a bill’s sponsor, as Love clearly could NOT, you are not ready for prime time in the legislature.
I ask all residents of HD85 to consider that if honesty and integrity, and good literacy skills are among the qualifications for the legislature, then vote for the current incumbent of HD-85, Michele Binkley. Please get out and vote June 4. As you can see from the court rulings, and Love’s disinformation, we MUST elect “good” people with good skills and values to public office.