Today, the Montana Supreme Court finally issued its explanation of why Rick Jore, Constitution Party nominee for the Montana legislature, was not actually elected last November. Back in December, that Court had unseated Jore, but had not explained why. The March 21 decision is 31 pages long, and says that when a voter fills in a bubble next to one candidate’s name, and then makes an “X” through that filled-in bubble and then fills in another bubble next to a rival candidate’s name, it is impossible to understand that voter’s intent. The vote was 6-1. The dissenting justice stressed that the local elections officials had unanimously agreed that they could understand voter intent in such a situation.