deciding how future elections will work as montana and that is where we start with this report from stan parkertan: this november, voters in montana will decide on two ballot measures that will change voting in the state if they pass. >> vote yes and you will be able to vote for a person and not just a party. stan: this former state lawmaker is a retired police chief. now, he is helping lead montanans for election reform, the bipartisan group behind the initiatives. >> if you wonder why we have polarization where we have division, why we can solve hard problems, it has to do with the system we use to hire people for the important job of governing. stan: if the measures pass, the state would have a nonpartisan primary and a majority when a requirement for future general elections. not everyone is on board, including fellow republicans like the state party chairman. >> we have a great system right now. if it isn't broke, don't fix it. stan: for more than 100 years, montana has held separate primary contests for each party, but under one of the proposed amendments, everyone running for office woul