Montana’s voters are set to decide a ballot proposal that would enshrine nonpartisan judicial elections in the state constitution. The state’s Supreme Court race is officially nonpartisan, but one candidate this year is backed by the state Republican Party and the other by some progressive groups. Montana provides an example of how state Supreme Court races have gained elevated attention in recent years because of the courts’ power to uphold or strike down state laws on abortion, voting rights and other consequential topics.