BILLINGS — With nearly a week until Election Day, Forward Montana is now shifting its focus from registration to information guides and early voting.

“We’re asking candidates questions. We’re asking some questions of the Montana Supreme Court, asking their views on a few issues, and then we have some ballot initiative language,” Pari Kemmick, the group’s senior organizing manager for eastern Montana, said in announcing the guidance Monday.

The 34-year-old actor said politics has been on his mind since seventh grade.

“I don’t plan on leaving this type of work because I’m really passionate about making sure our democracy reflects us,” Kemmick said.

Although many people assume that Forward Montana’s work is seasonally aligned with election cycles, the group is active year-round every year, focusing on what it describes as nonpartisan engagement of young voters.

“There aren’t a lot of policies that reflect young people, like affordable housing, climate justice, even voting rights,” Kemmick said.

Failure to address issues with young voters in local legislation is one of the primary reasons lifelong Montanans are leaving the state, according to Kemmick.

“I saw a lot of young people leaving Montana. I grew up in Billings. I was born and raised here. A lot of my friends have moved away since high school,” Kemmick said.

He said young voters are increasingly moving away from party politics and prefer to focus more on individual issues.

“You don’t have to vote for one party (policies), but you can find candidates that reflect your values, whether it be Republican, Democrat, Independent, whatever,” Kemmick said.