Montana § 13-13-225 Absentee Election Boards -- Members -- Appointment

Montana Statutes

§ 13-13-225 — Absentee Election Boards -- Members -- Appointment

Montana § 13-13-225

Title 13ELECTIONS

Ch. 13ELECTION PROCEDURE

Part 2Procedure for Electors Absent From the Polling Place

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Mont. Code Ann. § 13-13-225 (2026).

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13-13-225 . Absentee election boards -- members -- appointment.

(1)The election administrator may designate and appoint absentee election boards as needed or authorize one or more election officials to serve in various places to deliver ballots to electors who are entitled to vote by absentee ballot as provided in 13-13-229 .

(2)In a partisan election, each absentee election board or the authorized election officials who are appointed must consist of two members, one from each of the two political parties receiving the highest number of votes in the state during the last preceding general election, if possible. Board members and authorized election officials shall reside in the county in which they serve.

(3)A member of an absentee election board or an authorized election official may n

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13-13-225 . Absentee election boards -- members -- appointment. (1) The election administrator may designate and appoint absentee election boards as needed or authorize one or more election officials to serve in various places to deliver ballots to electors who are entitled to vote by absentee ballot as provided in 13-13-229 .
(2) In a partisan election, each absentee election board or the authorized election officials who are appointed must consist of two members, one from each of the two political parties receiving the highest number of votes in the state during the last preceding general election, if possible. Board members and authorized election officials shall reside in the county in which they serve.
(3) A member of an absentee election board or an authorized election official may not be a candidate or a spouse, ascendant, descendant, brother, or sister of a candidate or of a candidate's spouse or the spouse of any one of these if the candidate's name appears on a ballot in the county.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 10, Ch. 239, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 242, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 151, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 41, Ch. 242, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 336, L. 2013.