Montana Statutes
§ 13-15-301 — Disposition Of Items By Election Administrator
13-15-301 . Disposition of items by election administrator.
(1)The election administrator shall file the envelopes or packages containing the precinct registers, pollbooks, tally sheets, certificates of registration, and oaths of election officers. Except as provided in subsection (2), the election administrator shall keep them unopened until the county board of canvassers meets to canvass the returns. The board shall open the envelopes or packages.
(2)The election administrator may open a package containing a precinct register to resolve questions concerning provisional ballots.
(3)Immediately after the returns are canvassed, the election administrator shall file the pollbooks, election records, and papers delivered to the board of canvassers with the unopened packages of ballots and b
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Legislative History
En. Sec. 177, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 100, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4007; amd. Sec. 156, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 273, L. 2007.
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Renumbered 13-15-207§ 13-15-104
Absentee Ballot Counting Board§ 13-15-109
And 13-15-110 Reserved§ 13-15-111
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Appointment Of Counting Boards§ 13-15-202
Repealed§ 13-15-203
Repealed