Montana § 13-19-301 Voting Mail Ballots

Montana Statutes

§ 13-19-301 — Voting Mail Ballots

Montana § 13-19-301

Title 13ELECTIONS

Ch. 19MAIL BALLOT ELECTIONS

Part 3Election Procedure

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 13-19-301 (2026).

Text

13-19-301 . Voting mail ballots.

(1)Upon receipt of a mailed ballot, the elector may vote by:

(a)marking the ballot in the manner specified;

(b)placing the marked ballot in the secrecy envelope, free of any identifying marks;

(c)placing the secrecy envelope containing one ballot for each election being held in the signature envelope;

(d)executing the affirmation printed on the signature envelope;

(e)providing the elector's date of birth on the signature envelope; and

(f)returning the signature envelope with all appropriate enclosures, as provided in 13-19-306 .

(2)For the purpose of this chapter, an official ballot is voted when the marked ballot is received at a place of deposit.

(3)A legally registered or provisionally registered elector with a disability may receive and vote a

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13-19-301 . Voting mail ballots. (1) Upon receipt of a mailed ballot, the elector may vote by:
(a) marking the ballot in the manner specified;
(b) placing the marked ballot in the secrecy envelope, free of any identifying marks;
(c) placing the secrecy envelope containing one ballot for each election being held in the signature envelope;
(d) executing the affirmation printed on the signature envelope;
(e) providing the elector's date of birth on the signature envelope; and
(f) returning the signature envelope with all appropriate enclosures, as provided in 13-19-306 .
(2) For the purpose of this chapter, an official ballot is voted when the marked ballot is received at a place of deposit.
(3) A legally registered or provisionally registered elector with a disability may receive and vote a ballot using procedures established in 13-13-246 .

Legislative History

En. Sec. 16, Ch. 196, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 78, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 297, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 101, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 66, Ch. 242, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 247, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 472, L. 2025.