Title 13, Title 13

Each election administrator shall keep an official register of electors in the statewide voter registration system. The original signed registration form for each elector must be scanned, and the scanned copy must be retained in the statewide voter registration system. The origin…

(1) No later than 5 working days after the deadline prescribed in 13-2-301(3), election administrators shall enter all voter registration applications that were submitted within the deadline for regular registration into the statewide voter registration system. (2) The secretary …

(1) Except for mail ballot elections conducted under Title 13, chapter 19, the election administrator shall prepare from the certified statewide voter registration list a precinct register for each precinct in the county for use by the election judges. The register may be prepare…

The county governing body must provide the election administrator with sufficient help for the duties imposed by this title. The cost of stationery, printing, publishing, and posting is a proper charge against the county.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), upon request, the secretary of state shall furnish to any individual, for noncommercial use, available extracts and reports from the statewide voter registration system. Upon request, a local election administrator shall furnish to an ind…

A provision of this chapter may not be interpreted to conflict with Title 13, chapter 21.

The election administrator's office shall be open for registration of electors from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on all regular working days. The office may be kept open for the registration of electors at other times at the discretion of the election administrator.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), an individual who is not eligible to register because of residence or age requirements but who will be eligible on or before election day may apply for voter registration pursuant to 13-2-110 and be registered subject to verification procedures esta…

(1) A person may not be permitted to register until the person attains United States citizenship. (2) Illegal aliens are prohibited from voting in the state of Montana.

(1) The election administrator shall give or mail to each elector a notice, confirming registration and giving the location of the elector's polling place. A notice sent to an elector to whom the notice is not personally given must be sent by nonforwardable, first-class mail, whi…

(1) An elector shall provide the election administrator with the elector's current street address, rural address, or, if neither of those addresses is available, other specific geographic location information from which the location of the elector's residence may be easily determ…

(1) The rules adopted by the secretary of state under 13-2-108 must include the following procedures, at least one of which an election administrator shall follow annually: (a) compare the entire list of registered electors, including electors on the absentee ballot list, against…

(1) Qualified individuals must be given the opportunity to register to vote when applying for or receiving services or assistance: (a) at an agency that provides public assistance; (b) at or through an agency that provides state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing serv…

(1) The name of an elector must be moved by an election administrator from the inactive list to the active list of a county if an elector meets the requirements for registration provided in this chapter and: (a) appears at a polling place in order to vote, submits an application …

(1) The election administrator shall: (a) close regular registrations for 30 days before any election; and (b) publish a notice specifying the day regular registrations will close and the availability of the late registration option provided for in 13-2-304 in a newspaper of gene…

(1) Except as provided in 13-21-104 and subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the following provisions apply: (a) An elector may register or change the elector's voter registration information after the close of regular registration as provided in 13-2-301 and vote in the elec…

The election administrator shall cancel the registration of an elector if: (1) the elector submits a signed written request for cancellation; (2) a certificate of the death of the elector is filed or if the elector is reported to the election administrator as deceased by the depa…

An elector shall notify the election administrator in a written communication signed by the elector of a change in residence within the county or a change in name.

(1) An elector who has changed residence to a different precinct within the same county and has failed to notify the election administrator of the change by a new registration form may vote at the polling place or by absentee or mail ballot in the precinct where the elector is re…

Subject to the rules adopted under 13-2-108, the election administrator shall make the necessary corrections or updates in the registration records when the election administrator receives a corrected or updated registration form.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2)(a), an elector who changes residence to a different county within this state shall register in the new county of residence in order to vote in any election. (2) An elector who changes residence to a different county 30 days or less before …