Title 13, Title 13

(1) The secretary of state is the state official responsible for implementing the provisions of this chapter and the state's responsibilities under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. 20301, et seq. (2) The secretary of state shall make available to…

(1) A covered voter may use a digital signature as proof that the voter is the sender when the voter is electronically transmitting any of the following documents to an election administrator pursuant to this chapter: (a) a federal postcard application; (b) an application for vot…

(1) A federal write-in absentee ballot received by an election administrator may be counted only if: (a) the elector's voter registration and identification information is sufficient to determine that the elector is eligible to vote in the election; (b) the election administrator…

Ballots mailed to a covered voter must be handled as prescribed in 13-13-214, except that both the envelope in which a ballot is mailed to the covered voter and the signature envelope for the ballot must have printed across the face the information and graphics and be of the colo…

(1) Within 60 days after the date of each regularly scheduled federal general election, each county election administrator shall report to the secretary of state: (a) the number of absentee ballots transmitted by the election administrator to covered voters for the election; (b) …

In registering to vote, a covered voter who is eligible to vote in Montana shall use and must be assigned to the voting precinct of the address of the last place of residence of the voter in Montana. If that address is no longer a recognized residential address, the voter must be…

(1) To apply to register to vote, in addition to any other approved method, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application or the application's electronic equivalent. (2) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to r…

(1) A covered voter who is registered to vote in this state may apply for a military-overseas ballot: (a) using either the regular absentee ballot application in use in the voter's jurisdiction under 13-13-212 or the federal postcard application or the application's electronic eq…

Except as provided in 13-21-226, an application for a military-overseas ballot is timely if received by 8 p.m. on election day.

(1) For an election described in 13-21-105, not later than 45 days before the election or, if the 45th day before the election falls on a weekend or holiday, not later than the business day preceding the 45th day, the election official in each jurisdiction charged with distributi…

A covered voter may use a federal write-in absentee ballot to vote for all offices and ballot measures in an election described in 13-21-105.

(1) A valid military-overseas ballot must be counted if it is received by 8 p.m. on election day or by 5 p.m. on the day after election day if transmitted electronically by 8 p.m. on election day. (2) Voted ballots transmitted electronically by 8 p.m. on election day and received…

The secretary of state, in coordination with local election officials, shall implement an electronic free-access system by which a covered voter may determine by telephone, electronic mail, or internet whether: (1) the voter's federal postcard application or other registration or…

(1) A local election official shall request an e-mail address from each covered voter who registers to vote after January 1, 2014. (2) An e-mail address provided by a covered voter may not be made available to the public or any individual or organization other than a state or loc…