Montana Code 13-19-207. When materials to be mailed
13-19-207. When materials to be mailed. (1) Except as provided in 13-13-205(2) and subsection (2) of this section, for any election conducted by mail, ballots must be mailed no sooner than the 20th day and no later than the 15th day before election day.
Terms Used In Montana Code 13-19-207
- Ballot: means the ballot or set of ballots that is to be returned by a specified election day. See Montana Code 13-19-102
- Election: means a general, special, or primary election held pursuant to the requirements of state law, regardless of the time or purpose. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- Election administrator: means , except as provided in subsection (14)(b), the county clerk and recorder or the individual designated by a county governing body to be responsible for all election administration duties, except that with regard to school elections not administered by the county, the term means the school district clerk. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- Elector: means an individual qualified to vote under state law. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- Inactive list: means a list of inactive electors maintained pursuant to 13-2-220 or 13-19-313. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- Person: means an individual, corporation, association, firm, partnership, cooperative, committee, including a political committee, club, union, or other organization or group of individuals or a candidate as defined in subsection (8). See Montana Code 13-1-101
(2)All ballots mailed to electors on the active list and the provisionally registered list must be mailed the same day.
(3)(a) At any time before noon on the day before election day, a ballot may be mailed or, on request, provided in person at the election administrator‘s office to an elector on the inactive list after the elector reactivates the elector’s registration as provided in 13-2-222.
(b)An elector on the inactive list shall vote at the election administrator’s office on election day if the elector reactivates the elector’s registration after noon on the day before election day.
(4)An elector who registers pursuant to 13-2-304 must receive the ballot at the election administrator’s office.