13-13-111. Provision and use of voting stations. (1) The election administrator shall provide a sufficient number of voting stations to allow voting to proceed with as little delay as possible.

Terms Used In Montana Code 13-13-111

  • Ballot: means a paper ballot counted manually or a paper ballot counted by a machine, such as an optical scan system or other technology that automatically tabulates votes cast by processing the paper ballots. See Montana Code 13-1-101
  • 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
  • Elector: means an individual qualified to vote under state law. See Montana Code 13-1-101
  • Individual: means a human being. See Montana Code 13-1-101

(2)Voting stations must be arranged in a manner that will not permit any other individual to see how the elector votes or has voted.

(3)No more than one individual may occupy a voting station at one time, except when assistance is furnished to an elector as provided by law.

(4)An individual may not occupy a voting station longer than is reasonably necessary to prepare the elector’s ballot, after which the election judges may effect the removal of the elector from the station.