Montana Code 13-15-506. Report of the canvass
13-15-506. Report of the canvass. (1) The secretary of the board shall prepare and file in the official records of the secretary of state‘s office a report of the canvass that lists:
Terms Used In Montana Code 13-15-506
- 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
- Individual: means a human being. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- issue: means a proposal submitted to the people at an election for their approval or rejection, including but not limited to an initiative, referendum, proposed constitutional amendment, recall question, school levy question, bond issue question, or ballot question. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)the total number of electors voting in each county and in each legislative house district and the total in the state;
(b)the name of each individual receiving votes and the office for which the votes were received;
(c)the number and title of each ballot issue; and
(d)the votes by county and legislative house district and the total votes for each individual and for and against each ballot issue.
(2)Write-in votes for an individual must be entered in the report but must be identified as write-in votes.