Montana Code 13-17-502. Definitions
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13-17-502. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
Terms Used In Montana Code 13-17-502
- 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
- Individual: means a human being. 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
- Random-sample audit: means an audit involving a manual count of ballots from designated races and ballot issues in precincts selected through a random process as provided in 13-17-503 and 13-17-510. See Montana Code 13-1-101
(1)”Computer software expert” means a person who has obtained a bachelor of science degree in computer science with expertise in software engineering and who is not affiliated with an election software vendor.
(2)”County audit committee” means the committee that conducts a random-sample audit in a county.
(3)”Vote-counting machine” means an individual piece of equipment used to automatically tabulate votes.