Montana Code 13-27-601. Notification of petitioner — legal action concerning petition
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13-27-601. Notification of petitioner — legal action concerning petition. If a legal action is filed challenging the validity of a petition, the secretary of state shall immediately notify the person who submitted the proposed statewide ballot issue.
Terms Used In Montana Code 13-27-601
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Petition: means a petition for a statewide initiative or a statutory referendum prepared pursuant to the requirements of this chapter. See Montana Code 13-27-110
- 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