HOUSE BILL NO. 204
INTRODUCED BY R. BITNEY
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT AN ELECTOR'S VOTER REGISTRATION IS CANCELED IF THE ELECTOR FAILS TO VOTE IN TWO CONSECUTIVE FEDERAL GENERAL ELECTIONS; AND AMENDING SECTION 13-2-402, MCA.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 13-2-402, MCA, is amended to read:
"13-2-402. Reasons for cancellation. The election administrator shall cancel the registration of an elector:
(1) at the written request of the registered elector;
(2) if a certificate of the death of the elector is filed or if the elector is reported as deceased by the department of public health and human services in the department's reports submitted to the county under 50-15-409;
(3) if the elector is of unsound mind as established by a court;
(4) if the incarceration of the elector in a penal institution for a felony conviction is legally established;
(5) if a certified copy of a court order directing the cancellation is filed with the election administrator;
(6) if the elector is successfully challenged and not allowed to vote at an election upon determination of an election judge;
(7) if a notice is received from another county or state that the elector has registered in that county or state; or
(8) if the elector fails to respond to certain confirmation mailings and fails to vote in two subsequent consecutive
federal general elections."
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