Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     13-13-221. Marking and affirming ballot -- use of secrecy and return envelopes. (1) After the elector marks the elector's ballots, the elector shall fold them so that the vote is concealed and so that the official stamp is visible and place the ballots in the secrecy envelope.
     (2) The elector shall place the ballots in the secrecy envelope and place the sealed secrecy envelope in the return envelope addressed to the election administrator and seal it securely. If the ballots are for a primary election, the party ballot or ballots not voted must be placed in the envelope marked for that purpose and enclosed in the outer return envelope with the voted ballots as provided in this subsection.
     (3) The elector shall complete and sign the affirmation on the envelope.
     (4) The elector shall mail the envelope, postage prepaid, or deliver it to the election administrator or the special absentee election board.

     History: En. Sec. 125, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 287, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3707; amd. Sec. 122, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 239, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 242, L. 1997.

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