Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     13-2-512. Right to vote when precinct or name changed -- inactive elector -- change of status. (1) An elector who has changed residence to a different precinct within the same county and has failed to notify the election administrator of the change by a transfer or new registration form may vote in the precinct where the elector is registered at the first election at which the elector offers to vote after the change or at a central location designated by the election administrator unless the elector's registration has been canceled as provided in 13-2-402.
     (2) An elector who still resides in the same precinct where registered, whose name has changed, and who has failed to notify the election administrator of the change by a new registration form may vote under the elector's former name at the first election at which the elector offers to vote after the change unless the elector's registration has been canceled as provided in 13-2-402.
     (3) The elector shall state the elector's correct residence address and name when offering to vote and shall complete a transfer form or new registration form to make the necessary correction before being allowed to sign the precinct register and vote.
     (4) If an inactive elector appears to vote or votes by absentee ballot in a federal election, that elector must be allowed to vote and must be removed from the inactive list and placed on the active list.

     History: En. Sec. 41, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 246, L. 1997.

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