Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     13-13-301. Challenges on election day. (1) An elector's right to vote may be challenged on election day by any registered elector by orally stating to the election judges the grounds of the challenge.
     (2) An individual offering to vote may be orally challenged by any elector of the county upon the following grounds:
     (a) that the elector is of unsound mind, as determined by a court;
     (b) that the elector has voted before in that election; or
     (c) that the elector has been convicted of a felony and is serving a sentence in a penal institution.
     (3) An elector challenged under this section may cast a provisional ballot, which must be handled as a provisional ballot under 13-15-107.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 34, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 365, L. 1977; Sec. 23-3015, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 111, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 365, L. 1977; Sec. 23-3611, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3015(3), 23-3611; amd. Sec. 132, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 475, L. 2003.

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