Montana Code Annotated 2005

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     13-2-301. (Temporary) Close of registration -- procedure. (1) The election administrator shall:
     (a) close registrations for 30 days before any election; and
     (b) publish a notice specifying the day registrations will close on radio or television as provided in 2-3-105 through 2-3-107 or in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least three times in the 4 weeks preceding the close of registration. The provisions of this subsection (1)(b) are fulfilled upon the third publication.
     (2) Information to be included in the notice must be prescribed by the secretary of state.
     (3) An individual who submits a completed registration form to the election administrator before the deadline provided in subsection (1)(a) is allowed to correct a mistake on the completed registration form until 5 p.m. on the 10th day following the close of registration, and the qualified elector is then eligible to vote in the next election.
     13-2-301. (Effective July 1, 2006). Close of regular registration -- notice -- changes. (1) The election administrator shall:
     (a) close regular registrations for 30 days before any election; and
     (b) broadcast a notice specifying the day regular registrations will close on radio or television as provided in 2-3-105 through 2-3-107 or publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least three times in the 4 weeks preceding the close of registration. The provisions of this subsection (1)(b) are fulfilled upon the third publication.
     (2) Information to be included in the notice must be prescribed by the secretary of state.
     (3) An application for voter registration properly executed and postmarked on or before the day regular registration is closed must be accepted as a regular registration for 3 days after regular registration is closed under subsection (1)(a).
     (4) An individual who submits a completed registration form to the election administrator before the deadlines provided in this section is allowed to correct a mistake on the completed registration form until 5 p.m. on the 10th day following the close of regular registration, and the qualified elector is then eligible to vote in the election at the polling place for that elector's precinct.
     (5) Subject to the provisions of 13-2-304, an elector who misses the deadlines provided for in this section may register to vote or change the elector's voter information and vote in the election, except as otherwise provided in 13-2-304.

     History: En. Sec. 35, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 385, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3016; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 446, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 302, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 7, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 286, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 586, L. 2005.

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