Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 13. ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 1. General Provisions

Time Of Opening And Closing Of Polls For All Elections -- Exceptions

13-1-106. Time of opening and closing of polls for all elections -- exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), polling places must be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

(2) A polling place having fewer than 400 registered electors must be open from at least noon to 8 p.m. or until all registered electors in any precinct have voted, at which time that precinct in the polling place must be closed immediately.

(3) If an election is held on the same day as a school election and is conducted in the same polling place, the polling place must be opened and closed at the times set for the school election, as provided in 20-20-106.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 365, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-2605; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 676, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 57, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 360, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 242, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 167, Ch. 49, L. 2015.