Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 13. ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 13. ELECTION PROCEDURE

Part 1. Procedure at Polling Place

Duties -- Proclamation Prior To Opening And Closing Polls

13-13-101. Duties -- proclamation prior to opening and closing polls. (1) The election judges shall meet at their assigned polling places at the time set by the election administrator. The judges shall take and subscribe the official oath prescribed by the constitution. They may administer the oath to each other. The judges shall check all supplies and complete preparations for voting before the time set for opening the polls, under the direction of the chief election judge.

(2) Before the polls are opened or closed, that fact must be proclaimed at the place of election.

History: En. Sec. 102, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3602; amd. Sec. 103, Ch. 571, L. 1979.