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bill NO. _____________
INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT revising the procedure for the counting of votes; AMENDING SECTION 13-15-101, MCA; and PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 13-15-101, MCA, is amended to read:
"13-15-101. Votes to be publicly counted -- return forms. (1) Any official vote count must be open to public observation and continue without adjournment until it is completed, and the result must be publicly declared.
(2) Immediately after all the ballots are counted by precinct, the election judges shall copy the total votes cast for each candidate and for and against each proposition on the return forms furnished by the election administrator.
(3) The election judges shall immediately display one of the return forms at the place of counting and return a copy to the election administrator. Both forms must be signed by all the election judges completing the count."
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.