Montana Regulations § 44.3.2702 PLAN SPECIFICATIONS
Regulation Text
(1)
The plan for the conduct of an election or elections held on the same election day must include:
(a)
a statement indicating the type of jurisdiction involved including sufficient information to demonstrate that it is in fact one of the jurisdictions for which the mail ballot option is available;
(b)
a description of the type of election to be conducted;
(c)
the estimated number of eligible electors in the jurisdiction at the time the plan is written;
(d)
if the jurisdiction is a multicounty district, a listing of the other election administrators involved and a statement designating which one will function as the chief election administrator for that specific election;
(e)
if the election is for school district purposes designate who will conduct the election--school district clerk (election administrator) or county election administrator;
(f)
if proportional voting is required, a reference to the applicable statute and a complete description of the method to be used to satisfy the statutory requirements for proportional voting;
(g)
if voting is permitted by electors who are eligible but otherwise not registered, a description of the eligibility requirements;
(h)
the total number of "places of deposit," other than the election office contemplated, if any, together with the address of each and a description of its nature;
(i)
a written timetable for the conduct of the election prepared in accordance with the specifications set forth in ARM
44.3.2703
;
(j)
procedures to ensure that the voter interface devices required in
13-3-208
, MCA are available at locations appropriate to provide accessibility for disabled electors;
(k)
an indication of how postage will be handled for:
(i)
returned as undeliverable (e.g., "return postage guaranteed"); and
(ii)
returns (e.g., elector to apply own postage or postage pre-paid, how);
(l)
if the election is for school district purposes, a brief narrative of the procedures to be followed from the time the ballots are received from the electors until they are tabulated, including arrangements made for transfer of ballots from/to the school district clerk and the county election administrator for verification of signatures;
(m)
a description of the procedures to be used to ensure ballot security at all stages of the process.
(n)
sample written instructions shall be consistent with
13-19-205
, MCA.
History
NEW, 1985 MAR p. 1020, Eff. 7/26/85; AMD, 1987 MAR p. 2394, Eff. 12/25/87; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 308, Eff. 2/9/90; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 1319, Eff. 5/28/10; AMD and TRANS, from
44.9.202
, 2012 MAR p. 760, Eff. 4/13/12; AMD,
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