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Montana Statutes § 13-10-503 Filing deadlines

⤴ Up to Part 5: Methods of Nomination Other Than by Primary Election

Statute Text

(1) A petition for nomination, the affidavits of circulation required by 13-27-302 , and the required filing fee must be filed with the same officer with whom other nominations for the office sought are filed. Petitions must be submitted, at least 1 week before the deadline for filing, to the election administrator in the county where the signer resides for verification and certification by the procedures provided in 13-27-303 through 13-27-306 . If sufficient signatures are verified and certified pursuant to 13-10-502 , the county election administrator shall file the petition for nomination with the same officer with whom other nominations for the office sought are filed.
(2) Except as provided in 13-10-504 , each petition for nomination and the required filing fee must be filed before the scheduled primary election or the filing deadline for the special or general election if a primary election is not scheduled.

History

Amended by Laws 2013 , Ch. 336 , Sec. 20 , eff. 1/1/2014 .

En. Sec. 78, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 59, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 237, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3318(5); amd. Sec. 85, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 437, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 591, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 390, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 458, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 292, L. 2009.

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