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Montana Statutes § 13-15-104 Absentee ballot counting board

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Statute Text

(1) The election administrator shall:
(a) give special instructions to any absentee ballot counting board appointed under 13-15-112 on the proper procedures for counting the absentee ballots; and
(b) provide the forms and supplies necessary for the board to perform its duties.
(2) The absentee ballot counting board shall:
(a) be in a room separate from where ballots are being cast;
(b) at any time prior to the closing of the polls but no sooner than 1 day before election day, start the count of the absentee votes cast; and
(c) follow the procedures outlined in 13-13-241 and 13-15-207 for the counting of the votes cast.
(3) An election judge or other individual having access to any results of early counting is subject to 13-35-241 .
(4) The absentee ballot counting board shall take the oath and sign the affirmation specified in 13-15-207 (4) .

History

Amended by Laws 2019 , Ch. 229 , Sec. 4 , eff. 5/1/2019 .

En. Sec. 5, Ch. 120, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 298, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 414, L. 2003.

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