Montana Statutes § 13-19-314 Resolving ballots in question
Statute Text
Any questions concerning the validity of a ballot or signature must be resolved in the following manner:
(1)
If the election administrator is unable to determine without doubt whether a voted ballot is valid or invalid, the election administrator shall give notice to the elector as provided in
13-19-313
.
(2)
If, subsequent to following the procedure in
13-19-313
, the election administrator is still unable to determine without doubt whether the voted ballot is valid or invalid, the ballot must be handled as a provisional ballot pursuant to
13-15-107
.
History
En. Sec. 26, Ch. 196, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 79, Ch. 414, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 297, L. 2009.
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