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MontanaPaper + scan

US state. Elections administered by the Secretary of State with county election administrators; campaign finance overseen by the Commissioner of Political Practices. Hand-marked paper ballots counted on optical scanners; counties may also conduct mail-ballot elections. Foundational law: Montana Code Annotated, Title 13 (Elections). Source: archive.legmt.gov.

Overall59.0%EAdI 50.0%EAI 66.1%ECI 88.9%EDRI 81.8%EVCI 50.0%EII 44.3%

Paper + scanVoting method

Voting Channels

How voters cast a ballot

The voting channels available under current law, each verified against the cited statute.

Election dayElection-day in personall
Polling places open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day.
MCA 13-1-106
EarlyEarly in personall-voters
No-excuse in-person absentee voting at the county election office during the absentee voting period.
MCA 13-13-212, 13-13-213
PostalPostal / mailno-excuse
No-excuse absentee voting by mail for any elector, plus optional all-mail elections at the county's option (MCA Title 13, ch. 19).
MCA 13-13-201, 13-13-212; 13-19-106 (mail ballot elections)
ProxyProxynot available
No proxy voting.
InternetInternetnot available
No internet voting — covered overseas voters receive ballots electronically (§ 13-21-104) but return them by mail.

Methodology Radar

Dimension Breakdown

EAdI50.0%

Election Administration Index

Electoral Access Index

Election Campaign-Finance Index

Election Dispute Resolution Index

Election Voter-Confidence Index

Election Integrity Index

Citizen Verifiability31%

Custody Hardware56%

Post Election Audit50%

Software Verifiability11%

Transparency Observation38%

Vendor Independence25%

Voter Access100%

Primary Instruments

Citation	Type	Title	Sections	Status
MCA Title 13, Ch. 1	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 1	38	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 10	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 10	40	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 12	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 12	11	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 13	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 13	38	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 14	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 14	11	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 15	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 15	30	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 16	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 16	28	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 17	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 17	23	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 19	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 19	25	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 2	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 2	25	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 21	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 21	18	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 22	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 22	8	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 25	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 25	18	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 26	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 26	11	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 27	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 27	60	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 28	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 28	13	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 3	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 3	14	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 35	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 35	59	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 36	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 36	16	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 37	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 37	71	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 38	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 38	10	active
MCA Title 13, Ch. 4	Code	MCA Title 13, Ch. 4	11	active

Methodologies — Datapoint Drill-In

Each methodology card above takes you to Montana's scoring detail for that methodology — every datapoint, with rationale and the exact statute that justifies the score.

EAdI EAI ECI EDRI EVCI EII

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