EAIElectoral Access Index

Montana codifies bipartisan composition of election bodies — absentee election boards take one member from each of the two leading parties (§ 13-13-225), election judges are drawn from both parties — but the chief election officer is a single elected partisan officeholder (the Secretary of State), so independence is partial.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: FTS surfaced petitioner-qualification cross-references and definitions; Montana's voter age and 30-day residency requirements are set in statute (§ 13-1-111) and in Article IV of the Montana Constitution, which is outside the ingested Title 13 corpus.

§ 13-1-111 codifies the disqualification criteria — a felon loses the vote only while serving a sentence in a penal institution, and a person of unsound mind loses it until restored to capacity — with statutory restoration built in. Statute plus statutory restoration; level 2.

“A person convicted of a felony does not have the right to vote while the person is serving a sentence in a penal institution.”

Restoration is codified — under § 13-1-111 a felon's right is lost only 'while ... serving a sentence in a penal institution', so it returns automatically on release; a person of unsound mind regains the vote on being restored to capacity as provided by law.

“A person adjudicated to be of unsound mind does not have the right to vote unless the person has been restored to capacity as provided by law.”

§ 13-13-114 sets the voter-ID requirement in statute — an elector must present identification before receiving a ballot.

“Before an elector is permitted to receive a ballot or vote, the elector shall present to an election judge one of the following forms of identification”

§ 13-13-114 exhaustively enumerates the acceptable ID forms in statute (Montana driver's license, state ID, military ID, tribal photo ID, U.S. passport, concealed-carry permit, university/college student photo ID), plus a documentary alternative (utility bill etc. with photo ID).

“a Montana driver's license, Montana state identification card issued pursuant to 61-12-501, military identification card, tribal photo identification card, United States passport, Montana concealed carry permit”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Montana enumerates acceptable IDs and a documentary alternative (a utility bill or similar plus photo ID), but does not provide a free state-issued ID card by statute for voters who lack one.

A voter who cannot present sufficient ID casts a provisional ballot (§ 13-13-114(2), § 13-13-601) and has until 5 p.m. the day after the election to provide identification or eligibility information (§ 13-15-107) — a codified at-polls cure procedure.

“Before being given a ballot, an elector casting a provisional ballot”

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

§ 13-2-301 sets the registration cutoff in statute — regular registration closes 30 days before any election — and § 13-2-304 codifies late registration through noon the day before, and election-day, voting.

“close regular registrations for 30 days before any election”

Montana codifies multiple registration methods — in-person and by mail (§ 13-2-110), agency-based registration (§ 13-2-221), motor-voter, and late/election-day registration (§ 13-2-304) — but they are spread across sections rather than set out as a single exhaustive enumeration.

Montana does not reject incomplete registrations outright — under § 13-2-110 insufficient information results in provisional registration, and § 13-2-513 codifies the procedure for the election administrator to correct or update the registration once the elector supplies the corrected form.

“the election administrator shall make the necessary corrections or updates in the registration records”

§ 13-13-301 codifies the voter's right to contest a challenge to their registration — the challenged elector may refute the challenge by sworn affidavit, must be notified of the challenge and grounds, and may cast a provisional ballot.

“the challenged elector may fill out and sign an affidavit to refute the challenge and swear that the elector is eligible to vote.”

§ 13-2-402 enumerates the roll-removal criteria in statute — written request, death, adjudicated unsound mind, felony incarceration, court order, registration elsewhere, and failure to respond to confirmation mailings followed by two missed federal general elections. Statutory; level 1.

“The election administrator shall cancel the registration of an elector if:”

Montana codifies notice-and-cure before removal — § 13-2-220 requires confirmation notices, and an elector is canceled under § 13-2-402(7) only after failing to respond to confirmation mailings, being placed on the inactive list, and then missing two consecutive federal general elections.

“must be followed within 30 days by an appropriate confirmation notice”

§ 13-2-108 directs the Secretary of State to adopt rules on the technical security and information security of the statewide voter registration system (including shielding driver's-license and social-security numbers); the specifics — encryption, breach notification, access logs — are left to rule rather than codified in statute.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

§ 13-13-119 codifies the right of a disabled elector to assistance — the elector may designate an agent of their own choosing (§ 13-1-116) or be assisted by two election judges of different parties; § 13-35-208 criminalizes deceiving an assisted elector.

“A disabled elector may request assistance in marking the elector's ballot.”

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

§ 13-1-106 sets polling-place hours in statute — 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. — with a noon-to-8 option for small precincts; hours are not left to local administrative discretion.

“polling places must be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.”

§ 13-19-106 codifies the full mail-ballot-election procedure — ballot mailed to every qualified elector, secrecy envelope, signature envelope, qualification by signature-envelope examination, an 8 p.m. election-day return deadline — with § 13-13-602 providing the fail-safe cure.

“An official ballot must be mailed to every qualified elector of the political subdivision conducting the election.”

§ 13-13-212 codifies the absentee-voting framework — any elector may apply (no excuse required), with the application, return, subsequent-election absentee list and address-confirmation process all defined; § 13-13-241 governs signature-envelope examination and treatment.

“an elector may apply for an absentee ballot by using a standard application form”

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

§ 13-19-307 codifies the ballot drop-off framework for mail-ballot elections — designated places of deposit, each staffed by at least two election officials, with an official ballot transport box secured as provided by law and poll watchers permitted.

“Each place of deposit must be staffed by at least two election officials”

§ 13-13-601 codifies the right to cast a provisional ballot and the at-polls procedure, and § 13-15-107 codifies adjudication — a cure window to 5 p.m. the day after the election and the rules for counting or rejecting the ballot.

“shall cast and return the provisional ballot to an election judge”