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1 HOUSE BILL NO. 167
2 INTRODUCED BY J. DARLING, W. MCKAMEY, S. VANCE
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4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT TO POST ABSENTEE LISTS
5 AT POLLING LOCATIONS; AMENDING SECTION SECTIONS 13-13-233, AND 13-13-234, MCA; AND
6 PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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10 Section 13-13-233, MCA, is amended to read:
11 "13-13-233. (1) Absentee
12 ballots must be official numbered paper ballots beginning with ballot number 1 and following consecutively
13 according to the number of applications for absentee ballots.
14 (2) The election administrator shall keep a record of all absentee ballots issued.
15 (3) When the election administrator delivers the voted absentee ballots pursuant to 13-13-232(1),
16 the THE election administrator shall
17 also provide a certificate stating:
18 (a) the ballot numbers of the absentee ballots mailed or transmitted pursuant to 13-13-214, 13-21-
19 106(3)(a), and 13-21-224, delivered pursuant to 13-13-229, or marked in person pursuant to 13-13-222;
20 (b) the number of ballots to be reserved for late absentee voting pursuant to 13-13-211(2); and
21 (c) the names of the electors within the precinct to whom the ballots were provided.
22 (4) The chief election judge shall post in a conspicuous location at the polling place a list of the
23 names of electors appearing on the certificate required under subsection (3)."
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25ECTION 2. Section 13-13-234, MCA, is amended to read:
26 "13-13-234. (1) The election judges, at the opening of the polls,
27 shall:
28 (a) note on the pollbook opposite the appropriate ballot numbers the fact that the ballots were - 2025
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1 issued as absentee ballots; and
2 (b) reserve the numbers for electors who may vote late under 13-13-211(2).
3 (2) The election judges shall insert only the name of the elector entitled to each particular number
4 according to the certificate provided by the election administrator pursuant to 13-13-233(3) and the number of
5 the elector's ballot."
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7 NEW SECTION. Section 3. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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