2005 Montana Code Annotated - 13-13-117 — Method of voting.

     13-13-117. Method of voting. (1) (a) Upon receipt of a paper ballot or, if a nonpaper ballot is used, after marking the precinct register pursuant to 13-13-115, an elector shall immediately retire to a voting station and prepare the elector's ballot in the manner prescribed in the instructions provided pursuant to 13-13-112.
     (b) An elector who spoils the elector's ballot must be provided with another ballot in place of the spoiled ballot.
     (2) (a) After the elector has completed voting, the elector shall ensure the proper disposition of the elector's ballot in accordance with instructions provided pursuant to 13-13-112.
     (b) If a paper ballot was cast, an election judge shall place the ballot in the ballot box immediately without opening or examining the ballot. Only an election judge may put a ballot in a ballot box, and nothing other than a ballot may be put in a ballot box.

     History: En. Sec. 110, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 298, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 391, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 414, L. 2003.