13-10-602. Use of party name. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a political party and its regularly nominated candidates, members, and officers have the sole and exclusive right to the use of the party name. A candidate for office may not use any word of the name of any other political party or organization other than that by which the candidate is nominated in a manner that indicates or implies the individual is a candidate of the nonnominating party.
(2) An independent or nonpartisan candidate, except as provided in subsection (3), may not use any word of the name of any existing political party or organization in the candidacy in a manner that indicates or implies that the individual is a candidate of that party or organization.
(3) A candidate for an elective office under an elected county official government provided for in 7-3-111 who is running in an election conducted after electors have approved a change pursuant to 7-3-103(4) in the type of election held from partisan to nonpartisan may use a party name or symbol in the candidate's campaign material.
History: En. Sec. 80, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3320(2), (3); amd. Sec. 44, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 368, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 345, L. 2019.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations
Part 6. Nominations by Primary Election
13-10-601. Parties eligible for primary election -- petitions by minor parties
13-10-604. Nominations for minor parties
13-10-605. Qualifying minor political parties -- reports required
13-10-606. Submission and form of minor party petition
13-10-607. Verification of signatures
13-10-608. Verification of signatures by county -- fraudulent or duplicate signatures
13-10-609. County official to forward verified sheets
13-10-610. Certification of minor party petition
13-10-611. Retention of copies by county official