13-15-505. Canvass to be public -- procedure. (1) The canvass must be public. It must proceed by opening the returns from each county, auditing the records from each county for errors, determining the vote for each individual and for and against each ballot issue in each county, compiling totals, and declaring and certifying the results.
(2) The board shall record all write-in votes shown in the returns received from each county.
History: En. Sec. 166, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 61, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 15. Canvassing, Returns, and Certificates
13-15-501. Certification of canvass to state canvassers
13-15-502. Composition and meeting of board of state canvassers
13-15-504. Governor to issue commissions
13-15-505. Canvass to be public -- procedure
13-15-506. Report of the canvass
13-15-507. Declaration, proclamation, and certification of results