13-2-116. Precinct register. (1) Except for mail ballot elections conducted under Title 13, chapter 19, the election administrator shall prepare from the certified statewide voter registration list a precinct register for each precinct in the county for use by the election judges. The register may be prepared no sooner than the Friday before each election and must contain an alphabetical list of the names, with addresses, of the legally registered electors and provisionally registered electors, a space for the signature of the elector, and other information as prescribed by the secretary of state.
(2) If some of the electors in a precinct are not eligible to receive all ballots at an election because of a combination of the elections of more than one political subdivision, the election administrator shall distinguish the names of those eligible for each ballot by whatever method will be clear and efficient.
(3) When several precincts have been combined at one polling place for an election, the election administrator may combine the electors from all precincts into one register or may provide separate registers for each precinct.
(4) Precinct registers need not be printed if the election will not be held.
History: (1) thru (3)En. Sec. 43, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3024; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 571, L. 1979; (4)En. Sec. 25, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 475, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 297, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 2. Registration of Electors
13-2-103. through 13-2-106 reserved
13-2-107. Statewide voter registration system -- information-sharing agreements
13-2-108. Rulemaking for statewide voter registration list
13-2-109. Rulemaking on sufficiency and verification of voter registration information
13-2-112. Register of electors to be kept
13-2-115. Certification of statewide voter registration list -- local lists to be prepared
13-2-117. County governing body to provide election administrator with sufficient help
13-2-118. through 13-2-120 reserved
13-2-122. Charges for registers, elector lists, and mailing labels made available to public
13-2-124. Registration provisions for United States electors supersede