13-27-306. Challenge to signatures by elector of county. A registered elector of a county having reason to believe that signatures on a petition that were not among those actually compared with signatures in the registration records of the county are not genuine may file a sworn statement or affirmation of the elector's belief and a request for comparison of those signatures that the elector believes are not genuine with the county official certifying the sheet or section of the petition. If any of the challenged signatures are not genuine, the county official shall compare all signatures on that sheet or section and issue an amended certificate to the secretary of state, giving the correct number of valid signatures, on or before the deadline, as provided for in 13-27-104, for filing in the office of the secretary of state.
History: En. 37-123 by Sec. 9, Ch. 342, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 37-123(5); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 400, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 87, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 3. Submission and Processing of Petitions
13-27-301. Submission of petition sheets -- withdrawal of signatures
13-27-302. Certification of signatures
13-27-304. County official to forward verified sheets
13-27-305. Retention of copies by county official
13-27-306. Challenge to signatures by elector of county
13-27-307. Consideration and tabulation of signatures by secretary of state
13-27-308. Certification of petition to governor
13-27-311. Publication of proposed constitutional amendments
13-27-315. Statements by attorney general on issues referred by legislature
13-27-316. Court review of attorney general opinion or approved petitioner statements