Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(1)
In addition to and consistent with the procedures specified in the Montana Code
Annotated, and due to administrative necessity, the following shall apply to
late registration:
(a) Any prospective
elector may register or change the existing elector's voter information after
the close of regular registration and be eligible to vote in the election if
the election administrator in the county where the elector resides receives and
verifies the elector's voter registration information prior to noon the day
before the election.
(b) After the
close of late registration, an elector may:
(i) update their residence to a different county within Montana
but may only vote in their previous county of residence pursuant to
13-2-514,
MCA.
(ii) update their residence to
a different precinct within the county and may vote a ballot from the former
precinct or new precinct. The elector may obtain the former precinct ballot at
their former precinct or either ballot at a central location designated by the
county election administrator.
(iii) change their name and may vote under the elector's former
name unless the registration was cancelled.
(iv) reactivate their registration pursuant to
13-2-222,
MCA, but may only vote on election day at the county election administrator's
office or a central location designated by the county election
administrator.
(2) Except as provided in (3)(a), an elector who registers or
changes the elector's voter information pursuant to this rule may vote in the
election only if the elector obtains the ballot from and returns it to the
location designated by the county election administrator. For the purposes of
this rule, returning the ballots to the location designated by the county
election administrator includes:
(a)
immediately after registering under the procedures of this rule, receiving and
casting an absentee ballot at the location designated by the county election
administrator; and
(b) at any time
after registering under the procedures of this rule, receiving in person from
the election administrator and returning an absentee ballot directly to the
location designated by the county election administrator, either in person or
by mail, subject to applicable deadlines.
(3) An elector who changes residence to a
different county within Montana 30 days or less before an election may:
(a) vote in person or by absentee ballot in
the precinct and county where previously registered; or
(b) update the elector's registration
information and vote in the elector's new county of residence, subject to the
late registration provisions of
13-2-301
or
13-2-304,
MCA.
(4) If a late
transfer registration applicant who is registered in another county appears in
the county election office in order to transfer the applicant's registration,
an election official shall, if the county from which the applicant is
transferring registration has already printed precinct registers, but not yet
printed supplemental registers:
(a) subject
to
13-2-304(2),
MCA, move the voter's registration from the current county into the new county
of registration; and
(b) issue the
applicant a regular ballot.
(5) If a late transfer registration applicant who is registered in
another county appears in the county election office in order to transfer the
applicant's registration, an election official shall, if the county from which
the applicant is transferring registration has already printed supplemental
registers:
(a) subject to
13-2-304(2),
MCA, move the voter's registration from the current county into the new county
of registration;
(b) issue the
applicant a provisional ballot; and
(c) after the election, contact the county from which the
applicant is transferring the applicant's registration in order to determine
whether the applicant voted in the other county, and follow all other
applicable requirements specified in laws and rules for provisional
electors.
AUTH:
13-2-108,
MCA IMP:
13-2-304,
13-2-514,
MCA