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HOUSE BILL NO. 88
INTRODUCED BY T. WASHBURN
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING THE CLOSE OF LATE VOTER REGISTRATION; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 13-2-301 AND 13-2-304, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 13-2-301, MCA, is amended to read:
"13-2-301. Close of regular registration -- notice -- changes. (1) The election administrator shall:
(a) close regular registrations for 30 days before any election; and
(b) broadcast a notice specifying the day regular registrations will close on radio or television as provided in 2-3-105 through 2-3-107 or publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least three times in the 4 weeks preceding the close of registration. The provisions of this subsection (1)(b) are fulfilled upon the third publication.
(2) Information to be included in the notice must be prescribed by the secretary of state.
(3) An application for voter registration properly executed and postmarked on or before the day regular registration is closed must be accepted as a regular registration for 3 days after regular registration is closed under subsection (1)(a).
(4) An individual who submits a completed registration form to the election administrator before the deadlines provided in this section is allowed to correct a mistake on the completed registration form until 5 p.m. on the 10th day following the close of regular registration, and the qualified elector is then eligible to vote in the election at the polling place for that elector's precinct.
(5) Subject to the provisions of 13-2-304, an An elector who misses the deadlines provided for in this section may register to vote or change the elector's voter information and vote in the election, except as otherwise only as provided in 13-2-304."
Section 2. Section 13-2-304, MCA, is amended to read:
"13-2-304. Late registration -- late changes -- nonapplicability for school elections. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), the following provisions apply:
(a) An elector may register or change the elector's voter registration information after the close of regular registration in 13-2-301 and 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 the close of the polls on election day.
(b) Late registration is closed from noon to 5 p.m. on the day Friday before the election.
(c)(b) Except as provided in 13-2-514(2)(a), an elector who registers or changes the elector's voter information pursuant to this section may vote in the election only if the elector votes at the county election administrator's office.
(2) If an elector has already been sent an absentee ballot for the election, the elector may change the elector's voter registration information only with respect to the next election.
(3) The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply with respect to an elector's registration to vote in a school election held pursuant to Title 20."
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