13-10-503. Filing deadlines. - Montana Statutes

     13-10-503. Filing deadlines. (1) A petition for nomination and the affidavits of circulation required by 13-27-302, accompanied by the required filing fee, must be filed with the same officer with whom other nominations for the office sought are filed. Petitions must be submitted, at least 1 week before the deadline for filing, to the election administrator in the county where the signer resides for verification and certification by the procedures provided in 13-27-303 through 13-27-306. If there are insufficient signatures on the petition, additional signatures may be submitted before the deadline for filing. If sufficient signatures are verified and certified pursuant to 13-10-502, the county election administrator shall file the petition for nomination with the same officer with whom other nominations for the office sought are filed.
     (2) Except as provided in 13-10-504, each petition for nomination, accompanied by the required filing fee, must be filed by the applicable deadline established in 13-10-201(6)(a) or (6)(b).

     History: En. Sec. 78, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 59, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 237, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3318(5); amd. Sec. 85, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 437, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 591, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 390, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 458, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 292, L. 2009.