13-19-313. Notice to elector -- opportunity to resolve questions. - Montana Statutes

     13-19-313. Notice to elector -- opportunity to resolve questions. (1) As soon as possible after receipt of an elector's return/verification envelope, the election administrator shall give notice to the elector by the most expedient method available if the election administrator:
     (a) is unable to verify the elector's or agent's signature under 13-19-310;
     (b) has discovered a procedural mistake made by the elector that would invalidate the elector's ballot under 13-19-311; or
     (c) finds that the elector has failed to attest to the accuracy of the elector's address or notify the election administrator of the elector's correct mailing address as provided in 13-19-106.
     (2) The election administrator shall inform the elector that, prior to 8 p.m. on election day, the elector may:
     (a) by mail or in person, verify the elector's or agent's signature, after proof of identification, by affirming that the signature is in fact the elector's, by completing a new registration card containing the elector's current signature, or by providing a new agent designation form;
     (b) by mail, facsimile, telephone, or electronic means, provide the address information required under 13-19-106 or correct any minor mistake if the correction would render the ballot valid; or
     (c) if necessary, request and receive a replacement ballot and vote it at the election administrator's office.
     (3) The ballot of an elector who fails to provide information pursuant to subsection (2) must be handled as a provisional ballot pursuant to 13-15-107.
     (4) (a) If a mail ballot is returned as undeliverable, the election administrator shall investigate the reason for the return and mail a confirmation notice. The notice must be sent by forwardable, first-class mail with a postage-paid, return-addressed notice.
     (b) If the confirmation notice is returned to the election administrator, the elector must be placed on the inactive list provided for in 13-2-220 until the elector becomes a qualified elector.

     History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 196, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 246, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 475, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 297, L. 2009.