13-2-220. Maintenance of active and inactive voter registration lists for elections -- rules by secretary of state. - Montana Statutes

     13-2-220. Maintenance of active and inactive voter registration lists for elections -- rules by secretary of state. (1) The rules adopted by the secretary of state under 13-2-108 must include the following procedures, which an election administrator shall follow in every odd-numbered year:
     (a) compare the entire list of registered electors against the national change of address files and provide appropriate confirmation notice to those individuals whose addresses have apparently changed;
     (b) mail a nonforwardable, first-class, "return if undeliverable--address correction requested" notice to all registered electors of each jurisdiction to confirm their addresses and provide the appropriate confirmation notice to those individuals who return the notices;
     (c) mail a targeted mailing to electors who failed to vote in the preceding federal general election by:
     (i) sending the list of nonvoters a nonforwardable notice, followed by the appropriate forwardable confirmation notice to those electors who appear to have moved from their addresses of record;
     (ii) comparing the list of nonvoters against the national change of address files, followed by the appropriate confirmation notices to those electors who appear to have moved from their addresses of record;
     (iii) sending forwardable confirmation notices; or
     (iv) making a door-to-door canvass.
     (2) Any notices returned to the election administrator after using the procedures provided in subsection (1) must be followed by an appropriate confirmation notice that is a forwardable, first-class, postage-paid, self-addressed, return notice. If the elector fails to respond within 30 days of the confirmation notice, the election administrator shall move the elector to the inactive list.
     (3) A procedure used by an election administrator pursuant to this section must be completed at least 90 days before a primary or general election for federal office.
     (4) An elector's registration may be reactivated pursuant to 13-2-222 or may be canceled pursuant to 13-2-402.

     History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 246, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 475, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 297, L. 2009.