13-21-210. Application for absentee ballots. - Montana Statutes

     13-21-210. Application for absentee ballots. (1) (a) A United States elector may apply for a regular absentee ballot as follows:
     (i) by making a written request, which must include the elector's birth date and signature; or
     (ii) by properly completing, signing, and returning to the election administrator the federal post card application.
     (b) A person who holds a power of attorney from an absent uniformed services elector may apply for an absentee ballot for that election on behalf of the uniformed services elector. The applicant shall provide a copy of the power of attorney authorizing the request for an absentee ballot along with the application.
     (2) An application for a regular absentee ballot must be received by the appropriate county election administrator by the time specified in 13-2-304 for late registration.
     (3) An application under this section is valid for all state and local elections in the calendar year in which the application is made and the next two regularly scheduled federal general elections unless an elector requests to be mailed an absentee ballot for each subsequent election in which the elector is eligible to vote or only for each subsequent federal election in which the elector is eligible to vote for as long as the elector remains eligible to vote and resides at the address provided in the initial application.
     (4) If an elector fails to provide the address confirmation required by 13-13-212, the elector will be removed from the permanent absentee ballot list. An elector who is removed from the permanent absentee ballot list will continue to receive absentee ballots during the period covered in the elector's initial application under this section.
     (5) The elector's county election administrator shall provide the elector with a regular absentee ballot for the elections described in subsection (3) as soon as the ballots are printed.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 557, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 157, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 221, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 278, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 51, Ch. 297, L. 2009.