{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-1-125","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-1-125","heading":"Prohibition on ranked-choice voting methods -- definition.","body":"(1) An election conducted under Title 13 or under Title 20 may not use a ranked-choice voting method to determine the election or nomination of a candidate to a local, state, or federal office.\n(2) For the purposes of this section, \"ranked-choice voting method\" means a voting method that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has ballots cast to be tabulated in multiple rounds following the elimination of a candidate until one candidate reaches a majority of the votes.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0010/part_0010/section_0250/0130-0010-0010-0250.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:15Z","sha256":"c2dd4df64481db7bef223e284175dde568b90829a90ef48989d0d2b67584a68b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-1-123","next":"us-mt/13-1-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}