{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-10-302","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-10-302","heading":"Write-in votes for previously nominated candidates.","body":"(1) Subject to subsection (2), if an elector casts a write-in vote for a candidate on a primary party ballot when the candidate's name also appears or is written in for the same office on another party's ballot, the write-in vote counts only with respect to the party on whose ballot the write-in vote was cast and the write-in votes, if on multiple parties' ballots, and the votes cast for the candidate on the other party's ballots may not be added together.\n(2) A write-in vote must be counted as provided in 13-15-206(5).","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 10. PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND NOMINATIONS","Part 3. Primary Election Procedure"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0100/part_0030/section_0020/0130-0100-0030-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:18Z","sha256":"f4b0bd73c1274be8f441d44c7aa367ff3817b5dcace79c60023909fae529a78e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-10-301","next":"us-mt/13-10-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}