{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-10-507","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-10-507","heading":"Independent candidates -- association with political parties not allowed.","body":"(1) A person seeking office as an independent candidate may not be associated with a political party for 1 year prior to the submission of the person's nomination petition.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), \"associated with a political party\" means having run for office in Montana as a partisan candidate or having held a public office in Montana or a precinct committee representative office in Montana with a political party designation.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 10. PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND NOMINATIONS","Part 5. Methods of Nomination Other Than by Primary Election"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0100/part_0050/section_0070/0130-0100-0050-0070.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:19Z","sha256":"760675c805dddaca47073dbba70f72b9b501e610cc3e260d5b8fa3a1e9b518fd","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-10-506","next":"us-mt/13-10-601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}