{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-13-211","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-13-211","heading":"Time period for application.","body":"(1) Except as provided in 13-13-222, 13-21-223, and subsection (2) of this section, an application for an absentee ballot must be made before noon on the day before the election.\n(2) A qualified elector who is prevented from voting at the polls as a result of illness or health emergency occurring between 5 p.m. of the Friday preceding the election and before the close of polls on election day may request to vote by absentee ballot as provided in 13-13-212(2).\n(3) An absentee ballot cast pursuant to subsection (2) must be received prior to 8 p.m. on election day pursuant to 13-13-201.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 13. ELECTION PROCEDURE","Part 2. Procedure for Electors Absent From the Polling Place"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0130/part_0020/section_0110/0130-0130-0020-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:20Z","sha256":"ff498d1ceaf49cd07fcb9008b40f222900c9e903be883ba66dc3aee685e76190","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-13-206","next":"us-mt/13-13-212"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}