{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-13-233","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-13-233","heading":"Issuing and recording absentee ballots -- certificate to election judges.","body":"(1) Absentee ballots must be official numbered paper ballots beginning with ballot number 1 and following consecutively according to the number of applications for absentee ballots.\n(2) The election administrator shall keep a record of all absentee ballots issued.\n(3) The election administrator shall keep a record of the following information subject to the appropriate retention schedule:\n(a) the ballot numbers of the absentee ballots mailed or transmitted pursuant to 13-13-214, 13-21-106(3)(a), and 13-21-224, delivered pursuant to 13-13-229, or marked in person pursuant to 13-13-222;\n(b) the number of ballots to be reserved for late absentee voting pursuant to 13-13-211(2); and\n(c) the names of the electors within the precinct to whom the ballots were provided.","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_0330/0130-0130-0020-0330.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:21Z","sha256":"0dc0d871f7a229af634d2513bb091454fb6f851f40e75056c34dd02842a1cb46","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-13-232","next":"us-mt/13-13-234"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}