{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-17-509","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-17-509","heading":"Vote-counting machine maintenance -- examination.","body":"(1) Upgrades, patches, fixes, or alterations may not be applied to any vote-counting machine during the 30 days following a federal election.\n(2) If a vote-counting machine fails an audit pursuant to 13-17-507, the vote-counting machine is subject to examination by a computer software expert in consultation with a voting system vendor.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 17. VOTING SYSTEMS","Part 5. Postelection Audit"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0170/part_0050/section_0090/0130-0170-0050-0090.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:25Z","sha256":"951fedd291beae0e374979494b4130d79d25bc344b2701293fb6db108de45011","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-17-508","next":"us-mt/13-17-510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}