{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-21-206","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-21-206","heading":"Counting of federal write-in absentee ballots.","body":"(1) A federal write-in absentee ballot received by an election administrator may be counted only if:\n(a) the elector's voter registration and identification information is sufficient to determine that the elector is eligible to vote in the election;\n(b) the election administrator has not received a regular absentee ballot from the elector by 8 p.m. on election day; and\n(c) the ballot is sent by 8 p.m. on election day and is received by 3 p.m. on the Monday following the election.\n(2) Federal write-in absentee ballots received before the close of the polls on election day may not be counted until the polls have closed.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 21. MONTANA ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES AND OVERSEAS VOTER ACT","Part 2. Absentee Voting"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0210/part_0020/section_0060/0130-0210-0020-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:26Z","sha256":"71a468f7419e4783e0cebfd15ce1ed9408551fc65d7cd3b1bce38745b902b62e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-21-205","next":"us-mt/13-21-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}