{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-21-226","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-21-226","heading":"Receipt of voted ballot.","body":"(1) A valid military-overseas ballot must be counted if it is received by 8 p.m. on election day or by 5 p.m. on the day after election day if transmitted electronically by 8 p.m. on election day.\n(2) Voted ballots transmitted electronically by 8 p.m. on election day and received by 5 p.m. on the day after election day must be counted at the same time as provisional ballots are counted.","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_0260/0130-0210-0020-0260.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:27Z","sha256":"9a08923ccdad8f1e3bed3755b3c328c1c45d7be7d1f5b1a38239f920889650e6","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-21-225","next":"us-mt/13-21-227"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}