{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-27-408","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-27-408","heading":"Rejection of improper arguments.","body":"The secretary of state shall reject, with the approval of the attorney general, an argument or other matter held to contain obscene, vulgar, profane, scandalous, libelous, or defamatory matter; any language that in any way incites, counsels, promotes, or advocates hatred, abuse, violence, or hostility toward, or that tends to cast ridicule or shame upon, a group of persons by reason of race, color, religion, or sex, as defined in 1-1-209; or any matter not allowed to be sent through the mail. Such arguments may not be filed or printed in the voter information pamphlet.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 27. STATEWIDE BALLOT ISSUES","Part 4. Voter Information Pamphlets"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0270/part_0040/section_0080/0130-0270-0040-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:29Z","sha256":"cd4d1a1f39b778e40a50dac2715118cff24500fe022e8c2f93989085e92c06a0","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-27-407","next":"us-mt/13-27-409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}