{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-28-204","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-28-204","heading":"Petition signatures.","body":"(1) A petition approved as to form may not be circulated for the purpose of signature gathering more than 1 year prior to the final date for filing the signed petition with the county election administrator.\n(2) A local government petition may be signed only by a qualified elector of the local government.\n(3) A person gathering signatures for a petition may not be paid anything of value based on the number of signatures gathered.\n(4) Signatures may be withdrawn from a petition up to the time of final submission of petition sheets.\n(5) Signatures must be verified in the manner provided in 13-27-103.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 28. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BALLOT ISSUES","Part 2. Preparation and Submission of Local Government Ballot Issues"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0280/part_0020/section_0040/0130-0280-0020-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:30Z","sha256":"db65f4de08ca96e823b5a4624db4c7864b3eb22450dc7832304ba0d49c5a9128","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-28-203","next":"us-mt/13-28-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}