{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-36-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-36-101","heading":"Grounds for contest of nomination or election to public office.","body":"An elector may contest the right of any person to any nomination or election to public office for which the elector has the right to vote if the elector believes that:\n(1) a deliberate, serious, and material violation of any provision of the law relating to nominations or elections has occurred;\n(2) the person was not, at the time of the election, eligible to be a candidate for the office;\n(3) votes were cast illegally or were counted or canvassed in an erroneous or fraudulent manner.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 36. CONTESTS","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0360/part_0010/section_0010/0130-0360-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:32Z","sha256":"66a93d49dfc9f816994165a8631324c12cf09f31b982e4ff34a286a70bf73351","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-35-804","next":"us-mt/13-36-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}