Montana § 13-10-602 - Use Of Party Name
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 13-10-602 — Use Of Party Name, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13-10-602. Use Of Party Name
Use of party name. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a political party and its regularly nominated candidates, members, and officers have the sole and exclusive right to the use of the party name. A candidate for office may not use any word of the name of any other political party or organization other than that by which the candidate is nominated in a manner that indicates or implies the individual is a candidate of the nonnominating party. (2) An independent or nonpartisan candidate, except as provided in subsection (3), may not use any word of the name of any existing political party or organization in the candidacy in a manner that indicates or implies that the individual is a candidate of that party or organization. (3) A candidate for an elective office under an elected county official government provided for in 7-3-111 who is running in an election conducted after electors have approved a change pursuant to 7-3-103 (4) in the type of election held from partisan to nonpartisan may use a party name or symbol in the candidate's campaign material.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13-10-602 ("Use Of Party Name") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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