Montana § 13-19-303 - Voting By Elector When Absent From Place Of Residence During Conduct Of Election

§ 13-19-303. Voting By Elector When Absent From Place Of Residence During Conduct Of Election

Voting by elector when absent from place of residence during conduct of election. (1) A qualified elector who will be absent from the county during the time the election is being conducted may: (a) vote in person in the election administrator's office as soon as ballots are available and until noon the day before the ballots are scheduled to be mailed; or (b) make a written request, signed by the applicant and addressed to the election administrator, that the ballot be mailed to an address other than the address that appears on the registration form. Written requests must be accepted until noon the day before the ballots are scheduled to be mailed. (2) (a) Ballots mailed to electors on the active list and provisionally registered list pursuant to this section must be mailed the same day that all other ballots are mailed, except that a ballot requested pursuant to Title 13, chapter 21, may be sent to the elector as soon as the ballot is available. (b) A ballot may be provided pursuant to this section until noon on the day before election day if, after the ballots are mailed to active and provisionally registered electors: (i) an inactive elector reactivates the elector's registration as provided in 13-2-222 ; or (ii) an individual registers under the late registration option provided for in 13-2-304 and receives a ballot in person.