Montana § 13-27-306 - Challenge To Signatures By Elector Of County
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 13-27-306 — Challenge To Signatures By Elector Of County, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13-27-306. Challenge To Signatures By Elector Of County
Challenge to signatures by elector of county. A registered elector of a county having reason to believe that signatures on a petition that were not among those actually compared with signatures in the registration records of the county are not genuine may file a sworn statement or affirmation of the elector's belief and a request for comparison of those signatures that the elector believes are not genuine with the county official certifying the sheet or section of the petition. If any of the challenged signatures are not genuine, the county official shall compare all signatures on that sheet or section and issue an amended certificate to the secretary of state, giving the correct number of valid signatures, on or before the deadline, as provided for in 13-27-104 , for filing in the office of the secretary of state.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13-27-306 ("Challenge To Signatures By Elector Of County") 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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