Montana § 13-35-207 - Deceptive Election Practices

§ 13-35-207. Deceptive Election Practices

Deceptive election practices. A person is guilty of false swearing, unsworn falsification, or tampering with public records or information, as appropriate, and is punishable as provided in 45-7-202 , 45-7-203 , or 45-7-208 , as applicable, whenever the person: (1) falsely represents the person's name or other information required upon the person's voter registration form and causes registration with the form; (2) signs a voter registration form knowingly witnessing any false or misleading statement; (3) knowingly causes a false statement, certificate, or return of any kind to be signed; (4) falsely makes a declaration or certificate of nomination; (5) files or receives for filing a declaration or certificate of nomination knowing that all or part of the declaration or certificate is false; (6) forges or falsely makes the official endorsement of a ballot; (7) forges or counterfeits returns of an election purporting to have been held at a precinct, municipality, or ward where no election was in fact held; (8) knowingly substitutes forged or counterfeit returns of election in place of the true returns for a precinct, municipality, or ward where an election was held; (9) signs a name other than the person's own to a petition, signs more than once for the same ballot issue, or signs a petition while not being a qualified elector of the state; or (10) makes a false oath or affidavit where an oath or affidavit is required by law.