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MT Code § 13-10-328 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 3. Primary Election Procedure|13-10-328. Vacancy in governor or lieutenant governor candidacy

  13-10-328. Vacancy in governor or lieutenant governor candidacy. (1) Except as provided in this section, death or withdrawal of a candidate for governor or lieutenant governor does not affect the candidacy of the other joint candidate.   (2) If a candidate for the office of governor dies less than 85 days before a general election, the candidate for lieutenant governor must be advanced on the ballot to the candidacy for governor and the candidate for governor shall select an individual to be a candidate for lieutenant governor. If a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor dies less than 85 days before a general election, the candidate for governor shall select an individual to be a candidate for lieutenant governor. The name of a candidate for governor or a candidate for lieutenant governor, or both, designated or selected pursuant to this section, must be certified to the election administrators by the secretary of state, and one of the procedures provided in 13-12-204 must be used to place the name of the new candidate on the ballot.   History: En. Sec. 82, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 254, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 28, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3321(4); amd. Sec. 78, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 85, L. 1997.
MT Code § 13-10-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 4. Presidential Preference Primary|13-10-401. Date of presidential primary

  13-10-401. Date of presidential primary. In the years in which a president of the United States is to be elected, a presidential preference primary election will be held on the same day as the primary provided for in 13-1-107.   History: En. 23-3322 by Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3322; amd. Sec. 79, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 644, L. 1987.
MT Code § 13-10-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 4. Presidential Preference Primary|13-10-402. Ballot

  13-10-402. Ballot. The regular party primary ballots shall be used for the presidential preference primary election. The presidential section of the ballot shall be placed before any other section, national, state, or local.   History: En. 23-3323 by Sec. 2, Ch. 162, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3323; amd. Sec. 80, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 644, L. 1987.
MT Code § 13-10-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 4. Presidential Preference Primary|13-10-403. Form of ballot

  13-10-403. Form of ballot. The presidential preference ballot shall list all candidates nominated in accordance with the provisions of this part and shall, in addition, include a presidential ballot position which shall be designated as "no preference" and a blank write-in space.   History: En. 23-3324 by Sec. 3, Ch. 162, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3324; amd. Sec. 81, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 644, L. 1987.
MT Code § 13-10-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 4. Presidential Preference Primary|13-10-404. Placement of candidate on primary ballot -- methods of qualification -- filing fee

  13-10-404. Placement of candidate on primary ballot -- methods of qualification -- filing fee. (1) Before an individual intending to qualify as a presidential candidate may qualify for placement on the ballot, the individual shall qualify by one or more of the following methods:   (a) The individual has submitted a declaration for nomination that is signed by the candidate or an authorized campaign official to the secretary of state pursuant to 13-10-201(2) and has been nominated on petitions with the verified signatures of at least 500 qualified electors. The secretary of state shall prescribe the form and content of the petition.   (b) The individual has submitted a declaration for nomination to the secretary of state pursuant to 13-10-201, and the secretary of state has determined, by the time that declarations for nomination are to be filed, that the individual is eligible to receive payments pursuant to the federal Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act, 26 U.S.C. 9031, et seq.   (2) Except as provided by 13-10-201(3), the individual's declaration for nomination submitted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must be accompanied by the filing fee set in 13-10-202(3).   History: En. 23-3325 by Sec. 4, Ch. 162, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3325; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 52, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 5, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 242, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 336, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 172, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 368, L. 2017.
MT Code § 13-10-405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 4. Presidential Preference Primary|13-10-405. Submission and verification of petition

  13-10-405. Submission and verification of petition. Petitions of nomination for the presidential preference primary election and the affidavits of circulation required by 13-27-302 must be presented to the election administrator of the county in which the signatures are gathered at least 1 week before the primary election filing deadline prescribed in 13-10-201(7). The election administrator shall verify the signatures in the manner prescribed in 13-27-303 through 13-27-308 and must forward the petitions to the secretary of state by the filing deadline prescribed in 13-10-201(7).   History: En. 23-3326 by Sec. 5, Ch. 162, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 342, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3326; amd. Sec. 82, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 644, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 390, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 292, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 242, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 336, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 182, Ch. 49, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 172, L. 2017.
MT Code § 13-10-406 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 4. Presidential Preference Primary|13-10-406. Repealed

  13-10-406. Repealed. Sec. 11, Ch. 644, L. 1987.   History: En. 23-3327 by Sec. 6, Ch. 162, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3327.
MT Code § 13-10-407 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 4. Presidential Preference Primary|13-10-407. Delegates to national presidential nominating conventions

  13-10-407. Delegates to national presidential nominating conventions. The method of selection of delegates to national presidential nominating conventions is to be set by party rules. The use of the results of the presidential preference primary election by the political parties in their delegation selection systems is discretionary and is to be determined by party rules.   History: En. 23-3328 by Sec. 7, Ch. 162, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3328.
MT Code § 13-10-501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 5. Methods of Nomination Other Than by Primary Election|13-10-501. Petition for nomination by independent candidates or political parties not eligible to participate in primary election

  13-10-501. Petition for nomination by independent candidates or political parties not eligible to participate in primary election. (1) Except as provided in 13-10-504, nominations for public office by an independent candidate or a political party that does not meet the requirements of 13-10-601 may be made by a petition for nomination.   (2) The petition must contain the same information and the oath of the candidate required for a declaration for nomination.   (3) If a petition is filed by a political party, it must contain the party name and, in five words or less, the principle that the body represents.   (4) The form of the petition must be prescribed by the secretary of state, and the secretary of state shall furnish sample copies to the election administrators and on request to any individual.   (5) Each sheet of a petition must contain signatures of electors residing in only one county.   History: En. Sec. 78, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 59, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 237, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3318(1), (2); amd. Sec. 83, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 42, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 13-10-502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 5. Methods of Nomination Other Than by Primary Election|13-10-502. Signature requirements for petition

  13-10-502. Signature requirements for petition. (1) The petition for nomination must be signed by electors residing within the state and district or political subdivision in which the officer or officers are to be elected. Each signature line must contain spaces for the signature, post-office address, and printed last name of the signer.   (2) The number of signatures must be 5% or more of the total vote cast for the successful candidate for the same office at the last general election.   (3) If the office sought is a new office or the boundaries of the district or political subdivision in which the election is to be held have changed since the last election for the office, the officer with whom nominations for the office sought are filed shall determine the number of signatures required for a petition of nomination for that office.   History: En. Sec. 78, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 59, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 237, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3318(3), (4); amd. Sec. 84, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 537, L. 2001.
MT Code § 13-10-503 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 5. Methods of Nomination Other Than by Primary Election|13-10-503. Filing deadlines

  13-10-503. Filing deadlines. (1) A petition for nomination, the affidavits of circulation required by 13-27-302, and the required filing fee must be filed with the same officer with whom other nominations for the office sought are filed. Petitions must be submitted, at least 1 week before the deadline for filing, to the election administrator in the county where the signer resides for verification and certification by the procedures provided in 13-27-303 through 13-27-306. If sufficient signatures are verified and certified pursuant to 13-10-502, the county election administrator shall file the petition for nomination with the same officer with whom other nominations for the office sought are filed.   (2) Except as provided in 13-10-504, each petition for nomination and the required filing fee must be filed before the scheduled primary election or the filing deadline for the special or general election if a primary election is not scheduled.   History: En. Sec. 78, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 59, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 237, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3318(5); amd. Sec. 85, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 437, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 591, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 390, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 458, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 292, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 336, L. 2013.
MT Code § 13-10-504 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 5. Methods of Nomination Other Than by Primary Election|13-10-504. Independent or minor party candidates for president or vice president

  13-10-504. Independent or minor party candidates for president or vice president. (1) An individual who desires to run for president or vice president as an independent candidate or as a candidate of a party not qualified under 13-10-601 shall file a petition for nomination with the secretary of state 76 days prior to the date of the general election.   (2) The petition and the affidavits of circulation required by 13-27-302 must first be submitted, at least 1 week before the deadline for filing, to the election administrator in the county where the signer resides for verification and certification by the procedures provided in 13-27-303 through 13-27-306.   (3) The petition must have the signatures of electors equal to 5% or more of the total votes cast for the successful candidate for governor at the last general election or 5,000 electors, whichever is less. The names of the candidates for the required number of presidential electors allowable to Montana must be certified to the secretary of state no later than 76 days before the general election.   (4) A qualified independent presidential candidate may amend the petition and designate or choose a named vice presidential candidate until the filing date provided in 13-25-101.   History: En. Sec. 78, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 59, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 237, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3318(6); amd. Sec. 86, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 390, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 193, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 537, L. 2001.
MT Code § 13-10-505 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 5. Methods of Nomination Other Than by Primary Election|13-10-505. Applicability

  13-10-505. Applicability. The provisions of 13-10-501 through 13-10-504 shall not be used to fill vacancies or to nominate candidates in nonpartisan elections except for nominations to fill a vacancy as provided in 13-25-205.   History: En. Sec. 78, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 59, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 237, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3318(7); amd. Sec. 87, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 3, L. 1985.
MT Code § 13-10-506 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 5. Methods of Nomination Other Than by Primary Election|13-10-506. Repealed

  13-10-506. Repealed. Sec. 407, Ch. 571, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, 2nd Ex. L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3318.1.
MT Code § 13-10-507 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 5. Methods of Nomination Other Than by Primary Election|13-10-507. Independent candidates -- association with political parties not allowed

  13-10-507. Independent candidates -- association with political parties not allowed. (1) A person seeking office as an independent candidate may not be associated with a political party for 1 year prior to the submission of the person's nomination petition.   (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), "associated with a political party" means having run for office in Montana as a partisan candidate or having held a public office in Montana or a precinct committee representative office in Montana with a political party designation.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 591, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 336, L. 2013.
MT Code § 13-10-601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 6. Nominations by Primary Election|13-10-601. Parties eligible for primary election -- petitions by minor parties

  13-10-601. Parties eligible for primary election -- petitions by minor parties. (1) Each political party that had a candidate for a statewide office in either of the last two general elections who received a total vote that was 5% or more of the total votes cast for the most recent successful candidate for governor shall nominate its candidates for public office, except for presidential electors, by a primary election as provided in this chapter.  (2) After certification of a petition by the secretary of state under 13-10-610(1), a political party that does not qualify to hold a primary election under subsection (1) shall nominate its candidates for public office by primary election. However, this section may not be construed to prohibit an election administrator from not preparing a primary election ballot pursuant to 13-10-209.   History: En. Sec. 80, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3320(1); amd. Sec. 88, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 368, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 250, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 196, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 390, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 193, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 273, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 292, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 399, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-10-602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 6. Nominations by Primary Election|13-10-602. Use of party name

  13-10-602. 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.   History: En. Sec. 80, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3320(2), (3); amd. Sec. 44, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 368, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 345, L. 2019.
MT Code § 13-10-603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 6. Nominations by Primary Election|13-10-603. Repealed

  13-10-603. Repealed. Sec. 407, Ch. 571, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 80, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3320(4).
MT Code § 13-10-604 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 6. Nominations by Primary Election|13-10-604. Nominations for minor parties

  13-10-604. Nominations for minor parties. Any political party that does not qualify under the provisions of 13-10-601 may make nominations for public office as provided in 13-10-501 through 13-10-505.   History: En. Sec. 80, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3320(5); amd. Sec. 89, Ch. 571, L. 1979.
MT Code § 13-10-605 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 6. Nominations by Primary Election|13-10-605. Qualifying minor political parties -- reports required

  13-10-605. Qualifying minor political parties -- reports required. (1) A person who spends or receives money to support or oppose an effort to qualify a minor political party for primary elections using the petitions described in 13-10-606 shall comply with the provisions of Title 13, chapter 37, part 6.  (2) For the purposes of this section, "support or oppose" has the meaning as provided in 13-37-601.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 337, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 399, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-10-606 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 6. Nominations by Primary Election|13-10-606. Submission and form of minor party petition

  13-10-606. Submission and form of minor party petition. (1) (a) Any elector may present a petition to the secretary of state to request that a political party that does not qualify to hold a primary election under 13-10-601(1) may qualify to nominate its candidates by primary election.  (b) The petition must be in the form prescribed by the secretary of state.   (2) The petition must be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 5% or more of the total votes cast for the successful candidate for governor at the last general election or 5,000 electors, whichever is less. The number must include the registered voters in at least one-third of the legislative districts equal to 5% or more of the total votes cast for the successful candidate for governor at the last general election in those districts or 150 electors in those districts, whichever is less.   (3) Signed sheets or sections of petitions with original signatures and the affidavits of circulation as provided in 13-10-607 must be submitted to the official responsible for registration of electors in the county in which the signatures were obtained no sooner than 9 months and no later than 4 weeks before the final date for filing the petition with the secretary of state as provided in 13-10-609(2).   (4) (a) An elector may withdraw the elector's signature from a petition under this part until the final submission of petition sheets as provided in subsection (3).   (b) The county election administrator may consider an elector's request for an elector's name to be withdrawn only after verification that the elector requesting to be withdrawn from the petition is the same elector who signed the petition.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-10-607 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 6. Nominations by Primary Election|13-10-607. Verification of signatures

  13-10-607. Verification of signatures. An affidavit, in substantially the following form, must be attached to each sheet or section submitted to the county official:  I, (name of person who is the signature gatherer), swear that I/we gathered the signatures on the petition to which this affidavit is attached on the stated dates, that I believe the signatures on the petition are genuine, are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be, and are the signatures of Montana electors who are registered at the address or have the telephone number following the person's signature, and that I/we told the signers the contents of the petition before signing they signed the petition.   ______________________________________   (Date on which the first signature was gathered)   ______________________________________   (Signature of petition signature gatherer)   ______________________________________   (Address of petition signature gatherer)   Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___ day of _________, 20__   Seal ______________________________________   (Person authorized to take oaths)   ______________________________________   (Title or notarial information)   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 399, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-10-608 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 10. Primary Elections and Nominations|Part 6. Nominations by Primary Election|13-10-608. Verification of signatures by county -- fraudulent or duplicate signatures

  13-10-608. Verification of signatures by county -- fraudulent or duplicate signatures. (1) The county official shall check the names of all signers to verify they are registered electors. In addition, the official shall check all signatures on each sheet or section and compare them with the signatures of the electors as they appear in the records of the office. A signature may not be counted unless the elector has signed in substantially the same manner as it appears in the records of the office. If the elector is registered with a first and middle name, the use of an initial instead of either the first or middle name, but not both names, need not disqualify the signature. The signature may be counted so long as the signature, taken as a whole, bears sufficient similarity to the signature on the registration form as to provide reasonable certainty of its authenticity.  (2) Upon discovery of fraudulent signatures or duplicate signatures of an elector on any one issue, the election administrator may submit the name of the elector or the signature gatherer, or both, to the county attorney to be investigated under the provisions of 13-10-612 and 13-35-207.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 399, L. 2021.