Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

67th Legislature                                                                                                   SB 196.1
  1                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 196
  2                                              INTRODUCED BY T. MCGILLVRAY
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  4     A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO POLLING PLACE TIMES;
  5     ALLOWING CERTAIN POLLING PLACES TO OPEN LATER; REQUIRING NOTICE TO AFFECTED VOTERS;
  6     AND AMENDING SECTION 13-1-106, MCA.”
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  8     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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 10                Section 1. Section 13-1-106, MCA, is amended to read:
 11                "13-1-106.   Time of opening and closing of polls for all elections -- exceptions. (1) Except as
 12     provided in subsections (2)(a) and (3), polling places must be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
 13                (2)   (a) A polling place having fewer than 400 registered electors who intend to vote at the polling
 14     place must be open from at least noon to 8 p.m. or until all registered electors in any precinct have voted, at
 15     which time that precinct in the polling place must be closed immediately.
 16                (b)   The determination of whether a polling place has fewer than 400 registered electors who intend to
 17     vote at the polling place is calculated by subtracting the number of registered electors who have applied to vote
 18     using an absentee ballot from the total number of registered electors.
 19                (c) The election administrator responsible for a polling place opening later than 7 a.m. pursuant to this
 20     subsection (2) shall provide notice of the change in polling place hours to affected registered electors who have
 21     not received an absentee ballot. The notice must be mailed to each affected registered voter no later than 30
 22     days prior to the election. However, if the polling place opens at the same time in each subsequent election,
 23     only one notice mailed before the initial election affected by the change in polling place hours is required.
 24                (3)   If an election is held on the same day as a school election and is conducted in the same polling
 25     place, the polling place must be opened and closed at the times set for the school election, as provided in 20-
 26     20-106."
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                                                                  -1-                     Authorized Print Version – SB 196
Statutes affected: 
SB0196_1.pdf: 13-1-106
SB0196_2.pdf: 13-1-106
SB0196_X.pdf: 13-1-106
Amended: 13-1-106
Introduced: 13-1-106