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Mont. Code Ann. § 13-27-307 (2026)

Consideration And Tabulation Of Signatures By Secretary Of State

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TITLE 13. ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 27. STATEWIDE BALLOT ISSUES

Part 3. Processing After Circulation ofPetitions for Signature

Consideration And Tabulation Of Signatures By Secretary Of State

13-27-307. Consideration and tabulation of signatures by secretary of state. (1) The secretary of state shall consider and tabulate only the signatures on petitions that are certified by the proper county official. The secretary of state may reject any petition that does not meet statutory requirements. The secretary of state shall return a rejected petition to the proper county official. The county official shall correct the error, when applicable, or send or deliver the rejected petition to the signature gatherer. The secretary of state may consider and tabulate any signature not certified by the county official that is certified by a notary public of the county in which the signer resides to be the genuine signature of an elector legally qualified to sign the petition.

(2) The official certificate of the notary public for any signature not certified as valid by the county official must be in substantially the following form:

State of Montana)

)ss.

County of__________)

I, __________ (name), a qualified and acting notary public in and for the above-named county and state, certify that I am personally acquainted with all of the following-named electors whose signatures are affixed to the attached (petition) (copy of a petition) and I know that they are registered electors of the state of Montana and of the county or legislative district written after their names in the petition and that their post-office addresses are correctly stated in the petition.

(Names of electors)

In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and official seal this____ day of_________, 20__.

_________________________________ (Signature)

Seal_____________________________ (Notarial information)

History: En. 37-124 by Sec. 10, Ch. 342, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 37-124; amd. Sec. 212, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 51, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 323, L. 2003.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2007–2020 · leading case: Larson v. State, 434 P.3d 241 (Mont. 2019).
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Larson v. State, 434 P.3d 241 (Mont. 2019). · cites it 13× “, § 13-27-307, MCA (secretary "may reject any petition that does not meet statutory requirements" and shall "return a[ny] rejected petition to the proper county official"), as indirectly incorporated in § 13-10-601(2)(c), MCA, by reference to §§ 13-27-303 to -306, MCA, to which…”
Montana Consum. Fin. Ass'n v. State Ex Rel. Bullock, 2010 MT 185 (Mont. 2010). · cites it 4× “See §§ 13-27-307, -308, MCA; see also e.g. § 13-27-316(3)(c)(iii), MCA.”
Montanans for Equal Application of Initiative Laws v. State Ex Rel. Johnson, 2007 MT 75 (Mont. 2007). · cites it 10× “Specifically, Opponents contended that those signature gatherers submitting affidavits with each sheet of signatures did not actually "gather or assist in gathering" the accompanying signatures in violation of § 13-27-307, MCA. Opponents did not contend that any of the…”
Montana Green Party v. Jacobsen (D. Mont. 2020). · cites it 2× “Mont. Code Ann. § 13-27-307 . b. Montana’s 2018 Statewide Elections Montana held a statewide primary election on June 5, 2018, and a statewide general election on November 6, 2018.”
Montana Consum. Fin. v. State (Mont. 2010). · cites it 2× “See §§ 13-27-307, -308, MCA; see also e.g. § 13-27-316(3)(c)(iii), MCA.”
Bernard Harrington v. State, 2010 MT 185 (Mont. 2010). · cites it 2× “See §§ 13-27-307, -308, MCA; see also e.g. § 13-27-316(3)(c)(iii), MCA.”
Bernard Harrington v. State (Mont. 2010). · cites it 2× “See §§ 13-27-307, -308, MCA; see also e.g. § 13-27-316(3)(c)(iii), MCA.”
Mont. Code Ann. § 13-27-307(1): 1 case
Larson v. State, 434 P.3d 241 (Mont. 2019). “, § 13-27-307, MCA (secretary "may reject any petition that does not meet statutory requirements" and shall "return a[ny] rejected petition to the proper county official"), as indirectly incorporated in § 13-10-601(2)(c), MCA, by reference to §§ 13-27-303 to -306, MCA, to which…”
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