Skip to main content
CourtGPT logoCourtGPT
Directory
Law
For Attorneys
Blog
AppointmentsSign InSign Up
§ 13-36-101 — Montana Law | CourtGPT
  1. Home/
  2. Laws/
  3. Montana/
  4. Title 13 - Elections/
  5. Chapter 36 - Contests/
  6. Part 1 - General Provisions13-36-101. Grounds for Contest of Nomination or Election to Public Office/
  7. § 13-36-101
Montana Legal Code

§ 13-36-101

Ask AI about this
13-36-101. Grounds for contest of nomination or election to public office. An elector may contest the right of any person to any nomination or election to public office for which the elector has the right to vote if the elector believes that: (1) a deliberate, serious, and material violation of any provision of the law relating to nominations or elections has occurred; (2) the person was not, at the time of the election, eligible to be a candidate for the office; (3) votes were cast illegally or were counted or canvassed in an erroneous or fraudulent manner. History: En. Sec. 45, Init. Act, Nov. 1912; re-en. Sec. 10810, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 10810, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 94-1464, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 23-4763 by Sec. 29, Ch. 513, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 59, Ch. 365, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4763; amd. Sec. 224, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 102, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

Source: https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0360/part_0010/section_0010/0130-0360-0010-0010.html· Version 2025