Montana Code 13-21-107. Digital signature authorized
13-21-107. Digital signature authorized. (1) A covered voter may use a digital signature as proof that the voter is the sender when the voter is electronically transmitting any of the following documents to an election administrator pursuant to this chapter:
Terms Used In Montana Code 13-21-107
- Application for voter registration: means a voter registration form prescribed by the secretary of state that is completed and signed by an elector, is submitted to the election administrator, and contains voter registration information subject to verification as provided by law. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- Ballot: means a paper ballot counted manually or a paper ballot counted by a machine, such as an optical scan system or other technology that automatically tabulates votes cast by processing the paper ballots. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- Covered voter: means :
(a)a uniformed-service voter or an overseas voter who is registered to vote in Montana;
(b)a uniformed-service voter whose voting residence is in Montana and who otherwise satisfies Montana's voter eligibility requirements;
(c)an overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, was last eligible to vote in Montana and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies Montana's voter eligibility requirements;
(d)an overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, would have been last eligible to vote in Montana had the voter then been of voting age and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies Montana's voter eligibility requirements. See Montana Code 13-21-102
- Digital signature: means the certificate-based digital identification code issued to qualified personnel by the U. See Montana Code 13-21-102
- Election: means a general, special, or primary election held pursuant to the requirements of state law, regardless of the time or purpose. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- Election administrator: means , except as provided in subsection (14)(b), the county clerk and recorder or the individual designated by a county governing body to be responsible for all election administration duties, except that with regard to school elections not administered by the county, the term means the school district clerk. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- Federal postcard application: means the application prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U. See Montana Code 13-21-102
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Montana Code 13-21-102
(a)a federal postcard application;
(b)an application for voter registration;
(c)a request for an absentee ballot; or
(d)the voter’s marked ballot.
(2)An election administrator shall verify a digital signature received pursuant to this section and accept a validated digital signature as proof that a document has been transmitted by the voter.
(3)Nothing in this section may be interpreted as:
(a)requiring a covered voter to use a digital signature;
(b)requiring that an election administrator use a digital signature in lieu of the voter’s date of birth and social security number or driver’s license number to validate the voter’s identity during the voter registration process;
(c)requiring a county election administrator or the secretary of state to validate the voter’s identity with the certificate authority that issued the digital signature;
(d)requiring both a valid digital signature and the last four digits of a voter’s social security number as proof that a document is from the voter; or
(e)prohibiting a county election administrator from using the last four digits of a voter’s social security number, if provided on the document, to verify that the document was sent by the voter.