Montana Code 13-27-401. Voter information pamphlet
13-27-401. Voter information pamphlet. (1) The secretary of state shall prepare for printing a voter information pamphlet containing information relevant to the election, including but not limited to the following information for each statewide ballot issue to be voted on at an election, as applicable:
Terms Used In Montana Code 13-27-401
- 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
- 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
- issue: means a proposal submitted to the people at an election for their approval or rejection, including but not limited to an initiative, referendum, proposed constitutional amendment, recall question, school levy question, bond issue question, or ballot question. See Montana Code 13-1-101
- Printing: means the act of reproducing a design on a surface by any process. See Montana Code 1-1-203
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Statewide ballot issue: means a statewide initiative or a statewide referendum. See Montana Code 13-27-110
(a)ballot title, fiscal statement if applicable, and complete text of the issue;
(b)the form in which the issue will appear on the ballot;
(c)arguments advocating approval and rejection of the issue; and
(d)rebuttal arguments.
(2)The pamphlet must also contain a notice advising the recipient as to where additional copies of the pamphlet may be obtained.
(3)Whenever more than one statewide ballot issue is to be voted on at a single election, the secretary of state may publish a single pamphlet for all of the statewide ballot issues. The secretary of state may arrange the information in the order that seems most appropriate, but the information for all statewide ballot issues in the pamphlet must be presented in the same order.
(4)The secretary of state may prescribe by rule the format and manner of submission of the arguments concerning the statewide ballot issue.