Montana HB 193: Require signature for voter registration cancellation

Bill Text

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69th Legislature 2025 LC 3193
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1 _____________ BILL NO. _____________
2 INTRODUCED BY _________________________________________________
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4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REQUIRING A SIGNATURE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
5 CANCELLATION; AMENDING SECTION 13-2-402, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE
6 DATE.”
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8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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10 Section 1. Section 13-2-402, MCA, is amended to read:
11 "13-2-402. Reasons for cancellation. The election administrator shall cancel the registration of an
12 elector if:
13 (1) the elector submits a signed written request for cancellation;
14 (2) a certificate of the death of the elector is filed or if the elector is reported to the election
15 administrator as deceased by the department of public health and human services in the department's reports
16 submitted to the county under 50-15-409 or through a newspaper obituary;
17 (3) the elector is of unsound mind as established by a court;
18 (4) the incarceration of the elector in a penal institution for a felony conviction is legally
19 established;
20 (5) a certified copy of a court order directing the cancellation is filed with the election administrator;
21 (6) a notice is received from the secretary of state or from another county or state that the elector
22 has registered in another county or state;
23 (7) the elector:
24 (a) fails to respond to certain confirmation mailings;
25 (b) is placed on the inactive list; and
26 (c) then fails to vote in two consecutive federal general elections; or
27 (8) the elector fails to meet any voter qualification that is listed in 13-1-111."
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(Primary Sponsor)

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1 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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