13-21-201. Registration of United States electors -- simultaneous application for absentee ballot. (1) A United States elector may register with the election administrator in the elector's county of residence by properly completing, signing, and returning:
     (a) the voter registration form;
     (b) the federal post card application; or
     (c) the federal write-in absentee ballot transmission envelope.
     (2) A registration application under this section must be received by the election administrator not less than 30 days before the election for the registration to be valid for the election. If the registration application is received less than 30 days before the election, the registration application must be processed for the next election.
     (3) A registration application using a federal post card application or the federal write-in absentee ballot transmission envelope must be considered a simultaneous application for absentee ballots under 13-21-210.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 25, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 396, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 334, L. 1977; Sec. 23-3006, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 137, Ch. 368, L. 1969; Sec. 23-3719, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3006(7), 23-3719(2); amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 396, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 302, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 164, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 557, L. 2003; Sec. , MCA 2001; redes. by Sec. 24, Ch. 557, L. 2003.