Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 13. ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 1. General Provisions

Prohibition On Ranked-Choice Voting Methods -- Definition

13-1-125. Prohibition on ranked-choice voting methods -- definition. (1) An election conducted under Title 13 or under Title 20 may not use a ranked-choice voting method to determine the election or nomination of a candidate to a local, state, or federal office.

(2) For the purposes of this section, "ranked-choice voting method" means a voting method that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has ballots cast to be tabulated in multiple rounds following the elimination of a candidate until one candidate reaches a majority of the votes.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 296, L. 2023.