Registering to Vote
MCA 13-2-301 — regular registration closes 30 days before an election, and late registration runs to noon the day before
A voter is registered, 18 years of age or older, a United States citizen, and a resident of Montana and the county for at least 30 days.
Who handles this in Montana: legal aid programs, lawyer referral and the state offices, listed in the Montana directory.
- Regular registration closes 30 days before any election.
- An application postmarked on or before that day is still accepted as regular registration for 3 days after.
- After that, a person may register late and vote if the county election administrator receives and verifies the registration before noon the day before the election.
A late registrant gets the ballot at the place the county election administrator designates, and may return it on election day to the election office or any polling place in the county.
Sources for this section (4)
- MCA 13-1-111 — Qualifications of voter
- MCA 13-2-206 — Citizenship requirements
- MCA 13-2-301 — Close of regular registration -- notice -- changes
- MCA 13-2-304 — Late registration -- late changes
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Montana attorney.