Montana

ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION

Recognized party qualifications:

Had a candidate for a statewide office who received
a total vote that was 5% or more of the total votes
cast for governor in either of the last two general
elections [13-10-601]

Primary ballot access for recognized party candidates:

Eligible for Federal Matching funds
File declaration of candidacy with the Secretary of
State [13-10-404(2)]
Or petition: 500 signatures of qualified electors
[13-10-404(1)]
Deadline: 75 days before the primary [13-10-201]
No filing fees

Primary ballot access for non-recognized party candidates:

Petition: requesting the primary election and
signed by a number of voters equal to 5% or more
of the total votes cast for the successful candidate
for governor at the last general election (in 2004,
this will be approximately 1,489 signatures) or
5,000 electors, whichever is less, which must
include the voters in more than 1/3 of the
legislative districts equal to 5% or more of the total
votes cast for the successful candidate for governor
at the last general election in those districts or 150
electors in those districts, whichever is less [13-10-601]
Deadline at least 75 days before the primary [13-10-601]

General ballot access for non-recognized and independent candidates:

Petition: 5% or more of the total votes cast for the
successful candidate for governor at the last
general election (in 2004, this will be
approximately 1,489 signatures) or 5,000 electors,
whichever is less [13-10-504]
Deadline: 76 days before the general election
[13-10-504]
No filing fees

Last day to withdraw from the ballot:

75 days
before the primary election; 85 days before the
general election [13-10-326, 13-10-327]

Primary date:

first Tuesday after the first

Source:
The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....

Write-In Information

The candidate will need to file the “Declaration of Intent for Write in Candidates” form no later than 5 p.m. on September 26, 2008.

“You can cross out Montana on the form attached and write in your state, as well as make any other necessary adjustments for the fact that the notary is commissioned in your state.”

Alan Miller
Elections Specialist
Elections Bureau
Office of the Montana Secretary of State
(406) 444-5346

Elections and Government Services Division
P.O. Box 202801
Helena, MT 59620-2801
Source:
Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/