To find out election dates, polling place locations, registration deadlines and other election information, call or write:

Missoula County Election Office
258-4751
County Courthouse, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802

Voter Qualifications

U.S. Citizens may become voters for national, state and local elections if they meet the following requirements:

* Citizen of the United States .

* Eighteen years old or older at the time of the election.

* Resident of the state, county, precinct wherein election is held for at least 30 days prior to the election.

* Registered to vote.

* Driver's license number or last 4 digits of Social Security number, or photo ID or other documentation with name and current address.

Registration & Elections Page

Late Registration. Beginning July 1, 2006, citizens may register and vote up to and on election day at the court house for all except school elections.

A citizen may register any time up to and including the 30th day before an election at the Missoula County Election Office, County Courthouse , 200 W.

Broadway, Missoula (258 4751), the Montana Motor Vehicle Division, 2681 Palmer St., Suite A, Missoula (329-1350) when his/her driver's license is renewed, or online ( www.co.missoula.mt.us/Election).

Failure to vote in two consecutive Federal general elections may result in the removal of the elector's name from the voter rolls unless he/she replies to mailed confirmation notices. He/she must register to vote again.

Voters must show identification at the polls to vote. These may include a voter registration confirmation card, driver's license, tribal ID, student ID or any other photo ID that includes a name. A current utility bill, bank statement, pay check, government check or other government document that includes the voter's current address may also be used. Voters who forget identification or are not listed in the poll book may vote using a provisional ballot, which will be counted once election officials successfully verify an individual's identity and/or voter registration.

Absentee Ballots may be requested for upcoming and/or all future elections from the Election Office in writing beginning 75 days before an election and ending at noon the day before the election except for overseas military personnel who may request one at any time during the year.

Primary elections, at which candidates for county, state and national office are chosen, are held on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in June in even-numbered years. Montana law provides for an open primary, which means that the party choice of the voter is secret. The voter must vote for candidates of only one party in the primary.

Candidates must file for office 75 days prior to an election, with the exception of school districts, which have a 40 day filing deadline.

City elections are held on the first Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November in odd numbered years. Primaries may be held on the 2nd Tuesday in September.

School districts, community counsils, fire and irrigation districts hold their elections every year on the 1st Tuesday in May

Montana Election Information 1-888-884-8683.