Montana voter checks would focus postal searches on permanent moves

Election officials using national postal address records would send confirmation notices to voters whose permanent addresses appear to have changed. Postal checks could cover all registered voters, including absentee voters, or voters who missed the preceding federal general election. Officials would use at least one listed checking method each year. Other listed methods include mailed notices and door-to-door checks. Voter-list checking procedures would have to finish at least 90 days before a primary or general election for federal office.

Election officials would mail address confirmation forms to voters whose national postal records show a permanent move. These rules concern the list for receiving absentee ballots in later elections. Active voters who requested this service and filed no permanent postal address change would continue receiving ballots. Voters would provide their driver's license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number. They could respond by signed form, email, or an election office website if offered; electronic responses would not need a signature. Officials would mail forms in January of every even-numbered year, covering elections from February 1 following the mailing through January of the next even-numbered year.