Training Requirement: Montana does not require training for registration drives.
Notification and Registration Requirements: Montana does not have notification requirements for registration drives.
Compensation Restrictions: Do not pay registration drive participants based on how many registrations they collect. Do not offer an applicant any incentive of monetary value to register to vote.
State Form: The state mail-in voter registration application can be downloaded from the Secretary of State’s website at sosmt.gov/docs/46/for-montana-voters/59393/montana-voter-registration-application, or obtained from a county elections office, a list of which can be found here: sosmt.gov/elections/election-administrators-contact-list/.
Federal Form: The federal mail-in voter registration application (eac.gov/voters/national-mail-voter-registration-form) may be used in voter registration drives.
Photocopying Blank Forms: Blank applications may be photocopied and used in voter registration drives.
Incomplete Applications: Do not fill in any missing information on a registration form unless you have express permission from the applicant.
Photocopying Completed Applications: As a best practice, a voter’s full or partial Social Security number and/or driver’s license number should not be retained.
Submitting Completed Applications: State voter registration applications must be delivered or mailed to the county election administrator (sosmt.gov/elections/election-administrators-contact-list/) of the county where the voter resides. Federal voter registration applications must also be delivered or mailed to the county election administrator. They must be submitted by the registration deadline 30 days before Election Day.
Fair Elections Center and its Campus Vote Project intend the information contained herein to be used only as a general guide. This document should not be used as a substitute for consultation with a licensed Montana legal professional.
Last updated May 2026