Montana Title 13. Elections § 13-27-304. County official to forward verified sheets

The county official verifying the number of registered electors signing the petition shall forward it to the secretary of state by certified mail with a certificate in substantially the following form attached:

To the Honorable__________, Secretary of State of the state of Montana:

I, __________, __________ (title) of the County of__________, certify that I have examined the attached sheets of the petition for (statutory referendum, statutory initiative, constitutional convention initiative, or constitutional initiative) No. ___in the manner prescribed by law; and I believe that ___ (number) signatures in (Legislative Representative District No. ___or the County of___) (repeat for each district or county included in sheet or section) are valid; and I further certify that the affidavit of the signature gatherer of the petition is attached.

Signed:__________ (Date)__________ (Signature)

Seal__________ (Title)