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Helena
MT
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1201 11th Ave
406-444-3115
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Montana State Library
PO Box 201800
Helena
MT
5920-1800
US
https://msl.mt.gov
1201 11th Ave
406-444-3115
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Montana Relay 711
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Montana Voting Precincts
2025-12-29T00:00:00
Montana State Library
PO Box 201800
Helena
MT
59620-1800
US
https://msl.mt.gov
1201 11th Ave
406-444-3115
406-444-0266
Montana Relay 711
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Meghan Burns
Meghan Burns
Montana Administrative Boundaries
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The Montana Voting Precincts have been updated as part of redistricting in 2023. Thirty-four (34 counties) of the fifty-six (56) counties were updated following the creation of the new Montana legislative districts. Voting Precinct boundaries have been aligned to MSDI administrative boundaries, PLSS, and parcels and projected to the Montana State Plane. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Initially, the voting or election precincts were obtained from the local county offices by the Montana Department of Commerce through an FY2019 Montana Land Information Act (MLIA) Grant. The contractor used data (obtained from the counties) to digitize voting district boundaries following the recommendations of the U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting Data Program. Source data may be GIS digital data or manually digitized from maps. Key fields included 2-digit state FIPS, 3-digit county FIPS, Precinct Number, Precinct Name, County Name, and Data Date. The Voting Precincts along with the Montana Legislative Districts for 2014-2023 are available for download here: </SPAN><A href="https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov:443/Data/Spatial/MSDI/AdministrativeBoundaries/Historic/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/AdministrativeBoundaries/Historic/</SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>According to MCA 13-3-101 the governing body of each county shall establish a convenient number of election precincts, equalizing the number of electors in each precinct as nearly as possible. According to MCA 13-3-102 the county governing body may change the boundaries of precincts, but not within 100 days before any primary or between a general election and the primary for that election. When changes are required to make precinct boundaries conform to legislative district boundaries following the adoption of a districting and apportionment plan under Article V, section 14, of the Montana constitution or other district boundaries changed by the districting and apportionment plan, the changing of precinct boundaries must be accomplished within 45 days of the filing of the final plan. View the MCA 2023 for Precincts and Polling Places here: </SPAN><A href="https://leg.mt.gov:443/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0030/part_0010/sections_index.html" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0030/part_0010/sections_index.html</SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Montana Voting Precincts by County
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Helena
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US
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Publication Date
2025-12-29T00:00:00
Montana State Library
PO Box 201800
Helena
MT
59620-1800
US
https://msl.mt.gov
1201 11th Ave
406-444-3115
406-444-0266
Montana Relay 711
For GIS assistance please submit a GIS Support Ticket: https://msl.mt.gov/geoinfo/Help/
Meghan Burns
Montana Administrative Boundaries ArcGIS Server Map Service
https://gisservicemt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/MSDI_Framework/Boundaries/MapServer
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edited to match county authority
edited for consistency within statewide context
Complete as of 10/05/09
compared to source data and editeed to match MSDL data where necessary.
ArcMap edited.
2018-09-17T00:00:00
2019-06-03T00:00:00
2019-06-03T00:00:00
Varies on GCDB accuracy
compared GDB featureclass with the source data.
MLIAC grant
2019-06-03T00:00:00
2019-06-03T00:00:00
2019-06-03T00:00:00
Imported each county shapefile dataset or screen digitized from legal descriptions or from images. Edited for topological consistency, (no gaps and no overlaps)
Imported each county shapefile dataset into the voting district featureclass with topology rules consisting of no overlaps and no gaps.
Stepped through each topology error using a heirarchy of features based on the GCDB where precincts are based on PLSS descriptions and where based on other features attempted to maintian consistency with Montana framework data. Using the MSDL counties and administrative boundary cities where appropriate. Clipped or snapped the boundaries to the MSDL state boundary where appropriate. Edited the precinct number and name as necessary to match the county data.
Voting Precincts are the responsibility of county governments so efforts were made to honor their authority within a statewide context.
2019-05-31T00:00:00
Added new field: COUNTY NUMBER (alphabetical county code); Updated Precinct Names
2020-11-23T00:00:00
Updated Senate District Numbers
2021-01-27T00:00:00
Aligned with county boundaries; Updated Blaine Precinct #9.
2021-04-20T00:00:00
Adjusted voting precincts to align with the 2021 CadNSDI; Project data to NAD83 (2011); Add unique identifer field (ID_UK); Add 2020 U.S. Census Bureau attribute information
2021-06-25T00:00:00
Updated McCone Voting Precincts 4 and 8 to align with the Town of Circle boundary
2021-09-30T00:00:00
Boundary and attribute updates from the Geo-Enabled Elections work
2023-01-06T00:00:00
Adjusted boundaries to align with the CadNSDI public land survey system (PLSS) where appropriate.
2025-07-31T00:00:00
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