Fax Your Montana Ballot From Overseas
Montana accepts a voted ballot returned by fax.
Montana lets a military or overseas (UOCAVA) voter return a voted absentee ballot to the county election office by email, fax, or mail, whether the ballot was marked on paper or through the Secretary of State's Electronic Absentee System. Source
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What goes in the fax
Fax the pages together, to the line your election office uses for ballots.
Every page of it, including any page you left blank.
The Montana Secretary of State requires the FVAP official fax cover sheet only when a voter faxes election materials through the Federal Voting Assistance Program's toll-free fax service, and names no oath or secrecy-waiver form for a ballot faxed directly to the county election office.
Open the formYour county's ballot fax
The state's directory publishes no ballot fax line for any county. Call the office before you send and ask for the line.
From the Montana directory, checked September 30, 2026.
Call before you send. Fax lines change and some stop answering. A short call confirms the ballot fax number and whether the office has your ballot request. An office’s general fax is not always its ballot line.
Deadlines
A ballot a Montana military or overseas voter returns electronically, by fax or email, must be sent to the county election office by 8 p.m. on Election Day and received by 5 p.m. the day after; a mailed ballot must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
sosmt.gov/elections/military-overseasMontana mails absentee ballots to military and overseas voters 45 days before federal elections, offers the ballot online through the Electronic Absentee System, and on request has the county election office fax or email it.
sosmt.gov/elections/military-overseasWhat it costs
Every account gets 10 free pages a month, and a page to a US fax number counts as one. A ballot packet of up to 10 pages sends free, with no credit card.
Free pages reset on the 1st. If a second ballot in the same month takes you past 10 pages, a Lite pack covers it, with no subscription.
To get your blank ballot by fax, you need a fax number of your own. A One-Time Fax Number is $14.99 once and receives for 90 days, with 50 pages. Starter is $4.99 a month. A ballot sent to you by email needs neither.
Questions
Can I fax my Montana ballot from any country?
Yes. Your county has a US fax number, and a fax to it goes out the same way wherever you are. Whether it arrives depends on the office's line, which is why each row has a number to call first.
What if my county's fax line doesn't answer?
Call the number in your county's row before you try again. A line that rings and never connects will not start working on a retry, and the office can tell you whether the number changed.
My county's row has no ballot fax. Where do I send it?
Call the number in your county's row and ask for the fax line the office takes ballots on. The state's directory does not publish one for that office, and an office's general fax is not always its ballot line.
Do I need my own fax number to send my ballot?
No. Sending needs only the fax number your election office uses. A number of your own matters only if you want the blank ballot faxed to you.
Is this an official Montana election site?
No. FaxTerra is a fax service. Montana's rules come from its election authority and your county, linked under official sources.
Official sources
This page is nonpartisan. FaxTerra is a fax service and does not support or oppose any party or candidate. Montana and your election office set the rules; follow them where they differ from anything here. Reviewed September 2026.
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