Voting & Election
Electronic Balloting
The State Bar of Montana uses an online election system. Eligible voters will receive an email with voting instructions in May. If you're an eligible voter and did not receive the instructions, you may email membership@montanabar.org to request instructions to be sent again.
The State Bar will elect a President-Elect,Delegate to the ABA, and Trustees from the following bar areas:
-- One Trustee from Area A (Flathead and Lincoln counties);
-- Three Trustees from Area B (Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, and Sanders counties);
-- One Trustee from Area C (Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell, and Silver Bow counties);
--Two Trustees from Area D (Cascade, Glacier, Pondera, Teton, and Toole counties);
--Two Trustees from Area G (Gallatin, Park, and Sweet Grass counties)
Board of Trustees (2-year term)
The duties of each Trustee are:
• To attend each Board meeting, unless excused by the President for good cause.
• To attend the annual meeting.
• To actively participate on all committees or sections of which he or she is a member.
• To regularly attend the meetings of local bar associations within the Trustee’s area and provide reports about State Bar activities to the local bar members.
• To actively encourage and sponsor the formation of local bar associations within the Trustee’s area and serve as a voting member on the local bar association’s governing board (where permitted).
• To serve as a liaison on the committees or sections to which the Trustee has been appointed by the President.
• To accomplish such other purposes as may from time to time be appropriate.
• Report on the committee or section activities.
President-Elect (1-year term)
The President-Elect is a member-at-large of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee; and performs all other duties assigned by the President or Board of Trustees. Before assuming the office of president, the President-Elect must present to the Board of Trustees for its consideration a proposed plan of State Bar goals and objectives for the succeeding year. The Immediate Past President is a member of the Executive Committee. Responsibilities include: (1) organizing the local bar leadership conference; (2) chairing the Past Presidents Committee; (3) serves as a liaison with out of state Bar members; (4) performs other duties as assigned by the State Bar President or Board of Trustees.
State Bar of Montana Delegate to the ABA (1-year term)
Bar delegates are selected and certified by their bar associations as their representative in the House. The term of a bar delegate is two years.
2026 Candidates
President-Elect (1 position)
Delegate to the ABA (1 position)
Area A Trustee (1 position)
Area B Trustee (3 positions)
Area C Trustee (1 position)
Area D Trusee (2 positions)
Area G Trustee (2 positions)
Voting members are active, active military service, and judicial members except Supreme Court justices. Only voting members may hold office or vote in any election conducted by the State Bar. [By-laws of the State Bar of Montana, Article I, §3(c)]
A voting member is eligible to vote only in the area in which the member resides. A voting member may represent an area only if the member both resides in the area and either maintains a law practice or serves as a judicial officer in the area. [By-laws of the State Bar of Montana, Article III, §2(a)]
April 6 – Filing deadline for original nomination petitions - download the form below
May 4 – Online voting begins
May 26 – Online voting period ends
June 5 – Votes tabulated