An Act To Limit the Information Required To Be Printed on Municipal Referenda Ballots
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2528, sub-§6, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
C. Any question or questions required by law to be submitted to a vote shall must be printed either below the list of candidates or on a separate ballot from the ballot listing candidates. The full text of the proposal and any financial information may be printed on the ballot. If a separate ballot is used, this ballot must be a different color than the ballot listing candidates.
SUMMARY
This bill amends the laws governing municipal referenda elections to specify that only the question to the voters is required to be printed on the ballot and that the printing of the full text of the proposal and any financial information is optional.