Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §696, sub-§5, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 310, §42, is amended to read:

B. The warden, ward clerk or deputy warden shall write "Void ballot" on the ballot and the reason that the ballot is void on the ballot and shall keep it segregated from the other ballots sign it. The election official shall then segregate the void ballot with any other void ballots in an envelope labeled "Void ballots" and shall package and return the envelope of segregated ballots in accordance with section 698.__The Secretary of State shall provide the clerk of each municipality with either a label and instructions on proper handling of void ballots or a special envelope printed with this label and instructions.