(9) Did not have the ballot returned to the clerk by the time prescribed;

(10) Voted using the name of another;

(11) Committed any other specified violation of this Title; or

(12) Voted using the wrong ballot for the appropriate electoral district.

B.__A challenge made must be made at the time the voter being challenged is checking in with the election clerk in charge of the incoming voting list in accordance with section 671 but before that voter enters the voting booth, except that the registrar or clerk may complete a challenge affidavit under oath to the warden before or during election day.

C.__A challenge must be made against an absentee ballot after the name of the absentee voter is announced by the warden or clerk in accordance with section 759 and before the ballot is placed into the ballot box or voting machine.

D.__The merits of a challenge may not be decided at the time the challenge is made, but only after the election consistent with the provisions of section 696.

Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §673, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 436, §97, is further amended to read:

3. Ballot marked. The warden shall write a number on the outside of the ballot. The warden shall also complete a certificate on which appears the word "Challenged," the name of the voter challenged and the reason for the challenge. The challenger and the warden shall sign the certificate. After the challenger has signed the certificate, the warden shall place the number that was written on the ballot in a conspicuous place on the certificate. Only the warden and the challenged voter may know the ballot number. The warden shall place the challenge certificate and the signed affidavit under subsection 1 in a sealed envelope marked "Challenge Certificate #(certificate number)" and shall retain the envelope until it is sealed with the ballot materials pursuant to section 698.