Sec. 18. 21-A MRSA §629, sub-§1, ķA-1 is enacted to read:

A-1.__In every election, the municipal officers shall provide at least one voting booth in each voting place that is accessible for persons with disabilities.__The accessible voting booth may be used to meet the minimum requirements under paragraph A.

Sec. 19. 21-A MRSA §673, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5.__Challenged ballots relating to court order.__In an election for federal office, if a federal or state court has issued an order extending the time established for closing the polls, any ballots cast during the period of that extension must be challenged according to this section, segregated and counted separately from all regular and challenged ballots cast during the normal polling hours.

Sec. 20. 21-A MRSA §752, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 436, §106, is further amended to read:

1. Absentee ballots to be identical. Absentee ballots must be identical to the regular ballots used at an election, except as provided in paragraph A for members of the Armed Forces or citizens outside the United States uniformed service voters or overseas voters.

A. At least 3 months before the election to which they pertain, the Secretary of State shall furnish each municipality with a reasonable number of blank write-in absentee ballots for use by members of the Armed Forces and citizens outside the United States uniformed service voters or overseas voters who have met the qualifications in section 751. These ballots must be similar to regular ballots, except that no candidate names may be printed. The Secretary of State shall prepare a ballot listing all offices to be selected with a space after each office to write in the voter's preference. The following instructions must be printed in bold type at the top of the ballot: YOU MAY VOTE FOR A PERSON BY WRITING IN THAT PERSON'S NAME AND MUNICIPALITY OF RESIDENCE IN THE BLANK SPACE UNDER THE PROPER OFFICE. The Secretary of State shall design the form