CHAPTER 577

H.P. 470 - L.D. 640

An Act To Reduce the Voting Age Qualification for State

Primary Elections for Voters Who Will Reach 18 Years of Age

by the Time of the General Election

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §111-A is enacted to read:

§111-A.__Voting age qualification for primary elections

Notwithstanding section 111, subsection 2, a person who has not yet reached 18 years of age but will be 18 years of age at the time of a general election and meets all other qualifications in order to vote in a primary election may vote in the primary election for the selection of candidates to be on the ballot at that general election.