| This bill would facilitate voting by individuals who are |
participating in the Address Confidentiality Program established |
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 90-B by |
allowing them to use their designated addresses when registering |
to vote and by ensuring that their names would not appear on any |
voting list made available to the public. All voter registration |
records pertaining to such voters would be confidential and |
maintained by registrars of voters under seal. These voters |
would be entitled to receive absentee ballots in the mail for |
every election during the period of their participation in the |
Address Confidentiality Program. They would be allowed to place |
their Address Confidentiality Program voter codes on the absentee |
ballot envelopes in lieu of their names and addresses to protect |
the confidentiality of their places of residence. |