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

 
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §111, as amended by PL 1987, c. 423, §2, is
further amended to read:

 
§111. General qualifications

 
A person who meets the following requirements may vote in any
election in a municipality, including a biennial municipal caucus
held pursuant to section 311.

 
1. Citizenship. He The person must be a citizen of the
United States.

 
2. Age. He The person must be at least 18 years of age,
except that, to vote in a political party's primary election or
municipal caucus, the person must be at least 18 years of age as
of the date of the next general election.

 
3. Residence. He The person must have established and
maintain a voting residence in that municipality.

 
4. Registration. He The person must be registered to vote in
that municipality.

 
5. Enrollment. He The person must be enrolled in a party in
that municipality to vote at a that party's caucus, convention or
primary election, unless otherwise permitted by a political the
party pursuant to section 340.

 
Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §111-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 577, §1, is
amended to read:

 
§111-A. Voting age qualification for primary elections

 
Notwithstanding section 111, subsection 2, a 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.

 
Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §311, as amended by PL 2001, c. 310, §17, is
further amended to read:

 
§311. Rules governing

 
A biennial municipal caucus is may be held by any political
party for the purpose of electing delegates to a state convention
and for any other business governed by the following provisions.


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