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LR 2978
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§172. Voter registration file

 
The registrar shall prepare and keep a voter registration file
containing the voter registration documents for each voter in the
central voter registration system, arranged alphabetically by the
last name of each voter, except that any voter certified by the
Secretary of State as a program participant in the Address
Confidentiality Program pursuant to Title 5, section 90-B must be
listed on voter registration documents only by the voter code
assigned to that voter under the program and these documents must
be placed at the end of the alphabetized voter file. The file
must contain an original, signed voter registration application
for each voter, with associated applications containing changes
of name, address or enrollment and any documentation concerning
these applications or the qualifications for these voters.
Information in the file pertaining to any voter certified by the
Secretary of State as a program participant in the Address
Confidentiality Program must be kept under seal and excluded from
public inspection. When a voter's registration is cancelled from
the central voter registration system, the registrar shall
indicate on the voter's registration documents the date that the
voter's registration was cancelled and retain the documents for 5
years the time period specified in section 23, either in the same
file, or in a separate file. The registrar must retain the
voter registration documents for each rejected voter in a
separate file for the time period specified in section 23.

 
Sec. 10. 21-A MRSA §196, sub-§10 is enacted to read:

 
10.__Disclosure of address.__A voter's address that is
excluded from public inspection pursuant to section 22,
subsection 3, paragraph B may be made available free of charge to
a law enforcement officer or agency that makes a written request
to use the information for a bona fide law enforcement purpose or
to a person identified by a court order if directed by that
order.

 
Sec. 11. 21-A MRSA §322, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2005, c. 387, §5, is
further amended to read:

 
2. State committee to report organization. The chair and the
secretary of the state committee shall certify to the Secretary
of State the platform adopted and the names of the party's
candidates for presidential elector within 30 days after the
convention. The chair and or the secretary of the state
committee shall certify to provide upon request by the Secretary
of State the name and, residence and contact information of the
chair and secretary of each any committee and of each any
committee member within 20 days after their election.


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