LD 1889
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LR 2978
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the building in which the registrar's office is located. The term
"sound amplification device" includes, but is not limited to, sound
trucks, loudspeakers and blowhorns.

 
A. This subsection does not apply to advertising material
on automobiles traveling to and from the voting place. It
does not prohibit a person from passing out stickers at the
voting place to be pasted on the ballot at a primary
election. It does not prohibit a person who is at the polls
solely for the purpose of voting from wearing a campaign
button when the longest dimension of the button does not
exceed 3 inches.

 
B. Nonpolitical charitable activities and other
nonpolitical advertising may be allowed at the discretion of
the clerk if arrangements are made prior to election day.
If arrangements are not made in advance of the election day,
the warden may, at the warden's discretion, either allow or
prohibit nonpolitical charitable activities and other
nonpolitical advertising.

 
Sec. 16. 21-A MRSA §696, sub-§2, ¶D, as amended by PL 2005, c. 404, §3,
is further amended to read:

 
D. If a voter writes in a name and municipality of
residence, or pastes a sticker containing the candidate's
name and municipality of residence in the write-in space
pursuant to section 691, but does not mark the write-in
indicator, that vote for that office may not be counted if a
determination of choice under subsection 4 is possible.

 
Sec. 17. 21-A MRSA §698, sub-§2-A, ¶A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 459,
§66, is further amended to read:

 
A. Transfer and resealing of the ballots to other
containers for permanent storage must be done 60 or more
days not less than 2 months following the election. The
municipal clerk shall make the transfer in the presence of
one or more witnesses. The containers must be securely
sealed.

 
Sec. 18. 21-A MRSA §753-B, sub-§6, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 407,
§24, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
B.__The clerk creates the list of absentee voters as required in
paragraph A by marking the records of registered voters in the
central voter registration system.__The clerk must sign and date
each official printed copy of the list of absentee voters that is
created for public inspection, certifying that the list is a true
and accurate list of


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