3. Address of registered voter. Notwithstanding subsection 1 and Title 1, section 408, if a registered voter submits to the registrar a signed statement that the voter has good reason to believe that the physical safety of the voter or a member of the voter's family residing with the voter would be jeopardized if the voter's address were open to public inspection, that voter's address is not a public record and the registrar shall exclude that voter's address is certified by the Secretary of State as a program participant in the Address Confidentiality Program pursuant to Title 5, section 90-B, all records maintained by the registrar pertaining to that voter must be kept confidential and must be excluded from public inspection. The voter's name, political party affiliation and electoral division remain a public record. The voter's signed statement is also a public record.

Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §22, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 248, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §122-A is enacted to read:

§122-A.__Alternative registration procedure for participants in

Address Confidentiality Program

Notwithstanding sections 122 and 152, a person who is certified by the Secretary of State as a program participant in the Address Confidentiality Program pursuant to Title 5, section 90-B may register to vote using the designated address and voter code assigned to that person pursuant to rules adopted to implement the program.__To register to vote, a voter must present the registrar with that voter's authorization card assigned to the voter pursuant to rules adopted by the Secretary of State showing that voter's name, voter code, designated address and certification expiration date.__The registrar may contact the Address Confidentiality Program administrator in the Secretary of State's office to determine the voter's eligibility to register in the municipality and to verify the electoral district in which the voter is voting for purposes of issuing an absentee ballot to the voter pursuant to section 753-C.__All registration records for such voters must be designated as confidential and kept sealed in the registrar's office.__The name of any voter certified as a program participant in the Address Confidentiality Program may not be placed on any voter list that is available for public inspection or copying.