E.__Within 10 business days after each election, the clerk shall update the central voter registration system to include the changes required by paragraph A.__The clerk also must update the central voter registration system to reflect any absentee ballots received after the polls have closed on election day by changing the rejection reason.__When all updates have been made in the central voter registration system, the clerk shall certify this to the Secretary of State and make a final list of absentee ballots available for public inspection.

Sec. 8. 21-A MRSA §753-C is enacted to read:

§753-C.__Absentee ballots for program participants in Address

Confidentiality Program

Any registered voter who is certified by the Secretary of State as a program participant in the Address Confidentiality Program pursuant to Title 5, section 90-B is entitled to receive an absentee ballot for every election during the period of the voter's participation in the program.__The clerk shall mail the absentee ballot to the voter at the voter's designated address as soon as possible after the regular ballots are available in the municipality.__The voter shall mark the absentee ballot in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 754-A and shall return the ballot to the registrar in the manner provided in section 754-A, except that the voter may sign the voter's voter code under the Address Confidentiality Program on the absentee ballot envelope instead of the voter's name.

Sec. 9. 21-A MRSA §754-A, first ¶, as amended by PL 1999, c. 645, §7, is further amended to read:

Except as provided in section 753-B, subsection 8 and section 753-C, the method of voting by absentee ballot is as follows.