5. Record of names added and cancelled. The registrar shall keep a record of the names added to or removed from the registrations cancelled in the voting list central voter registration system and the date when the action was taken.

Sec. 33. 21-A MRSA §162-A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 310, §§14 and 15, is further amended to read:

§162-A. Change of address confirmation notice

The following provisions govern the change of address confirmation notice and removal procedures for voting lists updating a voter's status in the central voter registration system.

1. Change of address confirmation notice. Except as provided in section 122, subsection 3, a registrar shall send by forwardable mail a change of address confirmation notice, with a postage prepaid and preaddressed return notice, to the last known place of residence of each person the registrar has identified as having a change of address. If a registrant has moved within the municipality's jurisdiction, a registrar shall change the voter's record to reflect the new address before sending the change of address confirmation notice. If a registrant has moved outside the municipality's jurisdiction, a registrar shall also include information on voter registration procedures in the new jurisdiction.

2. Change of voter's status. A registrant's name voter's registration may be removed from the voting list cancelled in the central voter registration system if the registrant voter confirms that the registrant voter has moved from the municipality's jurisdiction. If a registrant voter fails to respond to the change of address confirmation notice, the registrant may voter must be designated on the incoming voting list and in the central voter registration system as inactive. A registrant voter who has been designated as inactive and fails to vote for the next 2 general elections may must be removed from the voting list cancelled in the central voter registration