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3. Registration and enrollment. The registrar shall accept
registrations under section 122. He and shall accept the
enrollment of any voter under section 143.

 
Sec. 55. 21-A MRSA §671, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is
amended to read:

 
1. Name announced. A voter who wishes to vote must state his
the voter's name and, upon request, street residence address to
an election clerk who shall announce the name in a loud, clear
voice.

 
Sec. 56. 21-A MRSA §698, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, c. 516, §11,
is further amended to read:

 
3. Incoming voting lists packed separately. The warden and
one election clerk from each of the major parties shall sign the
incoming voting list certification as soon as the names of all
persons who have voted, including persons who have voted by
absentee ballot, have been checked off. The election clerks
shall place the incoming voting list in a separate package
outside the containers of used and unused ballots and seal the
package with the signed incoming voting list certification. The
incoming voting list includes any certificates entitling voters
to be placed on the incoming voting list and any supplemental
incoming voting list, where applicable, pursuant to section 122,
subsection 7. The municipal clerk shall keep the list these
incoming voting lists sealed for 30 10 business days after the
election or until the time for any recount conducted under
section 737-A, contested election or appeal has passed, whichever
is longer. After that time period, the clerk shall unseal the
incoming voting list and keep it in the clerk's office as a
public record for the time required pursuant to section 23.

 
Sec. 57. 21-A MRSA §721, as amended by PL 1993, c. 447, §16, is
further amended to read:

 
§721. Reports of registration and enrollment

 
Within 20 10 business days after a primary or general any
statewide election, the registrar shall send a report to the
Secretary of State stating the number of voters in each voting
district of the municipality and the number of voters enrolled in
each political party in each voting district of the municipality
at the close of the polls on election day update all information
in the central voter registration system for all voters in the
municipality to reflect any voter registration activity after the
incoming voting list was printed for that election and up until
the close of the polls on election day. The registrar shall also
enter any designations of challenged ballots in the applicable


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