129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1686 LR 2295(02)
An Act To Allow Maine Clean Election Act Funds To Be Used for Election Recounts
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
Current biennium revenue decrease - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Current law prevents a certified Maine Clean Election Act (MCEA) candidate from using MCEA funding to pay any expenditures for a recount. This bill allows such a candidate to use previously distributed MCEA funds for the cost of eligible recount expenditures if a recount is requested by the candidate's opponent. To the extent that any MCEA funding is used for recount expenditures going forward, the amount of unused MCEA funding returned by candidates after an election is completed will be less than what would have been returned without this legislation. No estimate is made of the amount of MCEA funding that will be used for recount expenditures.