132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 313		LR 784(01)
	An Act to Improve Voter Confidence in Electronic Ballot Counting by Requiring Ballots to Contain Unique Identifiers
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Foster of Dexter
	Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
			FY 2025-26	FY 2026-27	Projections  FY 2027-28	Projections  FY 2028-29
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$6,375,000	$0	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$6,375,000	$0	$0	$0
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires municipalities to post on a publicly accessible website a list of votes for each ballot cast using a voting device organized by unique identifier.				Municipality	Insignificant statewide
	The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill will require a one-time General Fund appropriation of $6,375,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 to the Department of Secretary of State for voting machines to provide a unique identifier on each ballot counted by a voting device.