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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
Second Special Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 584
H.P. 1277 - L.D. 1755

An Act To Amend the Election Laws

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §22, sub-§§5 and 6 are enacted to read:

     5. Signature and identification number of registered voter. Notwithstanding subsection 1 and Title 1, section 408, the voter's signature and identification number on the voter registration application and associated records in electronic format are designated as nonpublic records and the registrar shall exclude those items from public inspection. Voter signatures on voter registration applications and associated records in a printed hard-copy format are public records in accordance with subsection 1 and Title 1, section 408.

     6. Disclosure of voter's signature and identification number electronically. A voter's signature and identification number in electronic format that are excluded from public inspection pursuant to subsection 5 and associated records may be made available for inspection only to the voter of record, to municipal and state election officials, to a law enforcement agency that makes a written request to use the information for a bona fide law enforcement purpose or to a person identified by a court order if directed by that order.

     Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §23, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 310, §3, is further amended to read:

     1. Registration and enrollment applications. The registrar shall keep registration and enrollment applications and requests and all documentation of changes in registration and enrollment as part of each active or inactive voter's permanent registration record, except that those records must be kept only 5 2 years for a voter whose name has been removed from the voting lists of the municipality under sections 161 and 162-A.

     Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §122, first ¶, as amended by PL 2003, c. 407, §7, is further amended to read:

     A person may register as a voter by appearing before the registrar, proving that the person is qualified under meets the qualifications of section 111, subsections 1 to 3, and filing an application provided by the registrar containing the information required by section 172 152 or 154, if applicable. Township residents may register as provided in section 156.

     Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §503, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2001, c. 310, §28, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §601, sub-§2, ¶D, as amended by PL 2001, c. 310, §29, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §601, sub-§2, ¶H, as amended by PL 1997, c. 436, §67, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 7. 21-A MRSA §621-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 436, §83, is amended to read:

     1. Notice posted. The clerk shall post or have posted a notice of election, attested by the clerk, in a conspicuous public place in each voting district in the municipality at least 7 days immediately before election day and at each voting place on election day.

     Sec. 8. 21-A MRSA §651, sub-§2-B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 436, §93, is further amended to read:

     2-B. Opening of ballot packages. No more than 1/2 one hour before the opening of the polls, the warden shall break the seals on the packages containing the ballots and distribute the ballots to the election clerks in charge of them. The breaking of the seals on the packages containing the ballots is a public proceeding and any member of the public may be present.

     Sec. 9. 21-A MRSA §671, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended to read:

     2. Enters guardrail enclosure. The election clerk in charge of the incoming voting list shall place a check mark or a horizontal line, in red ink, on the list beside the voter's name and allow him the voter to enter the area enclosed by the guardrail.

     Sec. 10. 21-A MRSA §698, sub-§5, ¶A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 473, §26 and affected by §46, is further amended to read:

Effective July 30, 2004, unless otherwise indicated.

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