An Act Concerning Student Voter Registration
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0203
Committee Amendment CA_A_H425 (House)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §1, 21-A MRSA §112, 21-A MRSA §121

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,4, to H.P. 174, L.D. 203, Bill, "An Act 
Concerning Student Voter Registration" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Ensure Verification of Residency for Voter Registration' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1l2, sub-§l, ~A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 436, §20, is 
further amended to read: 
A. 
The following factors may be offered by an applicant and considered by a 
registrar in determining a person's residence under this section: 
(1) 
A direct statement of intention by the person pursuant to section 121, 
subsection 1; 
(2) The loea-tioR of aRy dwelliRg GHFFeRtly o66apied e~' the persoR; 
(6) The place where any motor vehicle owned by the person is registered; 
(8) The residence address, not a post office box, shown on a current income tax 
return; 
(9) The residence address, not a post office box, at which the persOB's person 
receives first class mail is Feeei\'eEi; 
(10) The residence address, not a post office box, shown on any current resident 
hunting or fishing licenses held by the person; 
(12) The residence address, not a post office box, shown on any motor vehicle 
operator's license held by the person; 
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to H.P. 174, L.D. 203 
(14) The receipt of any public benefit conditioned upon residency, defined 
substantially as provided in this subsection; or 
(16) Any other objective facts tending to indicate a person's place of residence. 
Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §112, sub-§l, ~C is enacted to read: 
C. If multiple items offered to the registrar from the applicant for the purposes of 
determining residency show differing residence addresses, the registrar may require a 
direct statement of intention by the applicant pursuant to section 121, subsection 1. 
Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §121, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended 
to read: 
1. Oath may be required. In making this determination, the registrar may require 
any person who testifies before him the registrar concerning his the person's 
qualifications or those of another to swear to the truth of his the person's statements. The 
registrar may require, as part of the oath. an affirmation from the person who applies for 
registration as a voter that the applicant surrenders the applicant's registration to vote in 
any other jurisdiction. 
Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §121, sub-§3 is enacted to read: 
3. Notice of statement. The registrar shall provide notice to the Department of the 
Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services when a person makes a statement in 
accordance with subsection 1 by forwarding a printed copy of the sworn statement.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and is the minority report of the committee. The 
amendment clarifies that mail with the residence of address of a person seeking to register 
to vote offered to a registrar for the purposes of determining residency must be first class 
mail. It also removes from the list of factors that may be used by the registrar to 
determine residency the simple statement of a location or dwelling a person claims to 
occupy as a residence. This amendment provides that a registrar, when requiring an oath 
to affirm a claim of residency, may also require the person seeking to register as a voter 
to state that the voter surrenders the person's voter registration in any other jurisdiction. 
Finally, this amendment requires a registrar to forward a copy of those sworn statements 
to the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the 
Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
State Mandates 
Required Activity 
Approved: 05/29/07 ;tvac:. 
LD203 
LR 1100(02) 
An Act Concerning Student Voter Registration 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ·A" 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State Mandate - Unfunded 
Unit Affected 
Costs 
The requirement that municipal registrars must forward copies of certain sworn 
statements to the Secretary of State represents a mandate pursuant to the 
Constitution of Maine. The additional costs are not expected to be significant. 
Municipality 
Insignificant 
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