An Act To Strengthen Maine's Election Laws by Requiring Photograph Identification for the Purpose of Voting
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0199
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Sponsors: CEBRA, COTTA, SNOWE-MELLO, AYOTTE, BENNETT, BICKFORD, BLACK, BURNS, CELLI, CHASE, CLARK, CRAFTS, CRAY, CURTIS, CUSHING, DAMON, DAVIS, DUNPHY, EDGECOMB, ESPLING, FITTS, FITZPATRICK, FLOOD, FOSSEL, FOSTER, GIFFORD, GILLWAY, GUERIN, HAMPER, HARMON, HARVELL, JOHNSON, KESCHL, KNAPP, KNIGHT, LIBBY, LONG, MAKER, MALABY, MORISSETTE, NASS, NEWENDYKE, NUTTING, O'CONNOR, OLSEN, PARKER, PARRY, PICCHIOTTI, PLUMMER, PRESCOTT, RICHARDSON, RIOUX, ROSEN, SANDERSON, SARTY, SIROCKI, SOCTOMAH, STRANG BURGESS, TILTON, TIMBERLAKE, VOLK, WATERHOUSE, WEAVER, WILLETTE, WINSOR, WOOD, COLLINS, COURTNEY, FARNHAM, HASTINGS, KATZ, MARTIN, MASON, PLOWMAN, RAYE, THOMAS, TRAHAN, WHITTEMORE
Amends: 21-A MRSA §671

Legislative Document 
No. 199 
H.P. 176 
House of Representatives, January 27, 2011 
An Act To Strengthen Maine's Election Laws by Requiring 
Photograph Identification for the Purpose of Voting 
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative CEBRA of Naples. 
Cosponsored by Representative COTTA of China, Senator SNOWE-MELLO of Androscoggin and 
Representatives: AYOTTE of Caswell, BENNETT of Kennebunk, BICKFORD of Auburn, BLACK of 
Wilton, BURNS of Whiting, BURNS of Alfred, CELLI of Brewer, CHASE of Wells, CLARK of 
Easton, CRAFTS of Lisbon, CRAY of Palmyra, CURTIS of Madison, CUSHING of Hampden, 
DAMON of Bangor, DAVIS of Sangerville, DUNPHY of Embden, EDGECOMB of Caribou, 
ESPLING of New Gloucester, FITTS of Pittsfield, FITZPATRICK of Houlton, FLOOD of Winthrop, 
FOSSEL of Alna, FOSTER of Augusta, GIFFORD of Lincoln, GILLWAY of Searsport, GUERIN of 
Glenburn, HAMPER of Oxford, HARMON of Palermo, HARVELL of Farmington, JOHNSON of 
Eddington, JOHNSON of Greenville, KESCHL of Belgrade, KNAPP of Gorham, KNIGHT of 
Livermore Falls, LIBBY of Waterboro, LONG of Sherman, MAKER of Calais, MALABY of Hancock, 
McCLELLAN of Raymond, McFADDEN of Dennysville, MORISSETTE of Winslow, NASS of 
Acton, NEWENDYKE of Litchfield, Speaker NUTTING of Oakland, O'CONNOR of Berwick, 
OLSEN of Phippsburg, PARKER of Veazie, PARRY of Arundel, PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield, 
PLUMMER of Windham, PRESCOTT of Topsham, RICHARDSON of Carmel, RICHARDSON of 
Warren, RIOUX of Winterport, ROSEN of Bucksport, SANDERSON of Chelsea, SARTY of Denmark, 
SIROCKI of Scarborough, SOCTOMAH of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, STRANG BURGESS of 
Cumberland, TILTON of Harrington, TIMBERLAKE of Turner, VOLK of Scarborough, 
WATERHOUSE of Bridgton, WEAVER of York, WILLETTE of Mapleton, WILLETTE of Presque 
Isle, WINSOR of Norway, WOOD of Sabattus, Senators: COLLINS of York, COURTNEY of York, 
FARNHAM of Penobscot, HASTINGS of Oxford, KATZ of Kennebec, MARTIN of Kennebec, 
MASON of Androscoggin, PLOWMAN of Penobscot, President RAYE of Washington, THOMAS of 
Somerset, TRAHAN of Lincoln, WHITTEMORE of Somerset. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  21-A MRSA §671, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2005, c. 453, §55, is 
further amended to read: 
1.  Name announced.  A voter who wishes to vote must provide proof of identity 
with photograph identification documentation approved by the Secretary of State by rule 
and state the voter's name and, upon request, residence address to an election clerk, who 
shall announce the name in a loud, clear voice. 
Sec. 2.  Rules.  The Secretary of State shall adopt rules establishing a photograph 
identification standard for a voter providing proof of identity to an election clerk.  Rules 
adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
SUMMARY 
This bill requires that a voter provide proof of identity with photograph identification 
approved by the Secretary of State by rule for the purpose of voting.