An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1664
Committee Amendment CA_A_S402 (Senate)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §606-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 563, L.D. 1664, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Election Laws" 
Amend the bill in section 10 in subsection 2 in the last 6 lines (page 3, lines 23 to 28 
in L.D.) by striking out all ofthe underlined language. 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 13 the following: 
'Sec. 14. 21-A MRSA §606-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 459, §45, is further 
amended to read: 
§606-A. Special provisions for out-of-district voters 
A voter who registers and votes under section 156 in a municipality outside his the 
voter's state representative district, state senatorial district, county or county 
commissioner district or county, may vote for the offices of Representative to the 
Legislature, State Senator or any county office by using a ballot obtained under this 
section. 
1. Clerk to notify. The clerk of a municipality in which voters have registered or 
enrolled under section 156 since the last statewide election shall notify the Secretary of 
State of those registrations and enrollments at least 60 days before any the next statewide 
election. For registrations and enrollments that occur less than 60 days before a statewide 
election, the clerk shall notify the Secretary of State immediately. 
2. Secretary of State to furnish ballots. The Secretary of State shall review the 
number of votes cast at the last election of that type by persons registered and enrolled 
under section 156 when determining the number of ballots to be furnished to each 
municipality. These ballots must contain the names of the nominees or candidates for 
offices in the electoral divisions in which the voters registered under section 156 reside. 
After receiving notification from the clerk of township voter registrations or enrollments 
that occur less than 60 days before a statewide election, the Secretary of State shall 
furnish additional ballots to the municipality as needed. If there is not sufficient time to 
provide the municipality with the correct ballot style for a township voter, the Secretary 
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of State shall instruct the clerk to provide a ballot to the voter in the manner prescribed by 
section 604. 
3. Voter to use proper ballot. The election clerk in charge of the ballots at each 
voting place shall ~ 
ensure that each voter, registered in that municipality under 
section 156, who resides in a different electoral division obtains and uses the proper 
ballot provided under this section or a ballot provided in the manner prescribed by section 
604. 
4. How furnished. Ballots provided under this section shall must be furnished to 
voting places in accordance with section 606. 
5. 
County referendum. If a township resident registers under section 156 in a 
municipality outside his county commissioner district, or outside his the resident's county 
in the case of a county referendum, the commissioners of hi£. the resident's county shall 
perform the duties of the Secretary of State under this section and section 752, subsection 
1, paragraph B. The clerk of a municipality in which these voters have registered or 
enrolled under section 156 shall notify the county commissioners of those registrations 
and enrollments at least 120 days before any election for county commissioner or for the 
determination of a county referendum question in the same manner as the notification to 
the Secretary of State under subsection 1.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes the provision of the bill that applies to a township voter who 
uses the special provision in election law that permits the voter to vote in a nearby 
municipality when a voting place has not been established in the voter's township. The 
bill provides that if the township voter fails to register prior to 60 days before an election 
and the town does not have sufficient ballots for that township voter, the voter must vote 
a ballot from the municipality that has been amended to include only those questions and 
offices for which the township voter is eligible to vote. This amendment allows for more 
flexibility to provide correct ballots to a township voter who registers after 60 days prior 
to an election and provides that the voter will only have to vote using an amended ballot 
when there is not enough time to furnish the election clerk with sufficient township 
ballots. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 02/23/12 
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LD 1664 
LR 2654(02) 
An Act To Amend the Election Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" A" ~-" 0 2.-
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Department of Secretary of State associated with providing written instructions to 
municipalities that indicates where absentee voters can view the Treasurer's Statement can be absorbed within existing 
budgeted resources. 
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