An Act Regarding the Election Laws Amend ·the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following: Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §101, sub-§1, 1A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 538, §4, is amended to read: A. Hold or be a candidate for any federal, state or county office;
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1484
Committee Amendment CA_A_S350 (Senate)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §101

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 582, L.D. 1484, Bill, "An Act 
Regarding the Election Laws" 
Amend ·the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §101, sub-§1, 1A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 538, §4, is 
amended to read: 
A. Hold or be a candidate for any federal, state or county office;' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 10 in the first line (page 1, line 16 in L.D.) 
by inserting after the following: "When a" the following: 'registrar or a' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in paragraph A by striking out all of subparagraphs (2) 
and (3) (page 2, lines 10 and 11 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'(2) First initial, middle name and last name; or 
(3) First name, middle name or middle initial and last name;' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 1 in the last line (page 3, line 27 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "ballot." the following: 'The Secretary of State is not 
required to print a primary ballot if there are no offices for which a candidate has 
qualified.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 15 (page 5, lines 21 to 29 in L.D.). 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
The bill adds a restriction that a registrar may not serve during an election when an 
immediate family member of the registrar is a candidate for federal office. 
This 
amendment provides that in addition to the bill's changes a registrar may not serve as 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITfEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 582, L.D. 1484 
registrar when the registrar is a candidate for federal, state, local or county office. This 
amendment removes a provision in the bill that limits the representation of a voter's legal 
name on a voter registration application to only one middle name or one middle initial. 
The amendment adds language that provides that the Secretary of State is not required to 
print a primary ballot if there are no offices for which a candidate has qualified either by 
petition or as a write-in candidate. Finally, the amendment strikes the provision in the 
bill pertaining to when a municipal clerk is ineligible to serve as the supervisor of 
elections. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Fiscal Detail and Notes 
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Approved: 01/28/16 ~ac:-_ 
LD 1484 
LR2333(02) 
An Act Regarding the Election Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'M-"(S-oSl)} 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor savings - General Fund 
The provision stating the Department of the Secretary of State does not have to print primary ballots if no candidates 
for a particular party have qualified may result in minor General Fund savings not requiring any change to the budget. 
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