An Act To Strengthen Maine's Election Laws by Requiring Photographic Idl:!ntification for the Purpose of Voting
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0197
Committee Amendment CA_A_S27 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "4" to S.P. 72, L.D. 197, Bill, "An Act To 
Strengthen Maine's Election Laws by Requiring Photographic Idl:!ntification for the 
Purpose of Voting" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the (;:nacting clause the 
following: 
'Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units of government 
to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local 
revenues but does not provide funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to 
the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 2/3 of all of the members elected to 
each House have determined it necessary to enact this measure.' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 2 in the 8th line (page 2, line 8 in 
L.D.) by striking out the fOllowing: "3 business days to provide th~" and inserting the 
following: '5 business days to provide the municipal clerk, deputy clerK: 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 5 in paragraph B in the 3rd line 
(page 2, line 35 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "3rd" and inserting the following: 
'5th' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 5 in paragraph C in the 2nd line 
(page 3, line 2 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "}." and inserting the following: '~' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 6 in the first line (page 3, line 7 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "}." and inserting the following: '~' 
Amend the bill by adding after section 4 the following: 
'Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 0077 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
ROFS 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" 4" to S.P. 72, L.D. 197 
Initiative: Provides funding to produce state identification cards for voters who do not 
have another valid photographic identification and to modify the state identification card 
application to add an attestation statement. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Bureau of Administrative Services and Corporations 0692 
2015-16 
$321,635 
$321,635 
2016-17 
$31,045 
$31,045 
Initiative: Provides funding for printing provisional ballot envelopes and ballot affidavits. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2015-16 
$40,600 
$40,600 
2015-16 
$362,235 
$362,235 
2016-17 
$40,600 
$40,600 
2016-17 
$71,645 
$71,645 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, increases from 3 to 5 
the number of days a voter who voted by provisional ballot has to provide an election 
clerk with a valid form of photo identification. It clarifies that the photo identification 
may also be provided to a municipal clerk or a deputy municipal clerk. Finally, the 
amendment adds a mandate preamble and an appropriations and allocations section to the 
bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 03/31/15 
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LD 197 
LR 1139(02) 
An Act To Strengthen Maine's Election Laws by Requiring Photographic Identification for the 
Purpose of Voting 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '1f (S-2'1) 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
~et Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
State Mandates 
Required Activity 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State Mandate - Exempted 
FY 2015-16 
FY 2016-17 
$362,235 
$71,645 
$362,235 
$71,645 
Establishes an additional provisional voting process requiring election officials to 
track provisional ballot affidavits, complete a provisional ballot log and report the 
status of all provisional ballots to the Secretary of State. 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
$71,645 
$71,645 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
$71,645 
$71,645 
Unit Affected 
Local Cost 
Municipality 
Moderate 
statewide 
Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the State from 
the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional costs. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This legislation requires a voter to show valid photographic identification before voting. The bill includes a General 
Fund appropriation of $362,235 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $71,645 in fiscal year 2016-17 to the Department of 
Secretary of State to produce state identification cards for voters who do not have another valid photographic 
identification, modify the state identification card application to add an attestation statement and print provisional 
ballot envelopes and ballot affidavits. There are currently 235,207 individuals 18 or over who do not have a driver's 
license or state identification card. This analysis assumes 73% of these individuals (the average percentage of 
registered voters who voted in the last 3 presidential elections) would choose to vote and that 60% of these individuals 
would need a free identification card. 
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