An Act To Require Photographic Identification to Vote
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0121
Committee Amendment CA_A_H51 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to H.P. 89, L.D. 121, Bill, "An Act To Require 
Photographic Identification to Vote" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting 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 necessaiy 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:"~" and inserting the following: 'l' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 4 in the last 2 lines (page 2, lines 
and 23 in L.D.) by striking out the following: ", along with all provisional ballot 
affidavits and the provisional ballot log form" and inserting the following: '. Provisional 
ballot affidavits and the provisional ballot log form must be sealed in tamper-proof 
containers separately from the provisional ballots and returned to the municipal clerk' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 5 in paragraph B in the 3rd line 
(page 2, line 36 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "5th" and inserting the following: 
'3rd' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 5 in paragraph C in the 2nd line 
(page 3, line 4 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "~" and inserting the following: 'l' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 5 by inserting at the end a new 
paragraph to read: 
'D. Rejected provisional ballots, provisional ballot affidavits and provisional ballot 
logs must be maintained as provided by section 23, subsection 7.' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 6 in the first line (page 3, line 9 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
11,2.
and inserting the following: 'l' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 89, L.D. 121 
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 
Bureau of Administrative Services and Corporations 0692 
Initiative: Provides funding to produce state identification cards, perform programming 
changes, generate provisional ballots and affidavits and conduct voter outreach. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2017-18 
$351,022 
$351,022 
2018-19 
$274,715 
$274,715 
Under the bill, a person who does not have proper photographic identification 
required to cast a ballot on election day has 5 days to provide photographic proof of 
identity to the municipal clerk, deputy clerk, warden or election clerk. This amendment, 
which is the minority report of the committee, reduces that time period to 3 days to reflect 
the number of days by which municipal election clerks must report election results to the 
Secretaiy of State. The amendment also adds a requirement that provisional ballots must 
be retained in tamper-proof containers separately from provisional ballot affidavits and 
the provisional ballot log. The amendment requires that rejected provisional ballots, 
provisional ballot logs and provisional ballot affidavits must be retained in the same 
manner as regular ballots and election materials. The amendment also adds a mandate 
preamble and an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/07/17 feae 
LD 121 
LR373(02) 
An Act To Require Photographic Identification to Vote 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,fi,( //-s) 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State Mandate - Exempted 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$351,022 
$274,715 
$351,022 
$274,715 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
$65,600 
$65,600 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$65,600 
$65,600 
State Mandates, 
Required Activity 
Unit Affected 
Local Cost 
Establishes a provisional voting process requiring election officials to track 
provisional ballots and provisional ballot affidavits, complete a provisional ballot 
log and report the status of all provisional ballots to the Secretary of State. 
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 
The bill includes a General Fund appropriation to the Department of Secretmy State of $3 51, 022 in fiscal year 2017-
and $274,715 in fiscal year 2018-19 to produce state identification cards, perfonn programming changes, generate 
provisional ballots and affidavits and conduct voter outreach. 
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