An Act To Establish Open Primaries
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0231
Committee Amendment CA_A_SA_A_S588 (Senate)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §441, 21-A MRSA §723-A, 21-A MRSA §753-B

SENATE AMENDMENT " />, " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 99, 
L.D. 231, "An Act To Establish Open Primaries" 
Amend the amendment by inserting after the 3rd instructional paragraph the following: 
'Amend the bill by striking out all of section 4 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §441, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2021, c. 273, §7, is 
repealed.'' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 8 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 8. 21-A MRSA §723-A, sub-§5-B, as amended by PL 2021, c. 273, §11, is 
further amended to read: 
5-B. Presidential primary elections; selection of delegates. Notwithstanding any 
provision of this section to the contrary, for presidential primary elections, batch 
elimination may not be used for any candidates with more than 100 votes, tabulation must 
continue until only 2 continuing candidates remain, separate tabulations must be conducted 
statewide and for each congressional district and selection and allocation of delegates to a 
party's national presidential nominating convention must be in accordance with any 
reasonable procedures established at the state party convention, except that unenrolled 
voters who participate in the party's primaty election must be considered members of the 
party for purposes of allocating delegates.' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 9 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 9. 21-A MRSA §753-B, sub-§6, ,J"A, as amended by PL 2021, c. 273, §20, is 
further amended to read: 
A. The list of absentee voters must include each voter's name, residence address, 
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voting district and party affiliation; the date and manner by which the ballot was 
requested, issued and received; if the voter is unenrolled, which party's ballot the voter 
requested for the primaty election, if applicable: and a notation of whether the 
application and the ballot were accepted or rejected. If the clerk determines that there 
is a defect on the return envelope of an absentee ballot under section 756, subsection 2 
and that defect is cured pursuant to section 756-A, the clerk shall note whether the 
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ballot was accepted or accepted but challenged and shall list the date that the defect 
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was cured as the date that the ballot was received. The clerk must also indicate on the 
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list when the absentee voter is a uniformed service voter, overseas voter or township 
voter. By the time that all absentee ballots have been processed on election day, the 
clerk must update the central voter registration system or annotate the printed list of 
absentee voters to reflect all ballots that were received by the close of the polls on 
election day, including a notation of whether the ballots were accepted, accepted but 
challenged or rejected and the reasons for such rejections. This list, reflecting all 
absentee ballots received by the close of the polls, must be made available for public 
inspection. Any absentee voter certified as a participant in the Address Confidentiality 
Program pursuant to Title 5, section 90-B must be listed by the voter code assigned to 
that individual under the program instead ofby the voter's name and reflect the Address 
Confidentiality Program address assigned to the voter. The list of absentee voters must 
be sorted so that the program participants appear at the end of the list and must be 
printed on a separate page of the list. The portion of the list of absentee voters relating 
to Address Confidentiality Program participants must be kept under seal and excluded 
from public inspection.' 
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 9 the following: 
'Sec. 10. Transfer from Medical Use of Marijuana Fund, Other Special 
Revenue Funds account to unappropriated surplus of General Fund. 
Notwithstanding any provision oflaw to the contrary, on or before June 30, 2023, the State 
Controller shall transfer $200,932 from the Medical Use of Marijuana Fund, Other Special 
Revenue Funds account to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment directs the State Controller to transfer $200,932 from the Medical Use 
of Marijuana Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the unappropriated surplus of 
the General Fund on or before June 3 0, 2023. It also makes a number of technical changes 
to reflect current law. 
COUNTY: Cumberland 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 04/20/22 frac::.. 
LD231 
LR200(04) 
An Act To Establish Semi-open Primaries 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment 'A" to Committee Amendment "A" L ~sif) 
Sponsor: Sen. Breen of Cumberland 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2022-23 
($200,932) 
$200,932 
($200,932) 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY2024-25 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Thlis amendment includes a one-time transfer of $200,932 in fiscal year 2022-23 from the Medical Use of Marijuana 
Fund in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund. 
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