An Act to Adopt an Interstate Compact to Elect the President of the United States by National Popular Vote
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1578
Committee Amendment CA_B_H793 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "[3 "to H.P. 1023, L.D. 1578, "An Act to Adopt an 
Interstate Compact to Elect the President of the United States by National Popular Vote" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 5. 
Amend the bill in section 6 in subsection 7 in paragraph C in the 2nd line (page 2, line 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "candidate" 
Amend the bill in section 8 in §803 in subsection 2 in paragraph A in the 3rd line (page 
3, line 1 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "containing" the following: 'the names of 
the electors and' 
Amend the bill in section 8 in §803 in subsection 2 by striking out all of paragraph B 
(page 3, lines 7 to 12 in L.D.). 
Amend the bill in section 8 in §803 in subsection 2 by reletteringthe paragraphs to read 
alphabetically. 
Amend the bill in section 11 inc. 17 in sub-c. 1 in § 1301 in the first indented paragraph 
in the first 2 lines (page 4, lines 2 and 3 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "the National 
Popular Vote for President Act. 
and inserting the following: ' "the National Popular Vote 
for President Act." ' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 12 the following: 
'Sec. 13. 
Statutory referendum procedure; submission at statewide 
election; form of question; effective date. This Act must be submitted to the legal 
voters of the State at a statewide election held in the month of November following passage 
of this Act. The municipal officers of this State shall notify the inhabitants of their 
respective cities, towns and plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding 
a statewide election, to vote on the acceptance or rejection of this Act by voting on the 
following question: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "B" to H.P. 1023, L.D. 1578 
"Do you favor adopting the Interstate Compact: Agreement Among the 
States to Elect the President of the United States by National Popular Vote, 
under which all of a participating state's electoral votes are awarded to the 
presidential slate that receives the most popular votes· in all 50 states and 
the District of Columbia, except that the compact takes effect only when 
the number of electoral votes held by the participating states equals a 
majority of the overall total number of electoral votes, which is at least 270 
of the 538 total electoral votes?" 
The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote by ballot on this question 
and designate their choice by a cross or check mark placed within a corresponding square 
below the word "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and declared 
in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of State in 
the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall review the 
returns. If a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of this Act, the Governor shall 
proclaim the result without delay and this Act becomes effective 30 days after the date of 
the proclamation. 
The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation all 
ballots, returns and copies of this Act necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
referendum.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment removes provisions of the bill related to batch elimination, which 
were repealed in Public Law 2023, chapter 304, and makes an additional technical 
correction. It also removes the provision of the bill requiring the Governor to send a 
separate certificate of determination of the electors containing the names of the electors to 
the Archivist of the United States under state seal and instead requires only the one 
certificate of determination, which must contain the names of the electors and the statewide 
number of votes for each presidential slate that received votes in the final round of the 
presidential vote counting process, to be sent. The amendment also adds a referendum 
provision in order to send this Act to the voters of the State for acceptance or rejection at a 
statewide election held in the month of November following the passage of this Act. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/12/24 feac:.. 
LD 1578 
LR 183(03) 
An Act to Adopt an Interstate Compact to Elect the President of the United States by National Popular 
Vote 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment£, ( Jl--713) 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Referendum Costs 
Month/Year 
Election Type 
Question 
Length 
Nov-24 
General 
Referendum 
Standard 
The Secretary of State's budget includes sufficient funds to accommodate one ballot of average length for the general 
election in November, If the number or size of the referendum questions requires production and delivery of a second 
ballot, an additional appropriation of $266,000 may be required. 
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