An Act.to Direct the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0158
Committee Amendment CA_A_H150 (House)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §753-B

COMMffTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 91, L.D. 158, "An Act.to Direct the 
Secretary of State to Establish a Date l!,a'ch Year for Voting by Absentee Ballot" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the follcrwing: 
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'An Act to Establish a Date to Begin Voting by Absentee Ballot in.the Presence. of the 
Clerk' 
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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the e11acting·clause a11d itisening.the 
following: 
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'Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §753-B, sub-§8, as amended by PL 2021, c. 273, §21, is 
fu1ther ainended to· read: 
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8. Absentee voting in presen~e of clerk. A For the 30 days preceding· an ~ie~tlon: 
during the hours when the clerk's office is open, a person who wishes to v9te by ~bsentee 
ballot may, without completing an application, vote by absei1tee ballot in the pi·~sence of 
the clerk, except as provided in subsection 2. Before issuing a ballot, the clerk shall verify 
that it is the voter who is requesting the ballot by confirming the voter's residence address 
and year of bi1th with the information in the voter's record. The method of voting is 
otherwise as prescribed in this a1ticle. After the person has voted, the clerk shall sign the 
affidavit on the return envelope as a witness, indicate on the envelope that the voter voted 
in the presence of a clerk and ensure that the affidavit on the return envelope is properly 
completed by the voter. For the 4 5 days preceding an election, during the hours •,;,,•hen the 
clerk's offiee is open and may be conducting absentee voting During this 30-day period, 
t~e display or distribution of any adve1tising material intended to influence a voter's 
de·c.ision regarding a candidate or question on the ballot for that election is prohibited within 
the 61.erk's office and on public prope1ty within 250 feet of the entrance to the building in 
v,1hich the clerk's office is located. 
This subsection does not apply to the display or distribution of any campaign adve1tising 
material on private prope1ty that is within 250 feet of the entrance to the building in which 
the clerk's office is located, For purposes of this section, "private prope1ty" includes 
privately owned property subject to a public right-of-way that is an easement right-of-way. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 91, L.D. 158 
This subsection does not apply to campaign advertising material on automobiles traveling 
to ·and from the municipal office or parked on municipal propetiy while the occupants are 
visiting the municipal office to conduct municipal business, It does not prohibit a person 
who is at the municipal office for the purpose of conducting municipal business or for 
absentee voting from wearing a campaign button when the longest dimension of the button 
does not exceed 3 inches.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pati letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bi-II. The amendment establishes the earliest date for 
voting by absentee ballot in the presence of a clerk as 30 days preceding an election during 
the homs when the clerk's office is open. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT