Code of Maine Rules › 29 - DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE › 250 - BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions › Chapter 505 - VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES › Section 250-505-1 - Program for updating municipal voter registration lists

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Individual or spot changes. Each
				  municipality shall make necessary changes to its voter registration list as
				  soon as possible after the information arrives. Such incoming information will
				  include:
A. Death. The names of those
				  residents who have died shall be removed from the voter list. Names of the
				  deceased shall be taken from death records obtained from the clerk, certified
				  death certificates, or obituaries.
B. Notice of guardianship due to mental
				  illness. If the municipality receives notice indicating that a registrant has
				  been placed under guardianship due to mental illness, the registrar must remove
				  the registrant's name.
C. Written
				  request of registrant. If a registrant requests in writing that his or her name
				  be removed from the voter list, the registrar shall do so.
D. Notice of new registration. When a
				  registrar receives notice that one of the municipality's residents has
				  registered to vote in another municipality, the registrar shall remove that
				  name from the voter list if he or she is satisfied as to the identity of the
				  person.
E. Motor Vehicle Request
				  for Name/Address Change form. Upon receipt of a Motor Vehicle Request for
				  Name/Address Change form, the registrar shall remove the registrant's name from
				  the voter list if the registrant has moved outside the municipality. If the
				  registrant's new address is still within the same municipality, the registrar
				  shall make the appropriate changes on the voter list.
F. Postal Service Change of Address
				  Notification Card. Upon receipt of the Postal Service's pre-printed Change of
				  Address Notification Card, the registrar shall remove the registrant's name
				  from the voter list if the new address is outside the registrar's jurisdiction
				  and the card is signed by the registrant. If the registrant's new address is
				  still within the same municipality, the registrar shall make the appropriate
				  changes on the voter list.
G.
				  Response to a Change of Address Confirmation Card. When the registrar receives
				  a response to a Change of Address Confirmation Card, signed by the registrant,
				  acknowledging that the registrant has moved to an address outside the
				  registrar's jurisdiction, the registrant's name shall be removed from the voter
				  list.
H. Other information from the
				  registrant. If other information indicating a change of address is obtained,
				  the registrar may, at his or her discretion, use this information to remove the
				  registrant's name from the voter list if the new address and the voter's
				  signature are provided. If either the new address or the signature is not
				  available, the registrar may send a Change of Address Confirmation Card to the
				  registrant for verification of the indicated change.
I. Mail returned to the municipal office.
				  Mail sent to a registrant which is returned to the municipal office as not
				  deliverable is cause for the registrar to send a Change of Address Confirmation
				  Card to the registrant, in accordance with 21-A MRSA §162-A and these
				  rules.