Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §101, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 436, §13, is further amended to read:

The In each municipality that elects its clerk, the clerk shall nominate and the municipal officers shall confirm by majority vote in writing a qualified registrar of voters by January 1st of each odd-numbered year.__In each municipality that does not elect its clerk, the municipal officers of each municipality shall appoint in writing a qualified registrar of voters by January 1st of each odd-numbered year.

SUMMARY

This bill requires that a registrar of voters in a municipality with an elected clerk be nominated by the clerk and confirmed by the municipality's municipal officers.