Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §662, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1995, c. 459, §57, is further amended to read:

4. Collection of signatures. The warden may select and designate a specific location at the voting place, accessible and observable by the voters, where the collection of signatures may take place. Persons collecting signatures at the polls may make arrangements with the clerk prior to election day and with the warden on election day. The warden may limit the number of persons collecting signatures to one for each specific question, candidate or issue. Persons collecting signatures may not solicit a voter's signature until the voter has completed voting. The warden may direct the removal, under subsection 2, paragraph A, of any person collecting signatures who does not comply with the requirements of this subsection. Persons who are paid to collect signatures for a petition shall disclose that fact to a voter before the voter signs the petition.

Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §904-C is enacted to read:

§904-C.__Disclosure of payment

A person who is paid to collect signatures for a petition shall disclose that fact to a voter before the voter signs the petition.

SUMMARY

This bill requires any person who is paid to collect signatures for a petition to disclose that fact to a voter before the voter signs the petition.