LD 1486
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LR 1938
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The registrar shall prepare and keep a voter registration
file containing the voter registration documents for each
voter on the voting list, arranged alphabetically by the last
name of each voter.__The file must contain an original, signed
voter registration application for each voter, with all
associated applications containing changes of name, address or
enrollment and any documentation concerning these applications
or the qualifications for these voters.__When the name of a
voter is removed from the voting list, the registrar shall
indicate on the voter's registration documents the date that
the voter's name was removed from the list and retain the
documents for 5 years, either in the same file, or in a
separate file.

 
Sec. 14. 21-A MRSA §181, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 418,
Pt. A, §39, is further amended to read:

 
B. Outside agencies that include the following:

 
(1) The Department of Human Services, Bureau of
Family Independence, Bureau of Health and Bureau of
Rehabilitation;

 
(2) The armed forces uniformed service recruitment
offices;

 
(3) The public high schools; and

 
(4) The offices of municipal clerks and registrars.

 
Sec. 15. 21-A MRSA c. 3, sub-c. 8 is enacted to read:

 
SUBCHAPTER 8

 
HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT

 
§221.__State coordinator

 
The Secretary of State is the coordinator of the State's
responsibilities under the federal Help America Vote Act of
2002, PL 107-252.

 
Sec. 16. 21-A MRSA §629, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 1985, c. 315,
is further amended to read:

 
A. In a general election, the municipal officers in each
municipality of 4,000 or more population must provide at least
one voting booth for each 150, or fraction exceeding 1/2 of
that number, of the voters qualified to vote at each voting
place. In a municipality of less than 4,000 population, the
municipal officers must provide at least one


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