| | 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. |
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| | Sec. 14. 21-A MRSA §181, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 418, | Pt. A, §39, is further amended to read: |
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| B. Outside agencies that include the following: |
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| (1) The Department of Human Services, Bureau of | Family Independence, Bureau of Health and Bureau of | Rehabilitation; |
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| (2) The armed forces uniformed service recruitment | offices; |
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| (3) The public high schools; and |
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| (4) The offices of municipal clerks and registrars. |
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| | Sec. 15. 21-A MRSA c. 3, sub-c. 8 is enacted to read: |
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| | The Secretary of State is the coordinator of the State's | responsibilities under the federal Help America Vote Act of | 2002, PL 107-252. |
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| | Sec. 16. 21-A MRSA §629, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 1985, c. 315, | is further amended to read: |
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| 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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