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753-A, the clerk shall immediately issue an absentee ballot and | | return envelope by mail or in person to the applicant or to the | | immediate family member or to a 3rd person designated in a written | application or request made by the voter. Upon completion of a | telephone request, the clerk shall issue an absentee ballot by mail | or in person to the voter at the address requested by the voter. | The clerk shall type or write in ink the name and the legal | | residence address of the voter in the designated section of the | | return envelope. |
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| | | Sec. 26. 21-A MRSA §753-B, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 310, §53, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Duplicate application. If the clerk receives a duplicate | application or request from a person from whom the clerk has | received a return envelope apparently containing a statewide | absentee ballot, the clerk may not furnish another statewide | absentee ballot for that person. | statewide | | requests one by an acceptable method outlined in this subchapter | | and: |
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| | | A. The applicant states good cause, including, but not | | limited to, loss of, spoiling of or damage to the first | | absentee ballot; or |
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| | | B. An absentee ballot for the applicant that was furnished | to a designated 3rd person is | | clerk's office within the time limit provided in subsection | | 3. If a ballot for an applicant is not returned to the | | clerk within that time limit, the clerk shall mail or hand | | deliver a ballot to that applicant and may not issue another | | ballot to the applicant except for good cause as provided in | this subsection. This paragraph does not affect the time | | deadline for delivery of absentee ballots under section 755. |
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| | | The clerk may also issue a 2nd state absentee ballot to a voter | | from whom the clerk has received a return envelope apparently | | containing a state absentee ballot when the state has provided | | the clerk with replacement ballots to reflect the removal of a | | candidate's name or the addition of a new candidate's name or the | | correction of an error.__When a 2nd state absentee ballot is | | issued to a voter under this section, the clerk must write the | | words "second ballot issued" on the return envelope. |
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| | | Sec. 27. 21-A MRSA §756, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2001, c. 310, §56, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Envelopes and lists delivered. On election day, the clerk | | shall deliver or have delivered the return envelopes |
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