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prescribed by section 752, subsection 3, with the applications, | | when required, attached and a copy of the list required by section | | 753-B, subsection 6, to the warden of the voting district in which | | the voter is registered, except in those municipalities where the | municipal officers have authorized theto process | clerk's designee processes the absentee ballots centrally. If more | than one return envelope is received from the same voter, the clerk | shall deliver or have delivered to the warden for counting only the | return envelope bearing the earliest date and time. | | municipalities where the absentee ballots are processed centrally, | | the clerk shall deliver or have delivered the materials described | | in this subsection to the person authorized by the clerk to process | | absentee ballots at the designated central location.__After | | processing the absentee ballots, the warden or the clerk shall | | attach the copy of the list of absentee voters to the incoming | | voting list and seal it as provided in section 698. |
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| | This subsection does not apply to municipalities with 2 or more | voting precincts where absentee ballots are counted at a place | other than the voting district. |
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| | | Sec. 28. 21-A MRSA §756, sub-§6 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 6.__Procedure when duplicate envelopes received from same | | voter.__If more than one return envelope is received from the | | same voter who was authorized to receive a 2nd state absentee | | ballot pursuant to section 753-B, then the clerk or warden shall | | process and count the ballot from the envelope marked "second | | ballot issued" or bearing the latest date and time and shall | | reject and keep sealed the first absentee envelope.__If more than | | one return envelope is received from the same voter who was not | | authorized to receive a 2nd state absentee ballot pursuant to | | section 753-B, then the clerk or warden shall process and count | | the ballot from the envelope bearing the earliest date and time.__ | | If only one return envelope is received from a voter who was | | authorized to receive a 2nd state absentee ballot pursuant to | | section 753-B, then the clerk or warden shall process and count | | that ballot for all offices or questions for which the voter was | | entitled to vote. |
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| | | Sec. 29. 21-A MRSA §860, as amended by PL 1995, c. 459, §112, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | §860. Violation and penalty |
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| | | Any person who, before, during or after an election, tampers | | with or willfully injures any voting device, ballot or other | | records or equipment used in the election, or interferes or |
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