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| 3.__Penalties.__The following penalties apply to violations of | this section. |
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| A.__A register who violates subsection 1 commits a Class E | crime.__Violation of subsection 1 is a strict liability | crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A. |
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| B.__A register or employee of the Probate Court who violates | subsection 2 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than | $100, to be recovered by a complainant in a civil action for | the complainant's benefit or by indictment for the benefit | of the county. |
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| | Sec. K-1. 21-A MRSA §674, sub-§1, ¶B, as repealed and replaced by PL | 1993, c. 473, §18 and affected by §46, is amended to read: |
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| B. Interferes with a voter attempting to cast a vote or | interferes with or attempts to influence a voter in marking | that voter's ballot; |
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| | Sec. K-2. 21-A MRSA §674, sub-§1, ¶¶B-1 and B-2 are enacted to read: |
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| B-1.__Interferes with a voter in marking that voter's | ballot; |
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| B-2.__Attempts to influence a voter in marking that voter's | ballot; |
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| | Sec. K-3. 21-A MRSA §674, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 473, | §18 and affected by §46, is amended to read: |
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| B. Votes or attempts to vote knowing that the person is not | eligible to do so or having once voted, whether within or | outside this State, again votes or attempts to vote at the | same election; or |
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| | Sec. K-4. 21-A MRSA §674, sub-§3, ¶¶B-1 to B-3 are enacted to read: |
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| B-1.__Attempts to vote knowing that the person is not | eligible to do so; |
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| B-2.__Having once voted, whether within or outside this | State, again votes at the same election; |
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