5. Envelopes and lists delivered. On election day, the clerk shall deliver or have delivered the return envelopes 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 the clerk to process or the 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. In those 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.

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.

Sec. 33. 21-A MRSA §756, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

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.

Sec. 34. 21-A MRSA §829, as amended by PL 1993, c. 473, §39 and affected by §46, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: