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B-2.__Having once voted, whether within or outside this State,
again votes at the same election;

 
B-3.__Having once voted, whether within or outside this
State, attempts to vote at the same election;

 
Sec. 20. 21-A MRSA §674, sub-§3, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 473, §18
and affected by §46, is amended to read:

 
C. Votes or attempts to vote by using the name of another.;
or

 
Sec. 21. 21-A MRSA §674, sub-§3, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__Attempts to vote by using the name of another.

 
Sec. 22. 21-A MRSA §682, as amended by PL 2001, c. 310, §37, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
§682.__Political activities

 
Certain activities are prohibited on election day.

 
1.__Instruction limited.__Within the voting place, a person
may not instruct another in the method of marking the ballot,
except as provided in section 672.

 
2.__Influence prohibited.__Within 250 feet of the entrance to
the voting place as well as within the voting place itself, a
person may not:

 
A.__Influence another person's decision regarding a
candidate or ballot issue; or

 
B.__Attempt to influence another person's decision regarding
a candidate or ballot issue.

 
These limitations do not prohibit a candidate from attending the
voting place and orally communicating with voters as long as the
candidate does not attempt to influence their vote.__A candidate

 
may not state the name of the office sought or request a person's
vote.

 
2-A.__Application.__This subsection governs the application of
subsection 2.

 
A.__Subsection 2 does not apply to pollwatchers, who may remain
in the voting place outside the guardrail enclosure


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