| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §22, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 248, §1, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Address of registered voter. Notwithstanding subsection 1 | and Title 1, section 408, if a registered voter submits to the | registrar a signed statement that the voter has good reason to | believe that the physical safety of the voter or a member of the | voter's family residing with the voter would be jeopardized if | the voter's address were open to public inspection, that voter's | address is not a public record and the registrar shall exclude | that voter's address | | program participant in the Address Confidentiality Program | | pursuant to Title 5, section 90-B, all records maintained by the | | registrar pertaining to that voter must be kept confidential and | must be excluded from public inspection. The voter's name, | political party affiliation and electoral division remain a | public record. The voter's signed statement is also a public | record. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §22, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 248, §1, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §22, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 584, §1, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Signature and identification number of registered voter. | | Notwithstanding subsection 1 and Title 1, section 408, the | | voter's signature and identification number on the voter | | registration application and associated records in electronic | | format are designated as nonpublic records and the registrar | shall exclude those items from public inspection. Voter | | for those voters who are certified as program participants in the | | Address Confidentiality Program pursuant to Title 5, section 90- | | B, voter signatures on voter registration applications and | | associated records in a printed hard-copy format are public | | records in accordance with subsection 1 and Title 1, section 408. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §122-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §122-A.__Alternative registration procedure for participants in |
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| | | Address Confidentiality Program |
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| | | Notwithstanding sections 122 and 152, a person who is | | certified by the Secretary of State as a program participant in | | the Address Confidentiality Program pursuant to Title 5, section | | 90-B may register to vote using the designated address and voter | | code assigned to that person pursuant to rules adopted to | | implement the program.__To register to vote, |
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