| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A governs the | | conduct of statewide elections in the State, and changes to that | | law must be in place by the June 13, 2006 primary election in | | order for the Secretary of State to properly administer these | | laws and for the municipal election officials to properly conduct | | the election; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1, sub-§21, as amended by PL 2005, c. 364, §1, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 21. Incoming voting list. "Incoming voting list" means the | | list of all of the voters in a municipality that is used by | | election officials at a voting place to record which voters have | | been issued a ballot at an election. The list must include the | | following information for each voter and may not include any | | other information: name; residence address; enrollment status; | | electoral district; voter status, active or inactive; voter | | record number; designations regarding challenged ballots and | | absentee ballots; and any special designations indicating | | uniformed service voters, overseas voters or township voters. The | | portion of the incoming voting list relating to Address | | Confidentiality Program participants must be kept under seal and | | excluded from public inspection. The residence address for any | | voter whose address has been made confidential pursuant to | | section 22, subsection 3, paragraph B may not be printed on the | | incoming voting list, and the words "address is confidential" | | must be printed on the list instead. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §22, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2005, c. 364, §2, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Confidential information. Notwithstanding subsection 1 | and Title 1, section 408, if a registered voter is certified by | the Secretary of State as a 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 |
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