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Sec. 10. 21-A MRSA §113, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended
to read:

 
§113. Right survives change of residence

 
A registered voter who moves to another state within 30 days
before a presidential election must may not be removed from the
incoming voting list and the voter's registration may not be
cancelled in the central voter registration system until after
the election. He The voter may vote at that presidential
election in person or by absentee ballot.

 
Sec. 11. 21-A MRSA §115, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is
amended to read:

 
3. Correct name and address on incoming voting list. A
person whose name, or street residence address in a municipality
which that has voting districts, does not appear correctly on the
incoming voting list on election day may not vote at any election
until it is corrected as provided in section 661.

 
Sec. 12. 21-A MRSA §121, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 426, §6,
is further amended to read:

 
1-A. Identification and proof. Registration applications
taken by outside agencies must be transferred to the Secretary of
State within 5 days of receipt. An applicant who attempts to
register within 20 30 days of an election must be advised that
the registrar might not receive the application before that
election, but that the applicant may register in person before or
on election day.

 
Registration applications received by the Secretary of State from
outside agencies 21 30 days or more before an election must be
transferred to the appropriate registrar's office within 10 7
business days of receipt. Registration applications received by
the Secretary of State from outside agencies 20 days or less than
30 days before an election must be transferred to the appropriate
registrar's office within 5 business days of receipt.
Registration applications by mail or by a 3rd person must be
received in the registrar's office by the close of business on
the 10th business 21st day before election day in order for
persons persons' names to appear on the incoming voting list of
registered voters for that election. If the registrar's office
is not open on that day, the registrar must accept applications
by mail that are received on the next day the registrar's office
is open. The 20-day period before the election is the closed
period for outside registrations.__The registrar shall send the
notice required by section 122 to all voters whose applications


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