Sec. 20. 21-A MRSA §128, as amended by PL 1997, c. 436, §§25 and 26, is further amended to read:

§128. Registrar to check records

Before printing the final incoming voting list prior to any election, the registrar shall update the voting list central voter registration system as follows:

1. Registrar shall review records. The registrar shall review the records of marriage, death, change of name and change of address in the office of the clerk or the assessors, or as provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Records or the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles and shall correct revise the voting list central voter registration system accordingly; or

2. Clerk provides list. The clerk shall, if requested, provide the registrar with a list, certified by the clerk to be true, of the marriages, deaths and changes that took place since the last update of the voting list central voter registration system. The registrar shall use this list to update the voting list central voter registration system accordingly; or

3. Marriage; notice of inquiry. If the registrar determines that a voter has married, the registrar shall may not for that reason alone remove the voter's name from cancel a voter's registration in the voting list central voter registration system. The registrar may send a notice inquiring whether, as a result of marriage, that voter's name or address has been changed. Nothing in this subsection relieves a voter of the duty to give the registrar written notice of a change of name or address in accordance with section 129.

Sec. 21. 21-A MRSA §129, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 426, §7, is further amended to read:

2. Correction of name or address. The registrar shall correct the voter's name or address in the central voter registration system and on the incoming voting list, and the voter must then vote under the voter's new name or in the new district on election day.