123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1799		LR 1294(02)
	An Act To Establish Open Ballot Voting in Maine
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
	Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Costs
	Requiring the names of candidates nominated by more than one party to be listed on the ballot once for each party will require municipalities to change the coding for optical scan tabulating machines.  There are 217 machines for which the coding cost will be $7.50 per each additional line.  Assuming one additional line per election, the total cost for these machines would equal $1,628.  There are an additional 104 machines for which the cost is unknown.  Assuming one line per election, with a low range cost of $7.50 per line and a high range cost of $15 per line, the range would be $780 to $1,560.				Municipality	Significant
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Additional costs to the Secretary of State can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.