An Act To Prohibit the Issuance of a 2nd Absentee Ballot under Certain Circumstances
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §753-B, sub-§4, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 645, §6, is amended to read:
A. The applicant states good cause, including, but not limited to, loss of, spoiling of or damage to the first absentee ballot . Good cause does not include an applicant's decision to change the applicant's vote after the applicant has returned the ballot to the clerk; or
Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §753-B, sub-§9 is enacted to read:
9. Ballot returned to clerk. The clerk may not issue a 2nd state absentee ballot to an applicant after the applicant has returned a ballot to the clerk, except as provided in subsection 4.
summary
This bill prohibits a municipal clerk from issuing a 2nd state absentee ballot to an applicant after a ballot has been returned by the applicant to the clerk, except for good cause, and stipulates that an applicant's decision to change a vote does not constitute good cause.