An Act To Allow Maine Clean Election Act Funds To Be Used for Election Recounts
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1018-B, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2013, c. 334, §14, is further amended to read:
2. Limitations. After an election, candidates may receive donations for purposes of a recount. The donations must be within the limitations of section 1015, except that no limitation applies to donations from party committees and caucus campaign committees and from attorneys, consultants and their firms that are donating their services without reimbursement. Candidates may not spend revenues received under chapter 14 for recount expenditures.
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This bill allows a candidate to spend revenues received under the Maine Clean Election Act for election recount expenditures.