An Act To Clarify Local Referendum Ballots
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2501, sub-§4 is enacted to read:
4. Ballot questions. Notwithstanding the provision of Title 21-A, section 906, subsection 7 requiring sequential numbering of ballot questions, municipal officers may elect to list municipal initiative and referendum questions on the ballot using sequential capital letters of the alphabet instead of sequential numbers. All other provisions of Title 21-A, section 906, subsection 7 apply.
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §2528, sub-§6, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
C. Any question or questions required by law to be submitted to a vote shall must be printed either below the list of candidates or on a separate ballot from the ballot listing candidates. Notwithstanding the provision of Title 21-A, section 906, subsection 7 requiring sequential numbering of ballot questions, the questions may be listed on the ballot using sequential capital letters of the alphabet instead of sequential numbers in accordance with section 2501, subsection 4. All other provisions of Title 21-A, section 906, subsection 7 apply. If a separate ballot is used, this ballot must be a different color than the ballot listing candidates.
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 129th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.