Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 374-B – Special election candidates
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 374-B
- Candidate: means any person who has filed a petition under either sections 335 and 336 or sections 354 and 355 and has qualified as a candidate by either procedure, or any person who has received contributions or made expenditures or has given consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures with the intent of qualifying as a candidate. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Special election: means an election other than a regular election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
If a candidate for an office on a special election ballot dies or withdraws for any reason, the candidate’s name will not be removed from the ballot. The Secretary of State shall immediately prepare and distribute to the local election officials in the candidate’s electoral district a notice informing voters that the candidate has died or has withdrawn and that a vote for that candidate will not be counted. The notice must be distributed with all absentee ballots requested after the notice is received by the local election officials and, on election day, must be posted outside the guardrail enclosure in accordance with section 651, subsection 2 and in each voting booth. Notice that the candidate has died or has withdrawn must also be posted on the Secretary of State’s publicly accessible website. [PL 2019, c. 636, §10 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 636, §10 (NEW).