Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 115 – Restrictions
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1. Certain persons may not register or vote.
[PL 2001, c. 516, §1 (RP).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 115
- Any election: means primary and general elections and referenda, whether regular or special. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Incoming voting list: means the printed list of all of the voters in a municipality that is used by election officials at a voting place to record which voters have been issued a ballot at an election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- may: when used in this Title, is used in a permissive sense to grant authority or permission, but not to create duty, to act in the manner specified by the context. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 7
- Municipality: means a city, town or plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Register: means to enlist as a voter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Residence: means that place where the person has established a fixed and principal home to which the person, whenever temporarily absent, intends to return. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Voter: means a person registered to vote. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
2. Voting restricted to district. In a municipality that has voting districts, a voter may vote using only the ballot or ballots for the district in which the voter resides on election day.
[PL 2003, c. 447, §5 (AMD).]
3. Correct name and address on incoming voting list. A person whose name, or residence address in a municipality that has voting districts, does not appear correctly on the incoming voting list on election day may not vote at any election until it is corrected as provided in section 661.
[PL 2005, c. 453, §11 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 188, §2 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 459, §13 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 516, §1 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 447, §5 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 453, §11 (AMD).