Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 721 v2 – Reports of registration and enrollment
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 721 v2
- Central voter registration system: means a single electronic information system and database for voter registration information maintained by the Secretary of State and used by all municipal jurisdictions in the State. 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
- Municipality: means a city, town or plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Party: means a political organization which has qualified to participate in a primary or general election under chapter 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Primary election: means the regular election for the election of nominees of a party for the general election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Registrar: means the registrar or deputy registrar of voters of a municipality. 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
- Voter participation history: means the indication in the central voter registration system of whether a voter has cast a ballot in a certain election, as reflected on the incoming voting list for that election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE 1/01/24)
(CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)
(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE 1/01/24)
Within 15 business days after any statewide election, the registrar shall update all information in the central voter registration system for all voters in the municipality to reflect any voter registration activity after the incoming voting list was printed for that election and up until the close of the polls on election day. The registrar shall also enter any designations of challenged ballots in the applicable voter records in the central voter registration system. The registrar shall notify the Secretary of State as soon as these tasks are complete. [PL 2015, c. 447, §25 (AMD).]
After the registrar has completed the update of the central voter registration system, as required by this section, and no later than 45 business days after the election, unless a recount has been requested pursuant to section 737?A, the clerk shall update the central voter registration system by entering voter participation history for that election and, if the election was a primary election, by identifying which party‘s ballot, if any, was issued to each participating unenrolled voter. The clerk shall notify the Secretary of State as soon as this task is completed. [PL 2021, c. 750, §10 (AMD); PL 2021, c. 750, §14 (AFF).]
In a municipality in which a recount has been requested pursuant to section 737?A, the clerk shall update the central voter registration system by entering voter participation history for that election and, if the election was a primary election, by identifying which party’s ballot, if any, was issued to each participating unenrolled voter within 20 business days after receiving the incoming voting list that has been returned by the Secretary of State after the recount. The clerk shall notify the Secretary of State as soon as this task is completed. [PL 2021, c. 750, §10 (AMD); PL 2021, c. 750, §14 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 466, §22 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 447, §16 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 453, §57 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 253, §35 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 447, §25 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 750, §10 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 750, §14 (AFF).