Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 843 – Requirements for devices
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An electronic tabulating system purchased or rented by a municipality must meet the following requirements. [PL 1995, c. 459, §95 (AMD).]
1. Secrecy. It must be used so that each voter may vote in secrecy.
[PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 843
- Any election: means primary and general elections and referenda, whether regular or special. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- 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
- Electronic tabulating system: includes all the software and firmware required to program and control the equipment in the respective system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 808
- 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
- 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
- Question: means any proposition submitted to the voters. 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 limited. It must permit each voter to vote at any election for all persons and offices for whom and for which the voter is entitled to vote; to vote for as many persons for an office as the voter is entitled to vote for; to vote for or against any question upon which the voter is entitled to vote; and the electronic tabulating equipment must reject choices recorded on the voter’s ballot, if the number of choices exceeds the number for which the voter is entitled to vote for the office or on the measure.
[PL 1995, c. 459, §96 (AMD).]
3. Write-in vote. It must permit a voter to vote for a write-in candidate.
[PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
4. Voting restricted at primary. It must prevent a voter from voting for the nomination of candidates of more than one party at a primary election.
[PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
5. Unauthorized voting prohibited. It must prevent a voter from voting for any office or upon any question for whom or on which that voter is not entitled to vote.
[RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §71 (COR).]
6. Change of vote permitted. It must permit a voter to change or retract a vote the voter has attempted to cast, in accordance with section 693, before the voter’s ballot has been deposited in the electronic tabulating device.
[PL 1995, c. 459, §96 (AMD).]
7. Official approval required. It must be of an identical type approved by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General.
[PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 459, §§95,96 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §71 (COR).