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- Absentee voter: means a person who qualifies under section 751 to cast an absentee ballot. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Acceptable collateral: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-AAccess to care: means the ability to obtain in a timely manner needed personal health services to achieve the best possible health outcomes balanced by the health system's resource limitations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Accessible voting system: means a voting system that is accessible for individuals with disabilities, including nonvisual accessibility for the blind and visually impaired, in a manner that provides the same opportunity for access and participation, including privacy and independence, as for other voters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 808 Accreditation: means a national federally recognized credentialing process resulting in the approval of a public health system or a municipal health department by a national federally recognized review board certifying that a public health system or a municipal health department has met specific performance requirements and standards. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Admitted assets: means assets recognized by the superintendent pursuant to section 901?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1110 Admitted assets: means assets recognized by the superintendent pursuant to section 901?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Advisory council: means the Tobacco Prevention and Control Advisory Council. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 271 Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court. Aggregate amount of investments: means the aggregate value of those investments as determined in accordance with statutory accounting principles pursuant to section 901?A and any rules adopted under that section. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1110 Aggregate amount of investments: means the aggregate value of those investments, as determined in accordance with statutory accounting principles pursuant to section 901?A and any rules adopted under that section, except as provided in section 1157, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Ambulatory surgical facility: means a facility, not part of a hospital, that provides surgical treatment to patients not requiring hospitalization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments. Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year. another department: means a department of the State other than the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 another program: means a program of the department not defined as a program in subsection 10 or a program of another department that is approved for addition to the EBT system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense. Any election: means primary and general elections and referenda, whether regular or special. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Appraisal: A determination of property value. Associate health officer: means a municipal employee who has knowledge of the community and meets the educational, training and experience standards established by the local health officer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court. Ballot label: means that portion of the cardboard, paper or other material to be placed within the ballot frames of a voting machine containing the items required of a paper ballot. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Ballot labels: means the pages, cards or other material containing the names of offices and candidates and the referendum questions to be voted on that are placed on the voting device to conform with the voting system in use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 808 Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings. Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels. Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC Block group: means an area comprising all of the blocks within a tract or BNA whose census data labels begin with the same digit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1202 BNA: means that area composed of blocks or block groups that is defined as a block numbering area in the United States Census for 1990. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1202 Bureau: means the Bureau of Health. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 271 Business day: means any day of the calendar year other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Business entity: means a sole proprietorship, corporation, limited liability company, association, general or limited partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, mutual fund, bank, trust, real estate investment trust, joint tenancy or other similar form of business organization, whether organized as a for-profit or nonprofit organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Buyer: means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-103 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 Cap: means an agreement obligating the seller to make payments to the buyer with each payment based on the amount by which a reference price or level or the performance or value of one or more underlying interests exceeds a predetermined number, sometimes called the "strike rate" or "strike price. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Capital expenditure: means an expenditure, including a force account expenditure or predevelopment activities, that under generally accepted accounting principles is not properly chargeable as an expense of operation and maintenance and, for the purposes of this chapter, includes capitalized interest on borrowed funds and the fair market value of any property or equipment that is acquired under lease or comparable arrangement or by donation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Cash equivalents: means highly rated, highly liquid and readily marketable obligations that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash without a penalty and have a remaining term to maturity of one year or less. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses. Census unit: means a block, block group, BNA or tract. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1202 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 Certified candidate: means a candidate running for Governor, State Senator or State Representative who chooses to participate in the Maine Clean Election Act and who is certified as a Maine Clean Election Act candidate under section 1125, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1122 Child or children: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Circulate: means the presenting of a petition to a voter with an accompanying request that the voter sign it. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Collar: means an agreement to receive payments as the buyer of an option, cap or floor and to make payments as the seller of a different option, cap or floor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Commercial unit: means such a unit of goods as by commercial usage is a single whole for purposes of lease and division of which materially impairs its character or value on the market or in use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Commission: means the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices established by Title 5, section 12004?G, subsection 33. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1122 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Comprehensive community health coalition: means a multisector coalition that serves a defined local geographic area and is composed of designated organizational representatives and interested community members who share a commitment to improving their communities' health and quality of life and that includes public health in its core mission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Construction: when used in connection with "health care facility" means the establishment, erection, building, purchase or other acquisition of a health care facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Consumer lease: means a lease that a lessor regularly engaged in the business of leasing or selling makes to a lessee who is an individual and who takes under the lease primarily for a personal, family or household purpose, if the total payments to be made under the lease contract, excluding payments for options to renew or buy, do not exceed $25,000. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time. Contract for sale: includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-106 cost: includes the fair market value. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Counter-party: means a business entity that is the other party to an investment practices transaction with an insurer or, as to a securities lending transaction, the custodian bank or agent, if any, acting on behalf of an insurer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A counter-party exposure amount: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-ACounterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff. County commissioners: means the county commissioners of Waldo County. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 852 County commissioners: means the county commissioners of Kennebec County. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 861 County legislative delegation: means all state legislators whose legislative districts, in whole or in part, lie within the boundaries of a county. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1 County office: means the office of judge of probate, register of probate, county treasurer, register of deeds, sheriff, district attorney or county commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Debit card: means an encoded plastic card distributed by the department or another department or a contractor with that department for use in an automated teller machine or a point of sale device. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Decedent: A deceased person. Declared write-in candidate: means a write-in candidate who has filed a declaration to be a write-in candidate pursuant to section 722?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. derivative instrument: includes options, warrants not attached to another financial instrument purchased by the insurer, caps, floors, collars, swaps, forwards, futures and any other substantially similar agreements, options or instruments, or any series or combinations of those agreements, options or instruments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Derivative transaction: means a transaction involving the use of one or more derivative instruments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Development: when used in connection with health service, means the undertaking of those activities that on their completion will result in the offering of a new health service to the public. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Devise: To gift property by will. Direct recording electronic voting machine: means a system that records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical, electro-optical or electro-audio components that can be activated by the voter, that processes data by means of a computer program and that records voting data in memory components. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 808 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source: Disputed ballot: means a ballot whose validity has been questioned during the recount process. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 District: means one of the 8 districts of the department, including Aroostook District, composed of Aroostook County; Penquis District, composed of Penobscot County and Piscataquis County; Downeast District, composed of Washington County and Hancock County; Midcoast District, composed of Waldo County, Lincoln County, Knox County and Sagadahoc County; Central District, composed of Kennebec County and Somerset County; Western District, composed of Androscoggin County, Franklin County and Oxford County; Cumberland District, composed of Cumberland County; and York District, composed of York County, and the tribal district, composed of any lands belonging to the Indian tribes in the State and including any member of a tribe living outside of tribal lands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 District coordinating council for public health: means a representative districtwide body of local public health stakeholders working toward collaborative public health planning and coordination to ensure effectiveness and efficiencies in the public health system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 District public health unit: means a unit of public health staff set up whenever possible in a district in department offices. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings. Dollar roll transaction: means 2 simultaneous transactions with settlement dates no more than 96 days apart so that in one transaction an insurer sells to a counter-party and in the other transaction the insurer is obligated to purchase from the same counter-party substantially similar securities of the following types:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-ADomestic institution: means an institution created or existing under the laws of the United States or any state, district or territory. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Domestic partner: means one of 2 unmarried adults who are domiciled together under long-term arrangements that evidence a commitment to remain responsible indefinitely for each other's welfare. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 EBT: means a system for the delivery of benefits to recipients by means of credit or debit card services, automated teller machines, point of sale devices or access to online systems for the withdrawal of funds or the processing of a payment for merchandise or a service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 EBT card: means a card issued by the department under an electronic benefits transfer system for the delivery of benefits to recipients. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Election cycle: means the period beginning on the day after the general election for any state, county or municipal office and ending on the day of the next general election for that office. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1122 Election official: means a warden, ward clerk, deputy warden or election clerk. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Election year: means the calendar year within which a particular election is held. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Elections determined by ranked-choice voting: means any of the following elections in which 3 or more candidates have qualified to be listed on the ballot for a particular office or at least 2 such candidates plus one or more declared write?in candidates have qualified for that particular office:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1Electoral division: means an area set off for election purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC 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 Enroll: means to enlist as a member of a political party. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs. Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met. Essential public health services: means core public health functions identified by a national public health performance standards program, a national federally recognized review board or a national federally recognized review board for Indian health that help provide the guiding framework for the work and accreditation of public health systems or municipal health departments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent Expenditure minimum for annual operating costs: means , for services commenced after October 1, 1998, $400,000 for the 3rd fiscal year, including a partial first year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Fault: means wrongful act, omission, breach or default. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Federal office: means the office of the United States Senator or Representative to Congress. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Finance lease: means a lease with respect to which:
(i) The lessor does not select, manufacture or supply the goods;
(ii) The lessor acquires the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods in connection with the lease; and
(iii) One of the following occurs:
(A) The lessee receives a copy of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods before signing the lease contract;
(B) The lessee's approval of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods is a condition to effectiveness of the lease contract;
(C) The lessee, before signing the lease contract, receives an accurate and complete statement designating the promises and warranties, and any disclaimers of warranties, limitations or modifications of remedies, or liquidated damages, including those of a third party, such as the manufacturer of the goods, provided to the lessor by the person supplying the goods in connection with or as part of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods; or
(D) If the lease is not a consumer lease, the lessor, before the lessee signs the lease contract, informs the lessee in writing: of the identity of the person supplying the goods to the lessor, unless the lessee has selected that person and directed the lessor to acquire the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods from that person; that the lessee is entitled under this Article to the promises and warranties, including those of any third party, provided to the lessor by the person supplying the goods in connection with or as part of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods; and that the lessee may communicate with the person supplying the goods to the lessor and receive an accurate and complete statement of those promises and warranties, including any disclaimers and limitations of them or of remedies. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Fixed charges: includes interest on funded and unfunded debt and amortization of debt discount, but in the case of a bank or trust company, interest paid by that institution upon any deposit or any certificate or other evidence of a deposit may not be deemed a fixed charge of such an institution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1110 Floor: means an agreement obligating the seller to make payments to the buyer in which each payment is based on the amount by which a predetermined number, sometimes called the "floor rate" or "price" exceeds a reference price, level, performance or value of one or more underlying interests. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC foreign investment practice: means an investment or investment practice in a foreign jurisdiction, an investment practice with a person domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction or an investment in a person, real estate or asset domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Foreign jurisdiction: means a jurisdiction other than the United States, any state or any political subdivision of the United States or any state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC Forward: means an agreement other than a future to make or take delivery in the future of one or more underlying interests, or effect a cash settlement based on the actual or expected price, level, performance or value of such underlying interests. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Fund: means the Maine Clean Election Fund established in section 1124. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1122 Future: means an agreement traded on a futures exchange to make or take delivery of or effect a cash settlement based on the actual or expected price, level, performance or value of one or more underlying interests. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Futures exchange: means a qualified foreign exchange or an exchange, contract market or board of trade on which trading in futures is conducted that has been authorized for futures trading in the United States by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission or its successor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A General election: means the regular election of state and county officials occurring biennially in November. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Generally accepted accounting principles: means accounting principles approved by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or a successor organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract including mobile homes, or are fixtures (section 2?1309), but the term does not include money, documents, instruments, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles or minerals or the like, including oil and gas, before extraction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC health care facility: means the establishment, erection, building, purchase or other acquisition of a health care facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 health insurance: means insurance of human beings against bodily injury, disablement or death by accident or accidental means, or the expense thereof, or against disablement or expense resulting from sickness, and every insurance appertaining thereto, including provision for the mental and emotional welfare of human beings by defraying the costs of legal services only to the extent provided for in chapter 38. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 704 Health maintenance organization: means a public or private organization that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328Health need: means a situation or a condition of a person, expressed in health outcome measures such as mortality, morbidity or disability, that is considered undesirable and is likely to exist in the future. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Health planning: means data assembly and analysis, goal determination and the formulation of action recommendations regarding health services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Health risk assessment: means a customized process by which an individual confidentially responds to questions and receives a feedback report to help that individual understand the individual's personal risks of developing preventable health problems, know what preventive actions the individual can take and learn what local and state resources are available to help the individual take these actions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Health services: includes alcohol or drug dependence, substance use disorder and mental health services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Health status: means patient or population measures, or both, of good and poor health practices, rates of death and disease, both chronic and infectious, and the prevalence of symptoms or conditions, or both, of illness and wellness. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Healthy Maine Partnerships: means a statewide system of comprehensive community health coalitions that meet the standards for department funding that is established under section 412, including the tribal district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Hedging transaction: means a derivative transaction that is entered into and maintained to reduce:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-AHigh-yield obligations: means obligations that are neither investment grade nor medium grade obligations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1110 High-yield obligations: means obligations that are neither investment grade nor medium grade obligations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A highly rated: means an investment rated "P-1" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Hospital: means an institution that primarily provides to inpatients, by or under the supervision of physicians, diagnostic services and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment and care of injured, disabled or sick persons or rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled or sick persons. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Hospital swing bed: means an acute care bed licensed by the Office of MaineCare Services, Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services for the use also as a nursing care bed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Immediate family: means a person's spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, sister, half-sister, brother, half-brother, stepparent, stepgrandparent, stepchild, stepgrandchild, stepsister, stepbrother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, guardian, former guardian, domestic partner, the half-brother or half-sister of a person's spouse, or the spouse of a person's half-brother or half-sister. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate. Income generation transaction: means a derivative transaction that is entered into to generate income. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A 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 Institution: means a corporation, a joint-stock association, a business trust, a business partnership, a business joint venture or any other similar entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1110 Institution: means a corporation, joint-stock association, business trust, business partnership, business joint venture or any other similar entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes. Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC Investment grade obligation: means an obligation that at the time of acquisition by the insurer is rated "1" or "2" by the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Investment practices: means transactions of the types described in section 1153, subsection 4 and section 1160, subsection 6. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants. Lease: means a transfer of the right to possession and use of goods for a term in return for consideration, but a sale, including a sale on approval or a sale or return, or retention or creation of a security interest is not a lease. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Lease agreement: means the bargain, with respect to the lease, of the lessor and the lessee in fact as found in their language or by implication from other circumstances including course of dealing or usage of trade or course of performance as provided in this Article. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Lease contract: means the total legal obligation that results from the lease agreement as affected by this Article and any other applicable rules of law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Leasehold interest: means the interest of the lessor or the lessee under a lease contract. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto). Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant). Local health officer: means a municipal employee who has knowledge of the employee's community and meets educational, training and experience standards as set by the department in rule to comply with section 451. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Major medical equipment: means a single unit of medical equipment or a single system of components with related functions used to provide medical and other health services that costs $3,200,000 or more. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Major party: means a political party polling the greatest or the next greatest number of votes cast for Governor at the last gubernatorial election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Market value: means the price for the security or derivative instrument obtained from a generally recognized source or the most recent quotation from such a source or, to the extent no generally recognized source exists, the price for the security or derivative instrument as determined pursuant to the terms of the instrument or in good faith by the insurer as can be reasonably demonstrated to the superintendent upon request, plus accrued but unpaid income thereon to the extent not included in the price as of the date that market value is determined. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A 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 Medicaid: means the Medicaid program under the provisions of the United States Social Security Act, Title XIX, and successors to it, and related rules of the department pursuant to chapter 855. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Medium grade obligation: means an obligation that at the time of acquisition by the insurer is rated by the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as Class "3" quality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Minor party: means a political party other than a major party. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Minority: when used in reference to age shall mean under the age of 18. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Modification: means the alteration, improvement, expansion, extension, renovation or replacement of a health care facility or health maintenance organization or portions thereof, including the initial equipment, and the replacement of equipment or existing buildings. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money. Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money. municipal clerk: means the clerk, deputy clerk or assistant clerk, where directed by the clerk to carry out duties under this Title, of a municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Municipal committee: means a city, town or ward committee of a political party. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Municipal health department: means a health department or division that is established pursuant to municipal charter or ordinance in accordance with Title 30?A, chapter 141 and accredited by a national federally recognized credentialing process. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Municipal officers: means the mayor and aldermen or councillors of a city, the members of the select board or councillors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Municipal officers: means the mayor, councillors or members of the select board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 852 Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Municipality: means a city, town or plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 National Association of Insurance Commissioners: means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or its successor organization of insurance regulators. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 15 National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC New health service: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328Nonparticipating candidate: means a candidate running for Governor, State Senator or State Representative who does not choose to participate in the Maine Clean Election Act and who is not seeking to be certified as a Maine Clean Election Act candidate under section 1125, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1122 Nursing facility: means any facility defined under section 1812?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Nursing facility MaineCare funding pool: means that limit established in accordance with section 333?A for nursing facility projects. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Obligation: means a bond, note, debenture, trust certificate including an equipment certificate, production payment, negotiable bank certificate of deposit, banker's acceptance, credit tenant loan as that term is defined in the practices and procedures manual of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or its successor publication, loan secured by financing net leases and other evidence of indebtedness for the payment of money, or participations, certificates or other evidence of an interest in any of the foregoing, whether constituting a general obligation of the issuer or payable only out of certain revenues or certain funds pledged or otherwise dedicated for payment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Obligations: includes bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1110 Offer: when used in connection with "health services" means that the health care facility or health maintenance organization holds itself out as capable of providing or having the means to provide a health service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Official tally tape: means the first tape produced by an electronic tabulating machine that tallies the final vote totals at the conclusion of voting and that is attached to the zero tape produced by the machine prior to the start of voting. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Option: means an agreement giving the buyer the right to buy or receive, sell or deliver, enter into, extend or terminate or effect a cash settlement based on the actual or expected price, spread, level, performance or value of one or more underlying interests, including, without limitation, an option to purchase or sell a swap at a given price and time or at a series of prices and times. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Over-the-counter derivative instrument: means a derivative instrument entered into with a counter-party other than through a qualified exchange or futures exchange or cleared through a qualified clearinghouse. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Overseas voter: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1paper ballot: means the printed paper ballot on which votes may be recorded in the layout and format required to conform to the electronic voting system in use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 808 Parents as Scholars: means the program established in chapter 1054?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Participating candidate: means a candidate who is running for Governor, State Senator or State Representative who is seeking to be certified as a Maine Clean Election Act candidate under section 1125, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1122 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 Person: means an individual, business entity, multilateral development bank or a government or quasi-governmental body, such as a political subdivision or a government-sponsored enterprise. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Person: means an individual; trust or estate; partnership; corporation, including associations, joint stock companies and insurance companies; the State or a political subdivision or instrumentality of the State, including a municipal corporation of the State; or any other legal entity recognized by state law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Person directly affected by a review: includes :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer. Point of sale device: means a machine that accepts a debit card distributed to recipients; electronically processes transactions at the vendor's place of business; and records and reports individual recipient benefit entitlement and distribution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Political committee: means 2 or more persons associated for the purpose of promoting or defeating a candidate, party or principle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Population: means the population determined by the last Decennial Census of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Potential exposure: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-APrecedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. Predevelopment activity: means any appropriately capitalized expenditure by or on behalf of a health care facility made in preparation for the offering or development of a new health service for which a certificate of need would be required and arrangements or commitments made for financing the offering or development of the new health service and includes site acquisitions, surveys, studies, expenditures for architectural designs, plans, working drawings and specifications. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 present sale: means a sale which is accomplished by the making of the contract. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-106 Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents. 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 Program: means the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 271 Program: means SNAP or the Medicaid program or another program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Project: means any acquisition, capital expenditure, new health service or change in a health service, predevelopment activity or other activity that requires a certificate of need under section 329. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Public counter: means a separate counter built into a voting device that records the total number of ballots cast or tabulated on the voting device for an election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Public official: means a person elected or appointed to serve the people, including but not limited to an election official, municipal clerk or registrar. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Purchase: includes taking by sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, pledge, gift or any other voluntary transaction creating an interest in goods. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Qualified bank: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-AQualified broker or dealer: means a broker or dealer that is organized under the laws of a state, is registered under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 United States Code §§ 78a to 78kk and has net capital in excess of $250,000,000. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Qualified business entity: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-AQualified clearinghouse: means a clearinghouse subject to the rules of a qualified exchange or a futures exchange that provides clearing services, including acting as a counter-party to each of the parties to a transaction such that the parties no longer have credit risk to each other. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Qualified exchange: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-AQualified for public sale: means registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, 15 United States Code §§ 77a to 77aa. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Qualified foreign exchange: means a foreign exchange, board of trade or contract market located outside the United States, its territories or possessions:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-AQualifying contribution: means a donation:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1122Qualifying period: means the following. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1122 Question: means any proposition submitted to the voters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Ranked-choice voting: means the method of casting and tabulating votes in which voters rank candidates in order of preference, tabulation proceeds in sequential rounds in which last-place candidates are defeated and the candidate with the most votes in the final round is elected. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Recipient: means a recipient of benefits under SNAP or the Medicaid program or another program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC Referendum: means an election for the determination of a question. 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 Registrar: means the registrar or deputy registrar of voters of a municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Rehabilitation facility: means an inpatient facility that is operated for the primary purpose of assisting in the rehabilitation of disabled persons through an integrated program of medical services and other services that are provided under competent professional supervision. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Replacement equipment: means a piece of capital equipment that replaces another piece of capital equipment that performs essentially the same functions as the replaced equipment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 328 Replication or synthetic asset transaction: means a derivative transaction entered into in conjunction with other permissible investments held by the insurer in order to reproduce the investment characteristics of other permissible investments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Repurchase transaction: means a transaction in which an insurer sells securities to a qualified bank or a qualified business entity or to a bank or a business entity whose obligations with respect to the transaction are guaranteed by a qualified bank or a qualified business entity and the insurer is obligated to repurchase the sold securities or equivalent securities from the bank or business entity at a specified price, either within a specified period of time or upon demand. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation. 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 Residence address: means the street and number or other designation indicating the physical location of a person's residence. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Responsible electoral official: means a public official who is responsible for accepting a nomination or nomination petition for an elected office and also means a public official who is responsible for placing the name of a person nominated for public office on a ballot, ballot label, calendar or other similar instrument. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 552 Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Reverse repurchase transaction: means a transaction in which an insurer purchases securities from a counter-party that is obligated to repurchase the purchased securities or equivalent securities from the insurer at a specified price, either within a specified period of time or upon demand. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Securities lending transaction: means a transaction in which securities are loaned by an insurer to a qualified bank or a qualified business entity or a bank or a business entity whose obligations with respect to such transaction are guaranteed by a qualified bank or a qualified business entity that is obligated to return the loaned securities or equivalent securities to the insurer, either within a specified period of time or upon demand. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Seed money contribution: means a contribution of no more than $100 per individual made to a participating candidate, including the candidate or the candidate's spouse or domestic partner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1122 Seller: means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-103 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. shell business entity: means a business entity having no economic substance, except as a vehicle for owning interests in assets issued, owned or previously owned by a person domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction; "qualified guarantor" means a guarantor against which an insurer has a direct claim for full and timely payment, evidenced by a contractual right for which an enforcement action can be brought in a domestic jurisdiction; and "qualified primary credit source" means the credit source to which an insurer looks for payment as to an investment and against which an insurer has a direct claim for full and timely payment, evidenced by a contractual right for which an enforcement action can be brought in a domestic jurisdiction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Signature: includes a signature stamp and a signature written by another registered voter on behalf of an individual in accordance with the procedure set forth in section 153?A and, for an individual who is unable to sign that individual's own name, a mark. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 SNAP: means the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program established pursuant to section 3104. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Special election: means an election other than a regular election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Statewide Coordinating Council for Public Health: means the council established under Title 5, section 12004?G, subsection 14?G. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights. Sublease: means a lease of goods the right to possession and use of which was acquired by the lessor as a lessee under an existing lease. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents. Subsidiary: has the meaning as prescribed in section 222, subsection 2, paragraph F. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Supply contract: means a contract under which a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-1103 Swap: means an agreement to exchange or to net payments at one or more times based on the actual or expected price, yield, level, performance or value of one or more underlying interests. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: means the program established in chapter 1053?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent Term: means a full term of office or any portion of a term that began before the 3rd Wednesday in June in an odd?numbered year served by an elected official in an office subject to the provisions of this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 552 Testify: Answer questions in court. Tobacco products: means any form of tobacco and any material or device used in the smoking, chewing or other form of tobacco consumption, including cigarette papers and pipes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 271 Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident. Township: means unorganized territory. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Tract: means that area composed of blocks or block groups that is defined as a tract in the United States Census for 1990. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1202 Treasurer: means a person appointed by a candidate or a political committee to accept or disburse money to promote or defeat a candidate, party or principle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Tribal district: means an administrative district established in a memorandum of understanding or legal contract among all Indian tribes in the State that is recognized by the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Tribal health department or health clinic: means a health department or health clinic managed by an Indian tribe that is eligible for funds from the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Service and other federal funds. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 tribe: means a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or band in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 411 Undeclared write-in candidate: means a write-in candidate who has not filed a declaration pursuant to section 722?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Under age: means under the age of 18. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Underlying interest: means the assets, liabilities or other interests, or a combination of those assets, liabilities or interests, underlying a derivative instrument, such as any one or more securities, currencies, rates, indices, commodities or derivative instruments that are or relate to investments or investment practices that an insurer is permitted to acquire or engage in pursuant to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC Uniformed service: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the United States Public Health Service and the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Uniformed service voter: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1United States: when used to signify place includes those geographical areas and the lands and waters adjacent to those geographical areas under the jurisdiction of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1110 United States: when used to signify place means those lands and waters under the jurisdiction of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Vendor: means an authorized retailer, wholesaler or health care provider that provides food, cash benefits or health care services to a recipient. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 21 Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House. Voter: means a person registered to vote. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Voting device: means the voting machine or electronic tabulating system apparatus that the voters use to record their votes on paper ballots or on a tabulating card. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 808 Voting district: means an area set off from another in the same municipality for voting purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Voting machine: means an apparatus on which voters cast their votes that records each vote by means of mechanical or electronic counters and furnishes a total of the number of votes cast for each candidate and for and against each referendum measure. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 808 Voting place: means the building in which ballots are cast at an election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Voting system: means the total combination of mechanical, electromechanical or electronic equipment, including the software, firmware and documentation required to program, control and support the equipment, that is used to define or produce ballots, to cast and count votes, to report or display election results and to maintain and produce any audit trail information. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 808 Warden: means the presiding officer at a voting place. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Warrant: means an instrument that gives the holder the right to purchase or sell the underlying interest at a given price and time or at a series of prices and times outlined in the warrant agreement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1151-A Write-in candidate: means a person whose name does not appear on the ballot under the office designation to which a voter may wish to elect the candidate. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1