Maine § 21-A §196-A Use and distribution of central voter registration system information

Maine Statutes

§ 21-A §196-A — Use and distribution of central voter registration system information

Maine § 21-A §196-A

Title 21-AELECTIONS

Ch. 3VOTER REGISTRATION

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 21-A §196-A (2026).

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1.Access to data from the central voter registration system. For the purposes of Title 1, section 402, information contained electronically in the central voter registration system and any information or reports generated by the system are confidential and may be accessed only by municipal and state election officials for the purposes of election and voter registration administration, and by others only as provided in this section.

2.Fees. For the purpose of calculating fees pursuant to this section, a record includes the information on one individual voter. Fees paid to the Secretary of State must be deposited into a dedicated fund for the purpose of offsetting the cost of providing the information and maintaining the central voter registration system and other authorized costs relating

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Access to data from the central voter registration system.
For the purposes of Title 1, section 402, information contained electronically in the central voter registration system and any information or reports generated by the system are confidential and may be accessed only by municipal and state election officials for the purposes of election and voter registration administration, and by others only as provided in this section.
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Fees.
For the purpose of calculating fees pursuant to this section, a record includes the information on one individual voter. Fees paid to the Secretary of State must be deposited into a dedicated fund for the purpose of offsetting the cost of providing the information and maintaining the central voter registration system and other authorized costs relating to compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, 116 Stat. 1666. A municipality may keep the fees paid to the municipality. The fees for information provided pursuant to this section are as follows:
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Response to requests.
Municipal clerks, registrars and the Secretary of State's office shall respond to all requests for information from the central voter registration system pursuant to this section within 5 business days of receipt of a written request and upon payment of any applicable fee. A municipal clerk or registrar may provide only information concerning voters registered within that municipal jurisdiction. The Secretary of State may design a form to be used for all requests for information or lists from the central voter registration system.
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Discrimination prohibited.
An individual or organization that accesses or obtains voter information from the central voter registration system may not use that information or any part of that information to engage in discrimination on the basis of physical or mental disability, race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, ancestry or national origin, including but not limited to discrimination prohibited by the Maine Human Rights Act and federal civil rights laws. For purposes of this paragraph, "federal civil rights laws" means the following federal laws and statutes, as amended, and the regulations promulgated under those laws and statutes, as amended, as of January 1, 2021:
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Penalty.
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Civil violations.
The following uses of data from the central voter registration system are civil violations for which a fine of not more than $1,000 may be adjudged for a first violation, and not more than $5,000 may be adjudged for additional violations:

Legislative History

PL 2009, c. 564, §8 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 534, §11 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 131, §10 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 330, §1 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 447, §7 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 310, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 397, §§11-14 (AMD).