Maine § 21-A §754-A Method of voting

Maine Statutes

§ 21-A §754-A — Method of voting

Maine § 21-A §754-A

Title 21-AELECTIONS

Ch. 9CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 21-A §754-A (2026).

Text

Except as provided in section 753‑B, subsection 8 and section 753‑C, the method of voting by absentee ballot is as follows.

1.Ballot delivered to voter or immediate family member. When a voter or an immediate family member of a voter obtains a ballot from the clerk in person or by mail and returns that ballot to the clerk in person or by mail and receives no assistance in marking the ballot, the following procedures apply.

2.Ballot delivered by 3rd person or returned by 3rd person. When a ballot is delivered to the voter by a person other than the clerk or an immediate family member of the voter or is returned to the clerk by a person other than the voter, the clerk or an immediate family member of the voter and the voter receives no assistance in marking the ballot, the following proced

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Except as provided in section 753‑B, subsection 8 and section 753‑C, the method of voting by absentee ballot is as follows.
1.
Ballot delivered to voter or immediate family member.
When a voter or an immediate family member of a voter obtains a ballot from the clerk in person or by mail and returns that ballot to the clerk in person or by mail and receives no assistance in marking the ballot, the following procedures apply.
2.
Ballot delivered by 3rd person or returned by 3rd person.
When a ballot is delivered to the voter by a person other than the clerk or an immediate family member of the voter or is returned to the clerk by a person other than the voter, the clerk or an immediate family member of the voter and the voter receives no assistance in marking the ballot, the following procedures apply.
3.
Assistance in reading or marking ballot.
A voter who is unable to read or mark the ballot because of the voter's physical disability, illiteracy or religious faith must vote according to the procedures in this subsection instead of the procedures in subsection 1 or 2.

Legislative History

PL 1985, c. 357, §§12,19 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 736, §§41,42 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 436, §112 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 645, §7 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 364, §9 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 253, §49 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 371, §36 (AMD).