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An Act To Prohibit the Issuance of a 2nd Absentee Ballot under Certain Circumstances
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §753-B, sub-§4, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 645, §6, is amended to read:
 
A.  The applicant states good cause, including, but not limited to, loss of, spoiling of or damage to the first absentee ballot. Good cause does not include an applicant's decision to change the applicant's vote after the applicant has returned the ballot to the clerk; or
Sec. 2.  21-A MRSA §753-B, sub-§9  is enacted to read:
 
9.  Ballot returned to clerk.     The clerk may not issue a 2nd state absentee ballot to an applicant after the applicant has returned a ballot to the clerk, except as provided in subsection 4.
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits a municipal clerk from issuing a 2nd state absentee ballot to an applicant after a ballot has been returned by the applicant to the clerk, except for good cause, and stipulates that an applicant's decision to change a vote does not constitute good cause.