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§661
Title 21-A: ELECTIONS
Chapter 9: CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
Subchapter 2: ELECTION PROCEDURE
Article 2: POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICIALS
§663

§662. Warden

A warden has the following powers and duties.   [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
1.  Enforcement of election law.  The warden shall enforce the law governing voting and counting procedures at the voting place over which the warden has jurisdiction on election day.  
[RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §54 (COR).]
2.  Order at voting place.  The warden shall keep order at all times in and around the voting place. The warden shall direct that any person who creates a disturbance or otherwise violates the law at the voting place be removed from it and, if necessary, confined until the polls are closed.  
A. On request of the warden, a peace officer shall remove, confine or arrest a person who creates a disturbance or otherwise violates the law at a voting place.   [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
[RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §55 (COR).]
3.  Control of election clerk.  The election clerks at the voting place are under the supervision and control of the warden. The warden may assign their duties for convenience and efficiency and may delegate the warden's ministerial duties to them.  
[RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §56 (COR).]
4.  Collection of signatures. 
[PL 2025, c. 397, §39 (RP).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 225 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 459, §57 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §§54-56 (COR). PL 2025, c. 397, §39 (AMD).
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