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| | | An Act To Make Polling Places More Convenient |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2528, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, | | §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6, c. 9, §2 and c. | | 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Voting place specified; polls. The warrant for a town | meeting for the election of officials shall | | voting place, which must be in the same building or a building | | nearby where the meeting is to be held. The warrant for a town | | meeting for the election of officials that occurs at the same | | time as voting in federal, state or county elections, but not at | | the same time as a town meeting held for other purposes, may | | specify the same voting places as those used by the town for | federal, state or county elections. It shall | | specify the time of opening and closing the polls, which must be | | kept open at least 4 consecutive hours. |
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| | | A. In the warrant for a town meeting under this section, | | the municipal officers may designate the date of the | | election and designate another date within 14 days of the | | date set for elections as the time for considering the other | | articles of business in the warrant. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §2528, sub-§5, śC is enacted to read: |
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