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| | | An Act To Amend the Election Laws |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §22, sub-§§5 and 6 are enacted to read: |
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| | | 5.__Signature and identification number of registered voter.__ | | Notwithstanding subsection 1 and Title 1, section 408, the | | voter's signature and identification number on the voter | | registration application and associated records in electronic | | format are designated as nonpublic records and the registrar | | shall exclude those items from public inspection.__Voter | | signatures on voter registration applications and associated | | records in a printed hard-copy format are public records in | | accordance with subsection 1 and Title 1, section 408. |
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| | | 6.__Disclosure of voter's signature and identification number | | electronically.__A voter's signature and identification number in | | electronic format that are excluded from public inspection | | pursuant to subsection 5 and associated records may be made | | available for inspection only to the voter of record, to | | municipal and state election officials, to a law enforcement | | agency that makes a written request to use the information for a | | bona fide law enforcement purpose or to a person identified by a | | court order if directed by that order. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §23, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 310, §3, is | | further amended to read: |
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