| | | Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§3, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, | | c. 447, §22, is amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Advertising prohibited. A person may not display | | advertising material; operate an advertising medium, including a | | sound amplification device; or distribute campaign literature, | | posters, palm cards, buttons, badges or stickers containing a | | candidate's name or otherwise intending to influence the opinion | | of any voter regarding a candidate or question that is on the | | ballot for the election that day on any public property located | within 250 | | the registrar's office. The term "sound amplification device" | | includes, but is not limited to, sound trucks, loudspeakers and | | blowhorns. |
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| | | A. This subsection does not apply to advertising material | | on automobiles traveling to and from the voting place. It | | does not prohibit a person from passing out stickers at the | | voting place to be pasted on the ballot at a primary | | election. It does not prohibit a person who is at the polls | | solely for the purpose of voting from wearing a campaign | | button when the longest dimension of the button does not | | exceed 3 inches. |
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| | | B. Nonpolitical charitable activities and other | | nonpolitical advertising may be allowed at the discretion of | | the clerk if arrangements are made prior to election day. | | If arrangements are not made in advance of the election day, | | the warden may, at the warden's discretion, either allow or | | prohibit nonpolitical charitable activities and other | | nonpolitical advertising. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§4-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 4-A.__Corrective action.__If a person attempts to influence | | voters or interfere with their free passage in violation of | | subsection 2, the warden shall have that person removed from the | | voting place. |
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| | | Sec. 8. 21-A MRSA §753-B, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 645, §6, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | 8. Absentee voting in presence of clerk. A person who wishes | | to vote by absentee ballot may, without completing an | | application, vote by absentee ballot in the presence of the | | clerk. The method of voting is otherwise as prescribed in this | | article. After the person has voted, the clerk shall sign the | | affidavit on the return envelope as a witness, indicate on the | | envelope that the voter voted in the presence of a clerk and | | ensure that the affidavit on the return envelope is properly |
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