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a voter must present the registrar with that voter's authorization | | card assigned to the voter pursuant to rules adopted by the | | Secretary of State showing that voter's name, voter code, | | designated address and certification expiration date.__The | | registrar may contact the Address Confidentiality Program | | administrator in the Secretary of State's office to determine the | | voter's eligibility to register in the municipality and to verify | | the electoral district in which the voter is voting for purposes of | | issuing an absentee ballot to the voter pursuant to section 753-C.__ | | All registration records for such voters must be designated as | | confidential and kept sealed in the registrar's office.__The name | | of any voter certified as a program participant in the Address | | Confidentiality Program may not be placed on any voter list that is | | available for public inspection or copying. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §161, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 436, §39, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. List prepared. The registrar shall prepare a printed or | | typewritten list of all the voters of the municipality, arranged | | alphabetically by last name. The list must include the street | | address of each voter beside the voter's name, mailing address | | and zip code number. A voter certified as a program participant | | in the Address Confidentiality Program pursuant to Title 5, | | section 90-B must be listed by the voter code assigned to that | | voter under the program instead of by the voter's name and | | address and must be sorted to appear at the end of the | | alphabetized list.__The portion of the voter list relating to | | Address Confidentiality Program participants must be kept under | | seal and excluded from public inspection. In a municipality | | covered by only one zip code, the registrar may print or type the | | zip code at the top of each page of the voting list. In a | municipality which | | make a separate list for each district. |
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| | | A. Except as provided in subparagraph (1), the registrar | | shall note the enrollment status of each voter using none | | other than the following: "D" for Democrat, "R" for | | Republican and "U" for unenrolled. |
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| | | (1) The Secretary of State may authorize the use of other | | symbols to indicate enrollment in other parties formed | or forming under chapter 5, subchapter I |
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| | | Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §172, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 407, §13, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | §172. Voter registration file |
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